A/N: So here's the second one, it turned out a little different than I had planned but I think it works better this way. I hope you like it!
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Tony stifled a cough as he wandered up from his workshop. He could tell he was sick and normally he would be closing himself in his workshop and working through it until it passed but since the last time he'd gotten sick his routine had changed. He had been a lot sicker that time and in a fever induced haze he had told Pepper a lot more than he usually would have; even though they were dating now. He had told her about when he got sick as a child and how no one was really there to look after him besides his nanny because his parents were always busy with other things and that as he got older he learned how to take care of himself and hide when he wasn't feeling well. When Pepper heard that she insisted that he would never have to go through anything like that again and that she would always be there to take care of him when he was sick or hurt. When he was better she had brought it up again to make sure he knew she was serious, so here he was now going to her for comfort.
He found her exactly where he thought she would be, sitting on the couch typing away on her laptop with her heels off and her feet up on the coffee table. He flopped down beside her and leaned back into the cushions.
"Pep," Tony whined, "I think I'm sick."
Pepper set her laptop on the table before turning to place a hand on Tony's forehead.
"What hurts?" She asked softly.
"My head and my throat," Tony mumbled closing his eyes and leaning into her hand.
"JARVIS does Tony have a fever?" Pepper asked the house's AI.
"Yes although it is low-grade, Sir's temperature is 100.1 degrees," JARVIS responded smoothly, "It seems Sir has a strain of the Rhinovirus, more commonly known as the common cold."
"Thank you JARVIS," Pepper said before turning her attention back to Tony, "Stay here, I'll be back."
Pepper headed for the kitchen and put the kettle on before going up to the bathroom attached to Tony's room to retrieve some ibuprofen from the cabinet over the sink. She made it back to the kitchen just in time for the kettle to click off and made quick work of making some lemon tea with honey before heading back to the living room to sit beside Tony. She set the mug down on the table then shook two tablets into her hand and handed them to Tony.
"Take those they'll help your head, and this will help your throat," Pepper said handing over the tea next.
Once Tony had taken the medicine she had offered and taken a couple sips of tea she settled back to her original position and motioned for him to lie down. As soon as he was comfortable Pepper started gently running her fingers through his hair while she picked up her blackberry with her free hand so she could continue answering emails but still keep up the comforting gesture. She smiled when she heard the soft but congested snores start up in her lap. She knew that a cold was no big deal but after he had told her that heartbreaking detail from his past she never wanted him to go through that again, even if it was something small, because she loved everything about him, even the things that slightly annoyed her and one of her favorite things was the fact that he would always be a child at heart.
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