Tony hadn't seen Steve for weeks, everyone else had come and gone including Pepper and Fury who had left him with a tablet to do some work, not that he minded as he hated being stuck in hospitals because they bored the hell out of him but he found it hard to concentrate on his work since Steve had done a disappearing act.

Everyone had started to notice a difference in Tony, he seemed more closed off than usual and he just threw himself into his work to distract himself.

Although he was always working he found it hard to concentrate since his mind was constantly on Steve and that darn kiss. 'Why did he kiss me? Does he like me? But if he did, why did he run away then?'

He was so ecstatic to be given the all clear to go home but he was told to take it easy as he had fractured a few ribs and had some nasty bruises and god knows what he had to done to the arc reactor, he was adamant that no one was allowed to touch it and he pretended it didn't bother but it hurt a lot and sometimes he felt it was hard to breath

Growing up he had to be resilient to pain, his Father had told him that being ill or injured was a sign of weakness and over the years me managed to form a mask of arrogance and selfishness to cover up his weak moments.

When he left the hospital he was greeted by all the Avengers except the one he wanted to see the most.

"Finally Tony you are allowed to come home, do you know how boring it has been without you there man" said Clint.

"Well its still going to be boring Clint since Tony has to be careful on what he does and rests as much as he can isn't that right Stark" replied Banner.

"Oh come on Brucey, I'm fine now, there's no need to babysit me now" he said looking around he smiled at Thor who nodded in return and then he shook Happy's hand before climbing into his personal limo claiming a seat next to a certain red head.

"Steve had some errands to run but he should be home later" whispered Natasha.

"What? Oh erm ok, thanks I guess" confused as to why she had told him that but thought it was best not to ask since everyone was now fully seated and Happy started the drive back to Stark tower.

The drive was spent mostly in silence probably due to the fact that he had dozed off on Natasha's shoulder, damn those drugs do all sorts to you and that's why he hated taking them.

He heard the odd whisper between his team members as he was rousing catching the odd few words along the lines of Steve and that he was acting odd and not coming home till late and that they needed to talk to him.

He couldn't fully wrap his head around it as he was too tired and not in the mood to even start a conversation, so he just kept his eyes closed and tried to return to sleep.

As the limo came to a stop he felt a warm hand gently tapping his cheek, as he opened his eyes he came face to face with a pretty redhead.

"Hey were home now, come on lets go inside and get you comfy".

"Is that an offer Miss Romanov?" he replied with a wink.

"Heh always with a comeback Tony, come on".

She gently helped him out of his Limo and guided him to his elevator where they all stepped in and made there way up to his shared living quarters he created for everyone.

Stepping out of the elevator he was guided to his extra long sofa by Thor who surprisingly was very gentle with him, as he was helped to sit down the demi god asked "Man of Iron is there anything I can get you? Injured as you are I shall assist in anyway that I can".

"Im good thanks Thor, why don't you pick a movie or something for us all to watch aye buddy?".

With a nod of acceptance the demi god left the room and headed straight for his library which housed more than a thousand films, not that he had watched even a quarter of them.

"Here Tony take your meds, I wont move till you swallow them all".

Looking up into the eyes of his best friend he knew it was a wrong choice to make him angry so he reluctantly took the pills and swallowed them down with a glass of water.

Tony was then left to get comfy whilst the others busied themselves with snacks and drinks, if only Steve was here, it would make him feel better he thought, shaking himself out of his stupor he settled down and one by one they all returned, getting comfy and started to watch the film.

Not even half way through the film Tony felt the drugs kick in and slowly he fell into a slumber, when the others had noticed their fellow avenger had fallen asleep they all got up and Bruce covered him with a blanket.

Barton had turned the film off as they all had decided to retire to their rooms for the night, however they stood around debating if someone should stay with Tony or if they should carry him to his room when a certain super soldier came walking in hearing the end of their conversation he dismissed them all saying that he will watch over Tony and that it gave him a chance to draw.

Tony awoke from his slumber feeling quite comfy and warm, he noticed that he was lying down on the sofa with a blanket wrapped around him but then he noticed it was too quiet, where was everyone?

Sitting up slowly he glanced around his living room spotting the only person he had wanted to see all day, Captain America, but now he was here looking directly at him, he didn't know what to say to him as he suddenly felt all nervous.

"Hey Tony, How are you feeling?".

"I'm ok, how long have I been asleep for?".

"Erm a few hours at least, look Tony I want to apologise about the last time I was with you".

Oh no he was not going to bring this up now especially when he wasn't fully awake and couldn't come up with instant sarcastic remarks.

"Steve, just drop it, It was nothing ok" he said lifting his head up he was instantly face to face with him, he moved back a little to allow Steve to sit down on the edge of the sofa.

Sitting so close to him their thighs were touching each other Steve said "It wasn't nothing and we both know that".

"So why did you run? Why did you not come back to see me, do you know how messed up that left me, how hurt I felt?".

Oh crap, was he really admitting his feelings, damn these stupid drugs and this annoying grogginess.

"Tony, I didn't realise you felt anything towards me, I was being so selfish all this time, Im sorry, please forgive me, I don't want things to be left awkward between us".

Tony sat there contemplating everything, he didn't like how things were awkward between them but these feelings that he was starting to feel just confused him.

"Ok, I don't like it awkward but Im not entirely sure about these stupid feelings either, they mess me up, all I think about is you and its driving me crazy" he confessed not caring anymore.

When he saw the Captain smirk and blush a little at his confession it made his heart race a little and looking into them eyes left him speechless.

Steve bridged the gap between them and kissed Tony softly on his lips, pulling back they looked at each other a million emotions passed through with that single look.

"No running off this time Cap" he said as he wrapped a hand around Steve's head pulling it towards him and kissed him a little harder.

Steve froze for a second before kissing back, wrapping his hand around the back of Tonys neck he deepened the kiss, eliciting a moan from them both, then he licked along Tonys bottom lip earning a gasp he inserted his tongue inside his mouth creating a hot mix and a race of dominance.

With Tony on low lung capacity he broke away from the kiss trying to take in lungfuls of air "Shit, sorry, I guess I'm not going to be good at this for a little while" he said.

"Its ok, ill wait for you" came Steve's reply as he pulled Tony around so they were both sitting comfortably with his arms around the other.

"Sleep now Tony, ill wake you up when its time to take your meds" Steve said as he looked down and noticed Tony had already fallen asleep looking so peaceful and calm, and not long after he fell asleep cuddling closer to his comrade alerting Jarvis to wake him up in a few hours.

Unknown to both of the heroes a certain demi god had witnessed the latest interaction between his co workers, leaving him a little confused as to why they acted different in front of everyone else he decided to get to the bottom of this so he thought he would ask the others when they awoke.