Walking into his new room – which was originally the spare room before he and Tony broke up- Steve walked into the bathroom, taking off all his clothes and stepping into the shower.

He had spent the better part of an hour calling and re-calling all the hospitals in the surrounding area and closest cities to see where Tony had been taken, But there was no word that Tony had been checked into any hospital. Worry nagged at his mind and began crying again under the warm water. Even having tried to ask Jarvis when he walked into the house didn't work. The house was oddly quiet and Jarvis wasn't responding.

Turning off the water after his shower, he dried himself off and then slowly slid down onto the bathroom floor and continued to cry with everything he had.

Ring ring ring

Wah Steve stirred from the floor slightly upon hearing insistent ringing in his ears. Where am I?

Ring ring ring

Oh right! The memories came rushing back, and Steve started to cry again, Tony...

ring ring ring

Looking towards the insistent ringing, he realized it was his phone. Rushing off of the bathroom floor to grab it he answered in a hurry.

"Yes!? This is Steve."

There was a short pause before a ladies voice started to speak, "Steve? My name is Dr. Cho."

Steve held his breath, hoping for good news, or something that would tell him that Tony was ok.

"I think you should come to my facilities. I'll text you the address, come as soon as you can please."

Steve heard the phone hand up and he realized he was still holding his breath. Sure enough the text with the address came to him right away and he flew out of the bathroom. Throwing on some pants and a shirt, he ran out of his room and towards the elevator.

"Steve!" Natasha called as she saw him run by, but Steve didn't answer, he simply pressed the button that would take him to the streets.

Never before has he drove so quickly, the address was one slightly out of the city and he needed to get there quickly. Luck was on his side when he swerved in and out of traffic, no one getting in his way, and no one pulling him over.

Coming up to the address, he flew out of the car, not bothering to park it properly. Steve raced up to the front gate and rang the buzzer to the gigantic building.

"Yes? State your business." A female Voice came over the intercom

"Im Steve! Im here to see !" He tried keeping the frantic sound out of his voice but he new he failed miserably.

There was a long pause until the voice spoke again. "She will see you know, she is on the eleventh floor, third door or the left."

"Yes! Thank you!" The door buzzed and Steve ran through it and to the Elevator at the end of the lobby, not caring about the stares he got from passerby's.

Ding!

The elevator signaled his arrival to the eleventh floor and he ran quickly down the hall as soon as the doors opened. Pausing at the third door at the end of the hall he paused, mentally preparing himself for what ever was to come. She never did say it was about Tony, or if he was ok, so she didn't need him breaking down in front of her if it had nothing to do with that.

Taking a deep breath Steve knocked on the door and heard a soft reply to enter. Pushing the door open he lost all composure that he had just built up when he saw Tony in what looked like a table with a tub cover top over it, shielding Tony's body.

"Tony!" Running over he put his hand on the shield that was covering Tony's body. Tony was laying on his back, pale, and shirtless. His arc reactor glowing with full strength. The part where Tony had been shot was covered with a white cloth. "I-Is he ok?" Steve managed to choke out before he felt new tears starting to form.

"Yes, he will live. But that was a close call, too close. Steve-" paused,"He flat lined twice during the procedure."

Steve felt his body go numb both with relief of Tony being alive and shock. Looking back to Tony he felt himself slip to his knees. "Thank you." He whispered to her. "I Don't know how you did it, but thank you."

"Did Tony never mention me? Pft, that is just like him. I specialized in new age medical care, helping people to regrow limbs and repairing organs." She walked over and opened a hatch in the chamber and lifted the cloth to where Tony's wound was. It was gone! There was a slight discoloration of where the wound used to be but other that that it was fully healed. "If he hadn't come to me he would have died."

Steve looked in wonder at where the wound used to be, so grateful that Tony was going to be OK. "when will he wake up?"

"That I don't know," She shook her head sadly. "Could be an hour, could be a weak, it depends on his resolve."

Nodding was all he could do after hearing that answer.

"And Before you ask, I already prepared a cot for you in the corner, I knew you would want to stay here. Tony never speaks of anything but you when ever he is over, and you are the first on his emergency list, so you must love each other a lot." She smiled sweetly, then continued "Keep him in this chamber until he wakes up but when he does the button to release the chamber is just to your left there, its the red one. Don't touch anything else."

With that Dr. Cho left Steve alone in the room with an unconscious Tony. Tears still falling from his eyes, "Tony please wake up soon, I miss you..."

Steve

Stirring slightly from his bed, Steve tried to reposition himself so he was comfy, why is my bed so uncomfy all of a sudden?

Stevie!

Huh? My name? Steve sat up and rubbed his eyes looking around the room and finally remembering where he was.

"Stevie!" Tony called from the tube that held him captive at the moment.

