marvel x reader one shots

Tired (Tony Stark)

Tony Stark X Reader

Warnings: insomnia, nightmares

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(Y/N) wondered down the halls, her mind elsewhere as she bumped into a side table and then continued to walk.

Her feet silently carried her to the lab, taking the stairs so as not to disturb FRIDAY and in turn the peace in the compound.

"Hey, why are you still up?" Tony asked setting down the parts he had been holding and taking a sip from his now cold coffee.

"Oh sorry I didn't mean to disturb you" she mumbled already turned to leave.

"Hey don't go" Tony found himself calling. (Y/N) stopped, but didn't turn around "stay" he said "I uh, if you want to that is" he fumbled, (Y/N) was the one person that could make him trip over and regret his every word.

"Thanks" she said just loud enough for him to hear. Grabbing a chair she lifted it off the floor so it didn't emit that horrible scrapping sound on the ground as she moved if from one spot to the next.

(Y/N) placed the chair a little ways from Tony's seat, her head hung allowing her (H/C) hair to cover her face.

"You alright?" Tony asked as he got back to work.

"Yeah" came the mumbled reply, her voice laced with sleep or sadness, Tony couldn't quite place which.

"Why are you up?" He pried. Upon hearing the ruffle of fabric he turned his head just in time to catch her shrugging shoulders return to their position.

He frowned and shifted closer. The sound of his chair making (Y/N) whip her head up. He searched her face for some kind of answer, some sort of sign that she was okay.

"You look tired" he commented, not in his usual blunt way, but in a more caring tone. A tone that finally caused the damn to break as tears flooded down (Y/N)'s face. "Hey, hey what's wrong?" Tony asked placing a tentative hand on her shoulder.

She looked up at him through teary eyes, her bottom lip quivering and curled into a frown as she desperately tried to stop the tears.

"I'm sorry" she sobbed.

"Come here, it's alright" Tony soothed as he pulled her from her chair onto his lap. Her legs draped around his and dangling off the chair as her arms wound their way round his neck. They were pressed chest to chest as he held her waist to keep her from falling off the chair.

(Y/N) leant her weight against him as her head came to rest in the crook of his neck.

"Whats wrong?" He hummed in her ear.

"I'm just so tired" she mumbled as a fresh wave of tears fell from her (E/C) eyes.
"I'm always so tired. I just want to sleep" she was almost yelling, allowing anger to fill her body until she was shaking from angry sobs.

"Why aren't you in bed asleep then?" he said half joking, half curious. Tony rubbed slow circles on her lower back, which calmed her down once more.

"Because I can't sleep, I see things. Faces and they're so-" she trailed off.

"Scary?" Tony asked. She shook her head.

"No. Suffocating." She sighed, shuffling slightly to get comfy. "And they wake me up, I hate it" Tony reached one hand up to gently take it through the ends of her (H/C) hair and she hummed softly, relaxing futher into his touch.

"I've got you, get some rest" Tony continued to run his hand through her soft hair and (Y/N) mumbled a soft 'ok' before eventually allowing sleep to take her.

Tony leant his head on her shoulder as she did on his. Her body weighed him down like dead weight, but Tony didn't mind. Her soft snores like a lullaby, eventually he drifted to sleep, still holding (Y/N) tight.

-bonus-

"Hey Tony FRIDAY said (Y/N) was down here" Rhodey said as he stepped into the lab. His eyes flicked up from his phone when he heard Tony stretch and groan as he woke up (Y/N) still safely held on his lap.

"Yeah, yeah shes right here. Jesus my back kills" Tony groaned as he felt the full effect of having a sleeping person crush his lungs all night.

"I can see that, is she alright?" Rhodey asked, taking a cautious step forwards.

"Rough night, but she's fine" Tony's hand began automatically drawing small, soft shapes on (Y/N)s back as she began to stir in her sleep.

(Y/N) peeled her eyes open, momentarily blinded by the daylight due to the lack of blinds in the lab. She reached her hands up to lazily rub her eyes.

"Morning sunshine" Tony let out a strained laugh, secretly hoping she'd lean up just a little to relive the pressure on his lungs, but at the same time never wanting her to leave.

"What time is it?" She groaned in her adorable morning voice.

"Ten thirty, Caps looking for you. Something about training" Rhodey informed. (Y/N) perked her head up and arkwardly clambered round so she was now facing Rhodey but still had her back resting on Tony. He sucked in a deep breath, greatful that he could once again breath properly.

"Tell him, in the politest way possible, to fuck off" she grumbled and then twisted her head round to nuzzle it back into Tony's neck, her back emiting a series of cracks as she did. Tony chuckled at her behaviour before shooing his friend out the lab as (Y/N) drifted back to sleep.