They want to ask why he keeps avoiding them, then. Why they were told to stop checking in, repeatedly, over the mission. What counts as friendship, exactly, for Steve. They swallow once, and say, "I'm interested in that." They at least made it clear that they're not the thing from the helicarrier anymore, they're sure of that. They might not exactly be Bucky Barnes, no matter what they've been trying (and apparently failing) to play for Steve, but they're not the Winter Soldier either.

"Steve you're." They look further away, shoving their hands back into their pockets, guilty and sad. The expression is subtle, like most of their expressions, but it's still there. "You were my first happy memory. I had to have someone actually dig into my brain to find it. But then I realized I'd. Probably killed you. Because I didn't know who you were. I bawled my fucking eyes out over that."