"Tony!" Steve got up too quickly and got tangled in the blankets and tripped over himself getting to Tony but he didn't care. Pushing the release button he grabbed Tony and pulled him into a tight hug. Savoring the feel of holding Tony once again.

"Ttt-tigt! Ttt-tigt!" Tony managed to wheeze, tapping Steve on the should to get him to release the tight hug. Steve realized and loosed his grip on Tony, who started coughing slightly.

"sorry! Sorry! I'm just so-" Steve starting crying again, not caring that that's all it felt like hes done in the past 3 weeks since he broke up with Tony."happy that you're alive!"

"Yeah me too," Tony joked lightly, returning the hug, "look, ah, I'm sorry about before I promise it wasn't me! And I-"

Steve cut him off with a forceful kiss, demanding everything that Tony had to give at the moment. Running his hands through Tony's hair he could feel Tony melting into him. Tony clenched the back of Steves shirt in attempt to stable himself, he still wasn't at his full strength yet. Pulling apart from the kiss Steve leaned his forehead against Tony's panting slightly.

"Tony I know it wasn't you, I am so sorry I didn't believe you, please, can you forgive me?" Begged Steve.

"Forgive you?" Tony whispered and Steve winced at that before Tony continued, "You are all I have, there is nothing in this world that I wouldn't forgive you for."

Looking up into Tony's eyes he saw that there were tears there, but also happiness. Steve chuckled slightly, "why are you so happy, you died Tony!"

"As long as I have you again I don't care what happened, I will get shot again if it means I get to have you forever." There was no hesitation in Tony's Reply and Steve could tell that Tony meant every word.

"You have me forever already, so please don't get shot again – or hurt for that matter." Steve started chuckling at the happiness of Tony being alive and well and that Tony still loved him, even after everything that happened.

"Does that mean you accept?"

"Accept?" Steve looked puzzled.

"My proposal!" Tony poked Steve in his rather large chest.

"I don't remember you actually asking!" Steve joked, "Just implying that you were going to ask me."

"That's just, ah, minor details!" Tony looked down and scratched the back of his head in a nervous manor before whispering again, "Steve Rogers, Will you marry me?"

"Yes, of course I will." Steve smiled and leaned into kiss a very happy Tony once again, the kiss lasted several seconds until the door opened.

"Well if it isn't the happy couple." Dr. Cho grinned a wide smile, "I am guessing he said yes? Did you give him the ring yet?"

"Yeah! Just said it too!" Tony was grinning ear to ear in happiness and Steve couldn't help but to follow by example. "But not I haven't given him the ring yet, Oh no! It was on my suit!"

"Don't worry, or you'll blow your heart out, I found it on you when I had to take that ridiculous contraption off." Dr. Cho handed Tony a small metal box colored red, white and blue. "make sure after this you rest, you need it, I called your other friends as well to let them know you are alive, they will be here tomorrow to visit."

"Thank you Cho, for everything." No reply came from Dr. Cho except a small wave in the air as she walked out. Turning to Steve, Tony took out the treasure inside the box and gestured for Steve to give him his left hand. Steve complied and watched as a simple red and gold band slid on his ring finger. "It's the same metal as your shield, and I thought about your normal red, white and blue but I wanted you to have a bit of me with you so I gave it my colors to remind you of me; red and gold."

"Tony.." Steve whispered as the admired the care and thought put into his ring. "I love it! But... what about you? Did you make yourself one?"

"No, I thought about it but I didn't think you'd like not being able to pick out the 'special one' and I would love nothing more that to wear something picked out by you, or at least designed, I'll make any design you want me too." Tony snuggled up against Steves broad chest and yawned. "She was right though I am seriously tired, sleep with me?"

Steve chuckled and let go of Tony for a moment to grab the blanket from his cot. "Can't have you getting cold now that that chamber is around you." getting up on the table guiding Tony to lay down with him, Steve planted one more kiss on Tony's forehead. Tony snuggled once again into Steves big, warm chest and felt safe once again. Almost asleep Tony heard Steve speak once more, "I do have one question though,"

"Shoot. I left the oven on again didn't I?" Tony said with a slight frown on his face, at the same time he could feel Steve's chest vibrate as he chuckled.

"No Tony, Remember at the Restaurant? When we got that bill and you looked really angry at the receipt? Why were you so angry?" Glancing down at Tony's face as he asked he noticed that Tony had hidden his face more in his chest and that his face had gone bright red.

It was a few moments before Tony responded to the question but Steve waited patiently. "Its because... I wanted to keep everything from that night if you accepted, even the receipt, and she ruined it with that stupid stunt she pulled."

There was a pause, before Steve went into full roars of laughter, hugging Tony close in the embrace. "Have I ever told you I love you?"

"Lots but I always love hearing it more!" Tony replied, his blush even deeper now that Steve was laughing at him.

"Well, Tony Stark, I love you!"

"love you too."