A/N: So for starters I really hope this is accurate... From what I've heard from people I know who have had migraines most of it is but I've never had one myself so I can only go off second hand info. Also I'm hoping the next one that goes up will be a little less whiny child like Tony getting half mothered by Pepper... I'm not quite sure what it will be but I will try to switch it up a little. Anyway I hope you Enjoy!

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Migraine

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Tony sighed as he pinched the bright of his nose. What had started as a small twinge behind his eyes had graduated into a border line migraine. He tried to just work through it but it got to the point where he just couldn't focus and the glare from his computer screen stung his eyes. He admitted defeat and asked JARVIS to hit the lights before slowly dragging himself up to his room. He had JARVIS draw the blinds, plunging the room into complete darkness before crawling into bed and curling into himself.

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Pepper came home to a completely quiet mansion which was extremely unusual. Even if Tony wasn't in his workshop with his music blaring he was somewhere with a TV on loud enough that it could be heard through the house. Instead of searching the whole house just to find out he wasn't there Pepper decided to turn to JARVIS.

"JARVIS, where is Tony?" Pepper asked the AI.

"In his room Ma'am," JARVIS answered smoothly.

"His room," Pepper repeated in shock, "Why is he in his room?"

"It seems Sir is suffering from a migraine," JARVIS explain.

"Thank you JARVIS," Pepper said as she slipped her shoes off before heading for the stairs.

She stopped briefly to retrieve a cool wet cloth from the bathroom before quietly letting herself into Tony's room. It took her eyes a second to adjust to the dark but once she could see she moved over to kneel beside the bed where Tony seemed to be asleep, a grimace still gracing his face. Pepper felt his forehead before gently positioning the cloth across it. She was surprised when a minute later warm brown eyes slowly opened to meet hers.

"Hey," Pepper said softly, keeping her voice just above a whisper.

"Hey," Tony said, squeezing his eyes shut as his head throbbed.

"Migraine again?" Pepper asked, not wanting to make his head worse but knowing she needed to to make it better.

Tony nodded without opening his eyes.

"Having you taken anything for it?" Pepper asked reaching up to gently stroke his cheek.

Tony shook his head just enough for Pepper to see that's what he was doing.

"Alright," Pepper said before standing up and placing a soft kiss on his cheek then heading for the en suite bathroom.

As she carefully retrieved some pain killers she contemplated tucking him in and hopefully getting some more work done but that thought quickly dissipated when she remember how his child hood was when he got sick so instead she changed into the shirt and boxers she had left on the counter from the morning then headed back out, water and painkillers in tow.

"Here Honey, these will help," Pepper said softly as she knelt down where she'd been before.

Tony sat up enough to take what was offered and drink the whole glass of water when instructed before laying back down. Pepper settled into bed behind him and started gently massaging his scalp, hoping it would help like it had before. She assumed it was when after a couple minutes Tony sighed and settled back against her a little. She was glad when after 5 minutes she heard his breathing even out and he fell asleep. Pepper knew he wasn't sleeping well, even if he wouldn't admit it, and she knew that it was probably the reason for a lot of the issues he'd been having, this migraine included. She stayed where she was, only moving to rewet the cloth of change positions when Tony moved until he woke up 2 hours later.

"Hey," Pepper said keeping her voice low when he looked up at her with sleepy eyes, "How's your head?"

"Down to a dull roar," Tony mumbled around a yawn.

"Good," Pepper said with a smile, "Are you hungry?"

"I could eat," Tony said with a shrug.

"Any requests?" Pepper asked as she moved the cloth onto the nightstand.

"Breakfast is sounding really good right about now," Tony said as he pushed himself up.

"I think I can make that happen," Pepper said before sliding off the bed, "Are you coming downstairs or so you want to stay here and rest?"

"I'm coming," Tony said as he slid off the bed.

"Alright," Pepper said, hold a hand out to him.

Tony took it and they headed down to the kitchen. As they walked into the room Tony took a seat at the island while Pepper got to work making scrambled eggs and hash browns. Tony put an elbow on the counter and rested his cheek in his hand as he closed his eyes. He hadn't even realized he had fallen asleep until Pepper set a plate in front of him and kissed his forehead to wake him up.

"Bedtime's going to be early tonight isn't it?" Pepper said a light air to her voice.

"Maybe," Tony said, trying to brush off the fact that he had just fallen asleep.

Pepper just smiled and settled down into the chair beside his with her own plate. They ate in silence and Pepper watched Tony the whole time out of the corner of her eye as the lack of sleep the night before and the coffeeless afternoon became more and more evident in his body language. When his plate was clean she stacked it with hers and set them in the sink before turning her attention back to Tony.

"It's time for bed," She said firmly but softly hoping to stop him from protesting.

"It's not even that late," Tony whined, "and I'm not tired. Honest!"

As soon as the last word left his mouth a yawn followed. Pepper just raised an eyebrow at him before he sighed in defeat.

"Fine I'm a little tired," Tony said trying to keep the upper hand even though he knew she'd won.

"Well it's time for at least a little sleep then," Pepper said, holding a hand out to him, "Come on."

Tony thought about offering some sassy comment and changing her mind but his head started to throb a little worse so instead he stood up and took her hand. When they got up to the bedroom Tony headed for the bathroom and Pepper straighten out the bed a little before pulling back the covers on Tony's side then sliding in on the other side. When Tony emerged from the bathroom he hesitated before sighing and sliding into bed beside her.

"Can we at least turn on the TV for a bit?" Tony asked shooting Pepper his best puppy look.

"Alright," Pepper said, satisfied that he was in bed at all.

Tony turned on the TV and started flipping through channels before settling on a re run of some crime show Pepper didn't recognise. They didn't get far into the episode before Tony had just gone to rest his eyes for a second and ended up rolling towards Pepper and pulling her close before completely falling asleep. Pepper turned off the TV before letting herself fall asleep as well, welcoming the early night and helping it would be a peaceful night.

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