Steve would be sitting around while it happened either way. He's just going to end up sitting around closer this way.

This might be progress. Maybe. He still shoots Clint a sideways look before he answers the question, half expecting any answer is going to twist around and bite him on his ass.

"It gets pretty... suffocating out there, sometimes." He won't stay gone. He knows that. He can't. He's not going to pretend that the movement at least has felt better than... not.