Fainting
Clint dropped the bananas he was holding when he heard Bear’s barking from across the store. He ran down every aisle, following the series of barks until he ended up in the technology aisle (of course) to see his husband collapsed on the floor.
Like usual, he situated Tony on his side and helped Bear in moving some of the objects around them that must have fell when Tony fainted. After that, he sat down by Tony’s legs and lifted them up so that the blood flow would return to Tony’s head. Bear took his usual spot cuddled into Tony’s arm, waiting for a sign of consciousness.
It seemed to be one of his shorter episodes because after a minute, Tony’s arm was twitching. His eyes stayed closed but he curled further into Bear and buried his fingers into the dog’s thick fur.
“Baby? Tones?” Clint called softly.
Tony groaned, but remained still.
Clint started talking, hoping to help Tony attach himself to reality. After another five minutes, his husband’s eyes opened halfway. Clint lowered his feet and moved next Bear.
He leaned his head close to Tony’s and placed a kiss on his forehead. “How are you feeling?” Clint whispered.
“Ngghh,” Tony groaned and Clint laughed.
“Not good i’m guessing?” Clint ran his fingers through Tony’s locks. “Want to go home?”
Tony hummed and twitched his arms and legs, checking if they were awake. Bear moved out of the way and Clint helped Tony up. He held Tony around the waist but pulled him close as the genius swayed. He pulled Tony’s head onto his shoulder and held onto him while he tried to gain his bearings. Bear danced around their legs, whimpering happily when Tony grabbed his fur for support.
It was another minute before Tony pulled away, his vision somewhat back to normal. Clint helped him to the car on unsteady legs and Bear climbed onto Tony’s lap for the ride home.
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Of course, they were walking down the stairs when Tony’s heart wanted to act up. On the fifth step down, Tony froze, grabbing his chest in distress. He started to breathe heavy and Bear’s barking suddenly lit up the tower.
Clint ran in the direction of the barking. “Tones? Tony, sit down. Tony, sit-” He reached his husband just in time, sliding under the man as he fainted backwards. He slid down the stairs with Tony in his arms, the man quiet the whole way down.
Bruce and Steve, who had come running at the barking as well, quickly took in the scene and ran over to help. “What happened?” Bruce asked, entering doctor mode.
“He’s okay, just another episode,” Clint informed them.
Bruce grabbed Tony’s limp wrist to check his pulse. “Really? That’s the third one today.”
“I know, I told him to take it easy but he won’t listen to me,” Clint said.
Bruce finished checking Tony for injuries and gestured to Steve. Steve picked up the genius bridal style and carefully carried him to the couch.
“Are you hurt?” Bruce asked the archer.
“No, I'm good,” Clint huffed, standing. His back hurt slightly from the slide, but it was nothing a bit of ice couldn’t fix.
The scientist and the archer watched Bear run over to where Tony lay on the couch. The large service dog stood and laid his head onto Tony’s chest, nuzzling the genius’ hand.
“I’m putting him on bed rest,” Bruce said to Clint.
They heard Tony groan from the couch.
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Clint was out taking Bear to get groomed, so Nat decided to have a pool day to teach Tony how to swim. The other Avengers were there too- playing games or lounging under the sun. Tony was extremely anxious about the pool since the waterboarding he endured several years ago, but he decided he wanted to learn to swim to make himself less fearful of drowning.
An hour into the lesson, Nat noticed Tony acting weird. He was breathing heavy and his face tinged a bit green. His body started moving slower, almost like a machine about to crash. She didn’t know what to do, but luckily Rhodey, his long-time friend, had noticed from where he was chatting to Sam on the poolside.
“Tones, are you okay?” Rhodey said loud and firmly.
The billionaire slowly turned to Rhodey’s direction, closing his eyes as he shook his head. Just as Tony's body started sinking down into the water, Rhodey rushed over. Nat swam over to the genius and held him up under his arms. “Tony, Antoshka,” Nat called, hitting Tony in the face.
“Don’t do that,” Rhodey said, “Bring him over here.”
Nat dragged a now unresponsive Tony through the water to the edge of the pool. Once she reached it, Rhodey and Steve grabbed Tony and pulled him up out of the water.
They laid him on a towel and Rhodey rolled him onto his side. Steve lifted the genius’ legs up while Rhodey checked his pulse. Nat quickly jumped out the pool and went to call Clint.
It was almost three minutes before Tony’s eyes opened. “Platypus?” Tony mumbled, squinting.
“Yes, Mr. Stank?” Rhodey smirked.
Tony let out a lazy giggle and rolled onto his back. His friend helped him take a few sips of water. A few minutes later when the two men were helping him up, a dog came rushing past him before diving into the pool. His husband came a few seconds after, hugging him from behind and planting kisses on his neck. “You okay, baby?” Clint said softly.
Tony nodded, smiling, before suddenly pushing Clint into the pool.
The archer went in with a big splash, soaking them all. Just as Clint tried to climb out to grab Tony, Bear tackled the archer from behind. Tony laughed as Clint shouted at Bear, who simply licked his face.