Peter woke to find himself lying on something that was not his bed. He guessed that he must have fallen asleep on the couch watching movies again. That didn't account for the thing that his head was resting on, though. It felt like someone's legs, but if he was at home, whose legs were they? May was working a late shift today, so it couldn't be her. Then who was it? Thinking kind of made his head hurt a little bit, so Peter scrunched up his eyes and tried to return to the murky depths of sleep.

A hand carded through his hair and the fingertips lightly brushed his scalp. That was nice. He liked those hands, they made him feel safe. He snuggled further into this person's hand, and they let out a small laugh. Their hand stilled in Peter's hair and their thumb made small, affectionate circles on Peter's temple. Peter smiled and his eyes fluttered open.

"Hey there, kiddo." Tony's voice was quiet but it still hurt Peter's head. He scrunched up his eyes and curled in on himself, groaning.

"Don' like that."

Tony's face dropped and he quickly removed his hand from Peter's hair. Peter frowned at the absence of heat.

"N' not that. Soun's" Peter squirmed a bit. Why was it so warm in here? Tony's hand pressed against his forehead firmly and then returned to making small brushing motions in Peter's hair. In his other hand, he picked up his and Peter's phone. Tony gently placed Peter's phone in his hands and then fiddled with his own for a second. The screen of Peter's samsung lit up.

Tony Stark: That fall really did a number on your head, Pete. There's a big lump and you're running a high temperature. How are you feeling?

Peter Parker: Not very good, Mr. Stark. Head hurts.

Tony Stark: Yeah, that's great. I'm going to get you some water.

Tony made to move Peter's head off his lap so he could stand, but Peter grabbed his wrist and held him there.

"Don' go." Peter's words were slurred with fatigue but they still melted Tony's heart a bit.

"I'm not going anywhere, bud. Just going a few meters to get you some water. I'm right here."

Tony tried to whisper as quietly as possible so Peter wouldn't feel any discomfort. Tony squeezed Peter's hand and slowly got up to fetch some water from the kitchen. He removed the med kit from the top shelf of the cabinet and pulled out some fever medicine. Tony hesitated. Would it work on Peter with his enhanced metabolism? Only one way to find out.

Tony quietly made his way back to where Peter was half-lying on the couch and staring at the ceiling. Peter took the water and tablets without complaint and promptly chugged all the water.

"Woah there, Pete, you don't want to choke." Tony tried to hide his concern under the joke. Peter usually complained at having to swallow tablets as he preferred the chewable ones.

Peter shrugged and then stood up alarmingly quickly. Peter's eyes screwed shut and he clutched at his head as he stumbled a bit. Tony ran forward to steady him, placing his hands firmly on Peter's arms. Tony felt Peter's hair standing on end under his hands.

"Peter? What-"

"Something's wrong." Peter cut Tony off and grabbed Tony's waist, eyes wide.

"Something's very wrong, Tony." Tony smiled a bit at Peter actually using his name, which he seemed to be making more of an effort to do nowadays; but if Peter said something was wrong, something was wrong.

"Alright, Pete. What is it? Do we need to set off the alarm?"

"No it's- I don't know. It's not a threat but..." Peter trailed off. "FRIDAY, turn on the TV to the news channel please." Peter had a scared look in his eyes that Tony hated to see there. It was chillingly similar to the way that Peter had looked at him while he was turning to ash.

They waited in silence for a minute, Tony standing still while Peter rocked back and forth on the heels of his feet. The TV suddenly went from relaying the events of a music festival to a breaking-news feed of a tram going through a red light and crashing into a car.

A/N: Hey! Sorry for being late - I'm trying to stick to posting weekly about every sunday, which for america I think is saturday? Also this chapter is a bit short because if I didn't break it up it would be so long!

Please tell me your thoughts or ideas for the plots below! :)