Phil has been in many of those meetings because as their handler and the SHIELD liaison he knows the regulations that the lawyers need to work around. There have been many meetings about handling identities, what can go public and what can't, and how should these real people be portrayed. There's a lot of meetings in Phil's life.

"I still wish the two of you wouldn't do that," Phil says with a heavy sigh. It's an old argument that he's never going to win but he has to keep trying. One day, the vents aren't going to hold their weight. One day, they're going to surprise the wrong person and get shot. There are other ways to infiltrate a building.

But it does feel like Clint's on a more even keel now. If he's making jokes about body shape and vents, then he's feeling more like himself. Phil lets him lean as long as he needs.

"You don't need it anyway. You're perfectly capable as you are." Phil means it. The serum worked for Steve Rogers and it would do fine with Clint but he didn't need it. "And with a bow in your hand you're a better shot than a man with a computer assisted targeting system and lasers. It annoys Stark that you can pull shots off that should be impossible."