Phil blushes and he really wishes he could stop himself. God, he fumbled that first meeting so badly. His life long hero and he sounded like some sort of deranged stalker.

"I have to face him again at some point," he says, almost shrinking in on himself. He doesn't do that often. Phil's faced the full fury of Fury and not flinched but he can't imagine his second meeting with Captain Rogers will go better.

"Maybe I should've stayed dead."