AN: I didn't mention this earlier, but each chapter is based upon a song. The songs are the chapter names (except for, You made me smile, the song is really, you make me smile.) This was a failed attempt at making the chapter longer...
When Tony awoke, he found he had a massive hangover, and every light in the house seemed extremely bright. Wait.. he wasn't at his house. Tony sat straight up, "Where am I?" He demanded before grunting in complete pain, gritting his teeth to stop from screaming. He slowly let himself back down.
-x-
Steve was in the chair by Tony's bed, "You're in a hospital. You broke a rib or two on that nasty little fall down the staircase. Steve bit his tongue, and looked down, he knew the whole incident. The nurses couldn't stop talking about it. There was a girl just as drunk as Tony, she said she was going to have sex with him, but he ran out of the room after kissing her a couple times, his pants were unbuttoned, he tripped over them. And each time, the nurses swooned over Tony's pants being down, and him tripping over them, They always busted out laughing.
When he first heard the story, it almost brought tears to his eyes. Had Tony gotten over him that quickly? Steve shook his head slowly. "Lie back down Tony, and don't try that again." Steve said without looking up. "You're in a hospital, as you've probably realized. Are you hungry?" Steve's care couldn't be covered up. He hated seeing Tony like this. "If you don't. I'm gonna go. There's no reason for me to be here. Where's your lady friend?" He practically choked on the last words.
-x-
Tony stared at Steve. "She's not my lady friend. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be in this mess." Truth was, it was Tony's fault... Well, after it being Steve's fault. If Steve wouldn't have left then Tony wouldn't have been sleeping with the chick.. But if Tony wouldn't have been so lustful for women, then Steve wouldn't have left.. Ahh the chain of responsibility.
"Steve. Don't leave me here." Tony practically whispered.
"Why not? There are plenty of hot nurses to flirt with." Steve retorted.
Tony shook his head. 'I don't want females..' He thought to himself. And he reached over and grabbed Steve by the arm as he stood up. Tony tried not to let out a whimper. Steve slowly let himself back down into the chair, if only to stop Tony from hurting himself.
"Tony. Let go of me." His voice was soft, as if talking to a child.
"No." Tony replied. Steve felt his heart skip a beat. Maybe Tony wanted him after-all. But. Tony needed to learn a lesson... even if this lesson was going to hurt them both, he needed to teach Tony.
Tony watched as Steve bent over Tony, he placed a kiss on Tony's forehead, gave Tony a small careful hug, took Tony's hand off of his arm and began to walk away.
"Good bye Tony." Steve whispered as he made his way to the door. There was a quiver in Steve's voice, and his eyes were ready to spring a leak.
Tony felt like the world had stopped spinning. "No.." Tony whispered. He wanted to say more, but he couldn't find the words. He didn't want to say the wrong thing, he didn't want to lie, he wanted to speak from his heart, but he couldn't figure out what it was trying to tell him.
The door closed with a thud. His heart felt like it had a hundred pound weight on it. Did he just lose Steve? Was Steve gone for good? Was that sweet hug, bittersweet? Was that the last kiss Tony would ever get? "Don't leave.." Tony said to the now empty chair, to the now empty room, and to his now empty heart.
A single tear slid down Tony's cheek. "Steve... you're.. amazing.. You're wonderful, and fun, and always there for me. We've been through much.. This simple.. This stupid little mistake, couldn't possibly ruin us.. could it? Don't leave me...Will you at least wait for me..?
The only thing left was the pounding of Tony's hungover head, and the pounding of Tony's heart. Thud. Thud. Thud. 'How could I be so stupid..?'
