It's worth the embarrassment to hear Clint laugh and call him babe again. Any sort of pet name is incredible rare between them. Outside of teasingly calling each other "agent" and "sir" they don't really do pet names.

He smiles, soft and loving. A little something in him settles back to center. "I know the junior agents like to joke about me being an LMD but I am actually human and can make an ass out of myself."