"Yes? If you don't mind." Steve is fairly certain there's no sub-sub-basement in the mansion. He heads for the stairs instead of the elevators, remembering Tony's drunken explanation of real estate developments since the forties. ...Though he can't recall what started that conversation. "It is your room. And like I said, you're not a timeshare."
Steve tries for joking and isn't sure if it works. He's still not comfortable enough with anyone here to relax the way he could around Peggy, Bucky, the Commandos, Howard - even Colonel Philips. To them, he was at least half Steve Rogers. To the Avengers and SHIELD, he's Captain America, Emblematic Hero, around the clock. Even the way they say Cap is different somehow. "I understand if you'd rather get caught up with what you were doing."
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Steve tries for joking and isn't sure if it works. He's still not comfortable enough with anyone here to relax the way he could around Peggy, Bucky, the Commandos, Howard - even Colonel Philips. To them, he was at least half Steve Rogers. To the Avengers and SHIELD, he's Captain America, Emblematic Hero, around the clock. Even the way they say Cap is different somehow. "I understand if you'd rather get caught up with what you were doing."