Peter parker & Avengers// One shots

Sick// Tony

Summary: Tony is a human despite what some people say, and because he's a human he is susceptible to things like, addiction, emotions, pain. He's also going to get sick, everyone does, but for him it's a little different. He has something called the Arc Reactor  in his chest, a cylindrical metal tube that is squeezed inside him plugged by the magnet that's keeping him alive. Due to this foreign body in well, his body, colds become much more dangerous when he coughs it feels as though the cylinder is being pulled out of his chest, causing the area around the Arc to hurt, badly. He could get help, probably should, but he has an important event to go to tonight, a press conference/gala just some excuse for people to get together and drink. So he stays quiet, it's better for everyone that way at least that's what he tells himself.

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Tony woke up and immediately knew it was going to be a bad day. He felt a tickle at the back of his throat and his head hurt, badly. 'You can't be sick today Stark, you have things to do and places to be' Oh how he wanted nothing more than to curl back up in bed and stay there the whole day. But he couldn't so he shuffled into the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water. He looked at himself in the mirror and sighed, he looked slightly sick but it's nothing a little concealer couldn't fix, so he cleaned his face and grabbed the makeup and applied it. When he was done it didn't look like he was sick.

"Sir, Steve Rogers told me to relay a message, 'Stark we're waiting on you it's time to go'"

"Shit, what time is it JARVIS?" Tony's voice was the dead giveaway that he was sick, luckily the press conference was mostly going to be Steve talking.

"It is currently 5:43 Pm"

"How.. JARVIS how long did I sleep for?" Tony asked as he rushed to put on his suit, he grabbed his sunglasses just as JARVIS answered.

"You passed out around twelve hours ago in your lab and Dr. Strange teleported you to you bed while mumbling, 'I'm tired of this shit, stay the fuck asleep' and then left"

"Of course he did, Thanks JAR" And with that Tony made his way to the others. 

"There you are Stark, come on we're going to be late get in the car" Steve grabbed Tony's arm and pushed him towards the limo. Tony complied and slid in, sitting down across from Natasha. He felt the tickling in his throat become more aggressive and tried to fight coughing because he knew it would hurt like a bitch and there's no hiding pain from Natasha Romanoff. Despite his best efforts the tickle became too much and he burst into a coughing fit, he didn't ever realize that his hand had grabbed his reactor. 

"Tony, you ok?" Natasha asked him.

"Y-yu- yeah" he wheezed out. His coughing had finally subsided and he was left with a throbbing pain in his chest and head as well as sudden dizziness. He hoped it would go away soon but his hopes were ignored and he remained dizzy even as they pulled up. When he got out of the car he nearly fell over because he was so dizzy, Nat grabbed his arm to steady him while making it look like she was taking his arm to accompany him in as well as for the pictures. He gave her a nod of thanks and they started walking in followed by the rest of the Avengers. There was Steve, Thor, Bruce and Clint. When they passed the paparazzi, they were escorted down a hall and were told to wait until it was time. So the six of them were in a bright concrete hallway backstage, there was no one else there. Tony was still leaning heavily on Nat, then he realized he was and stood up a little straighter before falling back against the wall and leaning on it. He rested his head against the wall, the concrete was cold and felt nice on his throbbing head.

"You doing ok there Tony?" Asked a ever concerned Cap.

"I'm fine worry about yourself Cap, just do me a favor and can you talk the whole time I don't feel like talking to those hungry reporters" He tried to chuckle but it came out as a cough instead.

"You don't look or sound good Tony, are you sure you're up to this?" Bruce asked concern growing on his face.

"Yeah, i'm good Brucie" The conversation was over when they were called onto the stage. Immediately Tony's headache grew from a throb to a sharp pain, when he was bombarded by the lights and the loud talking. Steve looked over at Tony and seemed to notice so he used his 'Captain America' voice and told them to quiet down.

"Thank you all for coming tonight, we are here to"Blah blah blah, Tony had started to block out Steve's talking, his headache was really becoming too much. 

About an hour went by of Steve talking and people asking questions when Tony was becoming hopeless, if he stayed up there he was going to pass out and boy would the press have a field day twisting it into different stories. At the same time if he left by himself they could twist that into even more, so he was stuck wanting to leave. The six were currently sat on chairs in a 'C' shape Tony on the end across from Cap so he started to tap on his leg. It wasn't just random tapping it was morse code, Steve of course picked this up when Tony spoke for the first time tonight. Tony's sudden contribution to the topic was what drew Caps attention to him because Tony had said he didn't want to talk, and he still didn't he was just sure he was going to pass out or cry out in pain if he didn't get quiet. 

"Tell them it's time to party so we can leave, please Steve my head is going to explode. Do it already old man please" That's what Tony was tapping on his leg and thank Loki he understood.

"Alright I do believe there is a party to get to so lets wrap this up and we can all party" Steve said stating up. The rest of the Avengers stood up and they all bowed and the press was shouting so many more questions Tony started to sway so he offered his arm to Nat hoping she would understand what he was asking for. She did, she walked over and put her hand on his arm keeping him steady until they got off the stage and back to the hallway.

"Tony you need to sit down" Natasha said as she was all but carrying Tony. She lowered him to the floor so he could lean against the wall. "Tell us whats wrong so we can help"

"m-my throat hurts and when I cough the reactor hurts and my head is going to split in two, ouch oh god" Tony grabbed his head in his hands.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH MAN OF IRON" Thor bellowed not understanding. Tony winced.

"Keep your voice down Thor, Tony has a headache loud noises can hurt him" Bruce explained to the God. 

"Oh, my apologies Tony" Thor said, quieter this time.

"I'm going to go get you some water Tony" Clint said and turned towards the backstage snack table that they always had for them. He returned and handed Tony the water, he took tiny sips because it hurt his throat to swallow but also felt good.

"We're skipping the party, let's get you home Tony" Steve bent down and picked Tony up. They all walked to the car and got in. 

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They arrived at the tower and immediately got Tony to change which was very hard for him because his head was still splitting and his chest burned. He made it back to the living room and was gently pushed onto one of the couches. His head was gently lowered onto a pillow and his body was covered with a soft blanket. Bruce layed a cooling pad onto his chest over the reactor and the burning immediately stopped. A movie was turned on in the background, but on a very low volume and the five surrounded him, Natasha by his head massaging it. Bruce and Thor by his feet they each had a protective hand on one of his legs. Steve and Clint were sitting with their backs against the couch, each had one hand up behind them holding Tony's hand. 

"Tony tell us the next time you don't feel well. We won't make you go to the stupid press conference" Clint said as Tony closed his eyes. He hummed in recognition and fell asleep peacefully thanks to his friends, his family.

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What's this^^^^^^^^^^^? I know... TRASH. Sorry this was a bad chapter but i'm going to try and make the ones in the future better, I keep saying that and they never get better but my writing sucks in general.

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