"Steve." Tony whispered when he woke up three days later shocking Steve awake.
"tony." Steve said smiling for the first time in almost four days.
"what happened?" Tony asked still feeling groggy as he tried to site up.
"don't." Steve told Tony as he placed a hand comfortingly on his chest. "you were hit pretty hard. Been asleep for the past three days."
"is the team okay?" Tony asked as he finally gave up trying to sit up.
"yeah everyone else is okay." Steve said as happy tears slid down his cheek. "don't do that to me again."
"promise." Steve leaned down and kissed Tony overjoyed that the love of his life was okay.
Tony spent the next couple days in med bay before he was allowed to go home with the promise that he would take things easy and a promise from Steve that he would make sure Tony did.
But promising to make sure Tony took things easy was easier said then down and over the next two weeks, Steve struggled to make sure Tony didn't push himself too far.
"come on Tony you need to get some sleep." Steve said as he sleepily walked into Tony's lab having woken up without his boyfriend in bed with him.
"In a minute Steve. I have to finish this first." Tony didn't look up from the work he was doing on His suite.
"please come to bed, Tony." Steve begged as he rubbed his baby bump. "I sleep better when you're there with me.
"I need to finish this."
"you're still healing and can wait to finish this in the morning." Steve told Tony tiredly.
"I'm almost finished. I will be up in a bit." Tony still hadn't looked up from his work and Steve was starting to get really annoyed.
"Tony can you please just come to bed. I'm worried." Steve admitted quietly as he walked over to Tony.
"I'm fine stop worrying." Tony said dismissively.
"Tony your still hurt, still healing. Me and this baby need you to be okay. We need you." Steve whispered as he looked down at the floor.
"and I'm right here. I'm fixing the suit." Tony said finally looking up from his work.
"Tony please just come to bed. Me and the baby don't need you to fix your suit we need you with us." Steve told him as he placed a hand on his shoulder.
"give me five minutes and I promise I will be up." Tony promised placing his hand on top of Steves.
"you better be Tony." Steve agreed. "five minutes."
"five minutes." Tony agreed AS Steve turned around to walk out of the lab and upstairs.
Steve slowly made his way up to their room as he rubbed his baby bump. When he got to there room Steve decided to read a book as he waited for his boyfriend.
But half an hour later Steve was disappointed when Tony still hadn't come up to bed and decided to just go to sleep without his boyfriend.
"Where's Tony?" Clint asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"probably still in his lab." Steve told him frustrated at Tony. "he's been there since yesterday."
"did he not go to bed?" Pepper asked knowing how Tony could get.
"no promised me he would but he didn't." Steve seat down at the kitchen table a plate of pancakes in his hand.
"you want me to go and talk to him?" Pepper asked sitting down next to Steve. "it might help."
"no I went down last night and he promised he would be up in five minutes but he still isn't up." Steve said getting overly emotional from his pregnancy hormones.
"let me have a go. You never know it could work." Pepper stood up and walked away before Steve could tell it was a bad idea again.
Pepper stormed downstairs mad at her former boss and best friend.
"Tony you need to go and see Steve." Pepper said loudly as he walked into his lab.
"what?" Tony asked shocked at Peppers outburst.
"you promised Steve you would leave the lab last night but your still here." pepper walked closer to Tony her anger only dying down a little.
"shit." Tony said having gotten so caught up his work that he promised Steve he would go upstairs. "how mad is he?"
"I think he's more upset then mad." Pepper told him her anger almost all gone seeing how guilty he looked.
"I should probably go and see him before he gets more upset than angry." Tony said as he stood up.
"yeah, you should." Pepper agreed as Tony walked past her.
Tony walked up to the kitchen worriedly. "Hey." Tony whispered as he walked into the kitchen.
The rest of the team noticed the tension between the couple and bid there goodbye.
"Sorry about last night." Tony said as he seats down next to Steve.
"when we found out I was pregnant you promised me you would stop spending days on end in your lab or going down there when things get really hard." Steve reminded Tony. "you promised."
"I know and I'm so sorry. I was going to come up but I got caught up in what I was doing and lost track of time."
"Tony I can't do sleepless night with a newborn or have to lay upstairs unable to go to sleep because I'm worried my boyfriend isn't sleeping or eating enough." Steve said as a tear slipped down his cheek. "I need you right now. More then I've ever needed you, Tony."
"I'm so sorry. How about I eat breakfast then go and finish the upgrade and once I'm finished I'll be all yours okay." Tony said placing a hand on Steve's thigh.
"okay." Steve agreed. "I don't want you to not so your work I just want you to slow it down a little. We're going to get enough sleepless nights once the baby's here." Steve placed a hand on his baby bump feeling the baby move.
"I know." Tony placed his hand on top of Steves smiling. "now what do we have for breakfast?"
"I think there's still some pancakes left."
Spending less time in the lab and remembering to come out to eat and sleep was going to be hard but there was no one else Tony would want or do it for than the love of his life and his baby.
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