Steve's POV

I woke up to tossing and turning. Tony has been doing this a lot the past week. I untangled the mess of blankets he had managed to get wrapped up in and pulled him into me smoothing his hair. After a few seconds he calmed down. I turned to look at the clock on the nightstand ,it read 6 30 am. It was almost time for my morning jog. But today I felt somewhat unsettled to leave Tony; he seemed so out of it yesterday night. Deciding to skip the jog just for today I settled back in holding him close to me, never wanting to let go.

Looking down at his face, I saw the paleness still persisting from yesterday night. I kissed his forehead as gently as possible trying to get a read on the temperature of his skin. In tony's anger we didn't have a chance to take his temperature with the thermometer. I frowned at the heat emanating from his.

"Jarvis?"

"how may I be of assistance, captain?"Jarvis replied quietly so as to not wake his creator.

"do you have sensors to check tony's temp?"

"of course captain. Sir's temp is currently 99.8 degrees Fahrenheit"

That wasn't too high right? I snuggled closer to him and let myself fall back asleep vowing to get him some Tylenol from the fever once he was awake.

Tony's POV

I came awake to hearing some murmuring and one hand on my torso and another smaller one brushing through my hair.

Steve was sitting upright on the bed indian style next to me with one hand across my stomach and another holding a mug with coffee. It was still steaming. I could kill for some coffee right now!

On my right was Tasha with her hand running through my hair. And Bruce was sitting on a chair next to my bed. All three in a somewhat serious discussion they didn't notice me awake. So I kept still trying to hear what they were saying.

"we should do a blood test. Maybe he is anemic?"

"it explains the fatigue, and the fainting"

"Ill call pepper and let her know about what's going on. I am sure she will agree that he should not come in for a few days"

I woke fully alert at that letting them know I was awake " No one is calling pepper!"

"Tony!" Steve put his mug down on the nightstand and rubbed my belly. "how are you feeling?"

"Why is there a super spy on my bed?"I asked though I snuggled into her hand a little more because that felt good.

"Morning" she said "tony, we have some things we want to discuss with you"

"Nobody is sticking me with any needles! And no one is calling pepper! What is wrong with you all I told you I am fine."I told them as firmly as possible.

"Steve said you haven't been sleeping well this whole week. You have hardly spent any time with the team at all. Bruce says you are hardly getting any work done when you are down at the lab. Jarvis told me you have been drinking more coffee than normal just to keep focused. Not to mention yesterday night and of course, let's not forget you fainted! Out of the blue. That's not normal for you tony."Nat said all in one breath it almost made me dizzy trying to process what she had spoken.

"That's not fair! Everyone gets to be a little tired at some point. It doesn't mean something is wrong"I argued .Why was my morning already going like this?

"Okay tony, just let us do one blood test, and then we will leave you be." Bruce said and edged closer to the nightstand as if to pick up something.

That's when I noticed it, took in my surroundings properly. There were two syringe barrels, a stethoscope, a thermometer and oh my god! Needles!

I jerked out from under the covers. Steve startled and moved to stabilize the mug he had picked up again .But Natasha was quicker and calmer she put her hand around my neck pulling me back into her embrace. " you are okay Tony" she said softly.

Steve laid down on my left side and Nat let go of me. But Steve quickly but calmly put one hand one my forehead pushing my head back into the pillows and kissed me. I forgot what was happening for a moment until I felt his other hand grabbing both my wrists and effectively pinned me down onto the bed. "I am sorry tony, But please honey, we just want to make sure you are okay"

Steve's POV

I knew Tony was going to hate me for what I was about to do but it was for his own good. I placed the mug back on the night stand and laid down on my side beside him moved my hand to his forehead pushing him back into the pillows and kissed him with passion. once I felt him succumb to the kiss I moved my other hand and pulled both his wrists together and pinned him down.

"I am sorry tony, But please honey, we just want to make sure you are okay"

"-mm! Steve please stop! Let me go!" I could feel him trying to push me away but the serum strength didn't even make me budge. I knew he hated it when I used my strength against him. But I was worried

And more than that I was afraid tony was going to seriously compromise on taking care of himself one of these days.

Bruce was quick to move closer, tony arched his back up away from the bed, "Nat, hold his shoulder down. I'll be really quick Tony, I promise. I am sorry"

Tony struggled even more at that, he is going to be so angry at us after this. But it's okay, he will be okay.

Tony's eyes were tracking Bruce like a hawk. "Tony hey look at me, baby. It's just a needle. It will only take a minute. Come on, here; look at me" I told him forcefully turning his head to face me.

His eyes widened as the needle pierced his skin and he whimpered but relaxed after that .The worst part was over.

I Kissed him again "you did great babe" I told him. He whimpered and sagged in defeat as Bruce pulled the needle out and exclaimed "all done!"

We let go of him, but I let my hand on his head stay carding through his hair. He pulled away from me instantly. The look on his was of pure betrayal. The exhaustion was now clear on his face, he looked pale and about ready to pass out.

"Tony?" He started to sway and I immediately moved to grab him. He jerked away from me so fast, colliding into Nat who tried not to grab as she knew he was feeling betrayed and didn't trust anyone right now. But he was becoming more pale by the second and someone had to do something so I moved forward again very slowly bringing my hand up to caress his cheek .He let me this time still looking at me with the look of betrayal.

"I am really sorry Tony, You know why I did it" He nodded his head and relaxed into my touch.

"Do you want to go back to sleep? Come on ill lay down with you." I guided him back forward. Nat moved her hands to undo his sweat soaked shirt. Once the shirt was off , I Pulled him with me to lay down. Nat brushed a kiss on tony's head and they left the room silently.

This was going to be hard to tackle. What if tony was really sick? I moved my hands to his arc reactor just to reassure myself that he is okay.