Tony's POV

Tickle in my throat? Wait,that's what woke me up?

Just as I turned around in my minimal efforts to get comfortable again and go back to sleep I felt cool fingers brushing through my hair only to stop at the nape of my neck and cup it and wow did that feel good.

"Good morning"

oh Steve!sweet sweet Steve was laying by my side ,sweat soaked in his morning jogging clothes. I turned my head to the side to give him a quick peck on the lips.

"Morning" I grumbled as I got up to head to the bathroom to get a ,well lets say late start to the day as Steve puts it. As I got up I felt the world tilt slightly and I stumbled

off to the bathroom still grumbling about super soldiers and how they can drink all they want the night before and still wake up as fresh as ever .That's what it was.

"Tony?I am going down to the common room to get breakfast,the rest of the team is already there. join us as soon as you are finished here,I'll make you a plate "

Steve said as he got up to leave the room. "Okay" The thought of breakfast made me feel nauseous ,still hung over from the small amount of scotch I had yesterday night at the gala,

damn am I getting that old? I quickly brushed my teeth and had a hot shower which only made me feel more uncomfortable and headed down to the common room ,maybe some fresh coffee can help.

As I walked into the common room I saw Clint perched on the arm of the sofa blowing on his hot whatever he had in his hawkeye mug. "Hey birdbrain,catch " I said to him as I threw my stark tablet at him that I was holding and watched him spill the hot (tea apparently) liquid all over himself trying to catch the tablet. Perfect aim,my ass. I smirked at his grumbled angry response about me being a man child as i walked into the kitchen to get myself a coffee as my morning was already feeling better after troubling Clint.

Bruce waved to as if to say good morning and the rest of the team just nodded in acknowledgement. I walked straight to the coffee maker and picked up a mug only to have it removed from my hands and replaced with orange juice. "urgh,yuck! what the hell, Steve!"

"A little healthy now and then won't hurt you tony "he admonished as he guided me to an empty chair at the table and put a plate of what looked like blueberry muffins and quinoa? ew.

I looked up to see everyone in the kitchen and realised only Clint was absent from their perfect breakfast team bonding moment. "Why is Clint sitting all the way out there on the sofa?"I asked to no one in particular and Nat gave an annoyed scowl before telling me "he knows what he did". Oh well, super spy problems. I looked down to grab a muffin from my plate only to notice it gone!

Nat,very sneaky indeed. I grumbled some more before I reached over and stole Bruce's as he gave me mildly irritated look but didn't seem to mind.I ate my muffin in peace and tried to quickly get away from Steve's 'eat your salad!don't make me hold you and force it down'.

But apparently quickly wasn't working for me today because just as I got up my vision blacked out and I felt himself pitching forward and someone grabbed me before I smashed my face into my unfinished plate.

"Tony?" "Tony!" "grab him!" urgh,what happened?I asked my sluggish brain as it struggled to process the situation.

I felt hands lowering me into the chair I had previously occupied.

"Tony? can you hear me?"

"oh look!Iron ass fainted!" I heard Clint say and I wanted to give him a snarky response but my brain still did not seem to have a handle on things.

"Tony,can you open your eyes?you with us?"Bruce said .That's a good question!why are my eyes still closed?I blinked my eyes open ,everything seemed hazy at first but got better quickly. I was seated sideways on the chair and my head was resting on Steve's abdomen with his hands cupping my face and head.

"I am okay, just testing all your reflexes"

Apparently no one believed me as Bruce's hands were suddenly all over my face and saying things like "he looks pale ,does he looked flushed to you?" I whined trying to get away from Bruce's attempt to get a pulse read from my wrist while Steve just held me tighter and said "this is why you don't skip your salad" and brushed his fingers through my hair.I looked up to glare at him but the concern and worry on his face shut me up and was more the reason to brush this off before it got his teammates too worried.

I swatted Bruce's hands away and pushed myself away from Steve and grabbed the glass of water someone was holding out to me,Nat, bless her!I drank the whole thing with all eyes on me.

"All better now!" I declared as I gave them an explanation "the shower was too hot,my blood pressure probably dropped"

"Are you sure?You seemed pale before the shower as well today, tony" Steve's over-concerned voice said. "I am fine, really.I need to head down to the lab now,widow's bites need an update."

"okay ,take it easy please?" Steve said as he let me go. "yes,daddy!" I quipped as I walked out,imagining the blush creeping up Steve's face.

Just as I left the common room I heard Bruce say "Jarvis,keep an eye on him please" I whined to myself as I entered the elevator. They were not going to let this go!

Steve's POV

I watched with concern as Tony left the room with slightly less swagger than he usually does.

"Jarvis,keep an eye on him please"Bruce said "of course, doctor"

"Is everything alright with the man of iron?" Thor who had been watching the scene unfold silently so far finally spoke up. Steve looked up at everyone's face for the first

time and noticed they all looked just as concerned."I am not sure Thor,but I think he is just tired from yesterday's gala and the SI meetings .He really needs to take a break"

I sighed to myself as I tried to think of any other signs of sickness his boyfriend had showed in the past few days.

"He's been really over working it,and his eating habits are getting worse." Nat said as she picked up the glass of orange juice tony had not touched.

I sighed again at the mention of his eating habits ,tony really did not care about what he was shoving down his throat as long as it was NOT healthy."Yeah i am working on that"i quickly said.

"whatever you are doing,is clearly not working"Clint quipped.

I turned to look at Bruce who had been silent in this debate he seemed to be lost in his thoughts and this only worried me more because I knew Bruce zoned out when he was trying to make sense of something. "Bruce?You alright?" Nat asked as she followed my line of vision. "What?yeah,we really need to keep a better eye on Tony" and that's all he said as he walked out coffee in hand ,probably off to do some of his own lab work .Which made me feel better knowing Bruce would at least be around Tony while they were both working,just in case.

I shook my head to clear things and headed to shield headquarters to teach some basic self defence training to shield's agents as per fury's request.