Avengers Preference

Steve

It is very rare that Steve gets ill end even when he is it only lasts a day, but when he does he hates it. It makes him feel like he did when he was small and relied on other people. That is why you never really looked after him, because he hated the feeling of relying on you.
You made sure he got some rest, but you had to disguise it. You would take his hand and pull him into your shared room and lie him down on the bed before cuddling into him and saying “Work can wait cuddles now”. He would chuckle tiredly before wrapping his arms around you and drifting off to sleep.

Tony

Tony locks himself away in his lab and insists he’s fine. The only time you see him in this period is when Tony has fallen asleep on his workbench and F.R.I.D.A.Y. let’s you in. When you see him curled up on top of his work bench you chuckle to yourself and gently place a blanket over him. You then go up to the kitchen and make some chicken soup. By the time it’s done and you take it down to Tony, you find him sitting up wearing the blanket like a cape.
“Tony, I made you some soup” you said gently as you approached the tinkering inventor. “Thanks (y/n)” he would say without turning round to you, “you don’t have to look after me you know I’m fine” he would say as he slowly turned around in his chair.
You simply shrugged in response, “If I didn’t you would just work yourself until you needed more than chicken soup”

Bruce

He didn’t hear the door opening over the sounds of his sniffles. He only realised that you were in the room when you wrapped your arms around his waist, “Come on Bruce, you need some rest” you whispered. He sighed and turned to look you in the eyes, he felt guilty when he saw the worry in them, and he really could use a bit of rest.
He let you take his hand and lead him out of the lab and to your floor. One the elevator doors opened he let go of your hand and laid down on the sofa. A gentle smile coming to his face as you wrapped a blanket around him.

Thor

Thor was demanding. He would sit in bed propped up by pillows, mountains of used tissues surrounding him. You would spend most of the time in the kitchen, since his appetite only got worse when he was ill. That man would eat you out of house and home.

Clint

Clint was actually easy to look after. If he was still well enough to work you would make sure he drank stuff other than coffee. If he needed rest he would without needing anybody to tell him. Honestly, Clint was the only Avenger who could actually look after themselves and not carry on until they collapsed.

Sam

Sam stays in bed and only gets out to use the bathroom. Every time you go into his room he whines at you to get him something. If you didn’t love this man you would leave him on his own. He is a pain in the ass.

Pietro

He just sleeps. You asked Wanda if that’s what he normal does and she said yes so you just let him get on with it.

Scott

You make Scott a lot of tea. He would spend the day curled up in bed drinking tea. You didn’t really have to worry about him too much because the ants tended to look after him.

Bucky

Bucky is just a big cuddly bear. When he was ill he would just ask you to cuddle up with him.

Wanda

Wanda wouldn’t let you anywhere near her. Not because she doesn’t want or need you close to her, but because she was scared. Whenever she was ill she felt like she wasn’t in total control over her powers and she just wanted you to be safe. She would lock herself inside her room and get Friday to bring her stuff.

Maria

Maria Hill does not have time to be ill. She will never complain or moan about it, she will just get on with her day. You simply make sure you always have tissues, tablets, water and tea at the ready for whenever she needs them.

Sharon

When she is ill Sharon Carter will spend all of her time on the sofa. She will steal one of your hoodies can curl up under a blanket and watch the Steven Universe on repeat. It was up to you to bring her food and make sure she had enough water.

Natasha

“Babe, I don’t want to go to Tony’s party” Natasha almost whined “Stay here with me” she said as she reached out for you. That was when you realised that Natasha was coming down with something, she always got clingy when she was ill.
“Okay Tasha” you said as you held her out stretched hand, “How about we watch a movie in bed?” you said knowing that it was her favourite thing to do when she was feeling under the weather.

She smiled at you weakly before she stood up and headed to the bedroom, not letting go of your hand. “What do you want to watch honey” you asked as she got under the covers.
After a moment’s thought she said, “The Breakfast Club”. You smiled, knowing that it was her favourite movie. After you put it in the DVD player you got into bed with Natasha. The moment you pulled the covers over yourself you felt Natasha’s arms wrapping around you and her head resting on your chest. It was almost by instinct how you immediately wrapped your arms around her. Within minutes she was relaxed against you eye lids drooping as you ran your fingers through her hair gently. Shortly after, you felt her breathing shallow and even out as she fell asleep.

The next morning you woke up to find Natasha still curled into you, it took you a moment to register the heat that was coming off her. It was like sleeping next to an oven. You gently moved her so you could get up. Once you were up you went into the bathroom, looking for whatever medication Natasha may need. Then you set about preparing everything that you know Natasha likes when she’s ill, you make sure you have enough of her favourite tea, you make sure that her favourite pjs are clean and you make sure that you have the ingredients for her favourite tomato soup.

Its only when you hear a faint whining sound that you head back into the bedroom to find a just woken up Natasha with a frown on her face, “Where were you?” she asks as you sit down next to her.
“I was just in the kitchen Tasha” you said, smiling slightly as she shifted so she could rest her head on your thigh. “How are you feeling?” you asked as you looked sown at her.
“Better now” she smirked slightly as she looked up at you, before seriously saying, “A bit of a headache and I feel really warm”
“You do have a fever honey” you said as you reached to where you left the medication on the bedside table.
“That stuff tastes disgusting I am not having it anywhere near my mouth” Natasha said in protest her nose wrinkling at the thought of it.
“Take this stuff and you fever will go away and it will numb your headache” you said trying to reason with her.
You heard a huff from next to you before Natasha sat up, “let’s get this over with”. Once she had taken the medication you kissed her on the cheek.

Natasha spent most of the rest of the day cuddling into you watching movies. You never realised how she secretly enjoys being ill. Sure she hates the actual illness but she loves spending days on end with you and she enjoys being looked after. She’s spent so many years alone so having you to look after her when she needs it makes her realise how much her life has changed and how much she loves and trusts you.