"And I don't much want any of you doing it to me." It would say terrible things about their mental health and how they felt about it.

Believe it or not, Clint, Steve's finding the pointed questions a pretty damn big relief. They're not necessarily comfortable, but it's not like they're all hanging in the air and making him navigate them, anyway.

Easier to address them and try to dodge them.

"Not a whole heck of a lot. He is firmly retired and... happy. Probably happier than he's been in his life." If that's not what Clint's asking, Steve is more than happy to redirect. But there's a lot of 'not comfortable' in just the fact that what Clint lost? Is exactly what Tony's building.