Hi Everybody! So this is my very first story, I hope you guys like it. Please review I would love to read what you guys think about it.

Sadly I don't own iron man or any of the marvel characters,even though I wish I did.

Chapter 1:

Keep running and don't stop. That's what his mind kept telling him,even though his body told him otherwise. He had no idea where he was,all he knew was that he was lost deep in the woods. He had to find Pepper and Rhodey,he already lost Happy and couldn't afford to lose them too. Maybe if he kept running he would find them.

(5 hours earlier)

"Tony you better be awake and ready to go!" Pepper yelled as she entered the mansion. She was waiting for one of Tony's snarky remarks,but all she heard was silence.

"Jarvis, where is Mr. Stark ?" The red-headed woman asked.

"Mr. Stark is currently in his workshop,Miss Potts." The British voice of the A.I. replied.

Pepper sighed as she went down the stairs that lead to Tony's workshop. As she hit the last step from the shop and entered her code on the door, she saw Tony slouched over his work table with papers everywhere. She rolled her eyes as she knew that Tony had worked all night until he literally passed out. He was sitting on a stool and his head was laying on his arms over the table. Pepper was about to gingerly wake him up, but then she remembered the time Tony had woken her up when she fell asleep on his couch from working too hard.

(2 weeks ago)

Pepper was typing away on her laptop trying to finish some last-minute papers she had to email. She looked at her watch and saw that is was 2:30 am. 'Almost done' she said to herself. She was having a hard time keeping her eyes open,when she yawned she was way too tired to open her eyes anymore. 'I'll just rest my eyes for a minute' she thought to herself. She laid her head back against the couch and passed out. It was 3:30 am when Tony decided to come up from his workshop to call it a night. He thought Pepper had left a long time ago, but as he was about to make his way upstairs to his bedroom he saw Pepper looking silently at the t.v.,at least that's what he thought.

"Hey Pep, what are you doing, I thought you-"

When he walked towards her that's when he realized that she was deep in her sleep. Tony smiled as he watched her sleep, then an idea came to him,causing his smile to grow even wider as he figured out how he was going to wake her.

"PPPPEEEPPPPPEERRRRRRR!" Tony yelled at the top of his lungs.

Pepper let out a girly scream as she literally jumped up from the couch, forgetting that her laptop was on her lap as it went crashing to the floor. She looked at Tony to see why on earth he was yelling. Tony was just laughing, bending down and holding his sides as he laughed.

"That...was...priceless Pepper" Tony said trying to catch his breath.

Unlike Tony, Pepper never was a person to play pranks on people, she thought it was childish. But remembering the way Tony woke her up, she vowed that she would get him back, and now was a perfect time to get back at him. She slowly crept up behind him and leaned closer to his face. Holding in her laugh, she yelled at the top of her lungs.

"TTOOONNNNYYYY!"

"AHHH!" Tony stood up right away tipping over the stool and almost tripping over it, as he looked around.

"Eww..Tony you...have drool..on your face." Pepper said between laughs.

"No I don't" Tony was still trying to figure out what the hell happened.

"Then why is a paper stuck on your cheek?" Pepper said trying to calm herself down. Tony saw the paper from the corner of his eye on his cheek and took it off.

"Jeez Pepper, you didn't have to wake me up like that. You know a simple kiss on the lips would've woken me up in no time." Tony said, trying to give her one of his best playboy smiles.

Once Pepper controlled herself, she was starting to regret waking him up like that. She took a good look at him and noticed that he was sweating and looked kind of pale. "Tony are you OK? I didn't give you a heart attack did I?" She really hoped she didn't scare him that bad.

"No, I'm fine my head just hurts a bit, but I'm sure it'll go away once I take a shower." With that Tony gave Pepper a small smile and went to go take a shower. Pepper stood there for a while wondering if it was just a headache that made him look pale.

20 minutes later Tony was in his room shivering, trying to put on his clean clothes. He thought his headache would've gone away by now, but it was just getting worse. He felt miserable and sick, but he would never admit that to Pepper. After struggling to put on his clothes he felt light-headed but decided to shrug it off and made his way downstairs. Pepper had just finished making breakfast when she heard Tony coming down. She was just about to tell him something when Tony felt light-headed again and fell down the last 3 steps of stairs.

"Tony!" Pepper rushed to his side to see if he was OK.

"Ow, I'm fine Pepper I just missed a step on my way down, it's OK." Tony gave her one of his famous irresistible smiles to try and convince her that he was OK. Reaching out to help him up, she felt as if she were touching a hot stove. She moved the back of her hand towards his forehead and definitely knew he had a fever.

"My gosh Tony you're hot",she said, her tone filled with worry. As soon as she said that she knew that was a poor choice of words.

"Tell me something I don't know."

"I meant you're burning up. You need to go to bed and get some rest." Pepper helped him up off the floor and they both cautiously went up the stairs to his bedroom. She helped him lay down and pulled the covers over him. "I'll be right back, I'm going to go get you some water and medicine."

"Pepper I told you I'm fine, it's just a little cold. I don't need rest." Tony began to complain but Pepper was already downstairs getting the things she needed.

When she made her way into the room, she saw Tony was trying so hard to keep his eyes open as exhaustion was trying to take over. "Here take these, they'll make you feel better and it'll help bring your fever down." Pepper said as she handed him the pills and water.

"You didn't even check if I have a fever, which I don't by the way. And if you're assuming I have a fever, well then never assume because then you make an ass out of u and me." Tony said, hoping he could make Pepper forget that he was sick.

Pepper rolled her eyes at his comment and asked Jarvis, "Jarvis, please scan Mr. Stark's body temperature."

In no less than a minute the A.I responded, "Mr. Stark's current body temperature is 103.5 degrees Fahrenheit."

Pepper let out a small gasp when she heard how high his fever was. "Now you know you have a fever, so just take the pills Tony." Pepper said in a firm tone that she uses to get him to do anything.

"OK, fine" Tony knew he wouldn't win that argument and took them.

"Thank you, now get some rest while I go clear up your schedule for the next couple of days." As Pepper left the room Tony just nodded and let the pills do their work and welcomed sleep.

Again thanks for reading and don't be afraid to tell me what you guys think, hope you like it! I should be able to post chapter 2 maybe towards the end of the week,so stay tuned!