"Fuck you." It isn't sharp, no fire behind it, but it does come near automatically to the question. Which also works as an answer.
He stares out the wall of windows instead, turning the bottle in his hands. "Point made." Clearly. Being social is hard when you're under heavy surveillance, sure, but even when his restrictions got lifted bit by bit, it was hard to feel like he was wanted or welcome, like he could let himself.
Of course, if there's going to be any comparisons made to that particular time of his life, it means he's going to worry about where Coulson's at. He's been doing great work. And he's got a strong disposition. But if he's suffering without any real outlet for it... "Anything you can think of I can do to help? Besides coming up to be a pain in your side uninvited. Drag you out to some bars? Fill your wallet full of ones and shove you at a strip club?" Joke answers. (But also don't put it past Barton to do it.)
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He stares out the wall of windows instead, turning the bottle in his hands. "Point made." Clearly. Being social is hard when you're under heavy surveillance, sure, but even when his restrictions got lifted bit by bit, it was hard to feel like he was wanted or welcome, like he could let himself.
Of course, if there's going to be any comparisons made to that particular time of his life, it means he's going to worry about where Coulson's at. He's been doing great work. And he's got a strong disposition. But if he's suffering without any real outlet for it... "Anything you can think of I can do to help? Besides coming up to be a pain in your side uninvited. Drag you out to some bars? Fill your wallet full of ones and shove you at a strip club?" Joke answers. (But also don't put it past Barton to do it.)