We can deal with them from here, too. Provided you won't want to hug me or anything.

[ sympathy is something he doesn't want. he's almost convinced he doesn't need it, either. not from natasha who, he knows, has the same amount of sympathy for rogers. one day, he will able to listen.

but today, he has seen his parents' gruesome murders on repeat. ]

since when are you this much of a ray of sunshine?

[ he knows the answer already, maybe he'd like to hear it anyway. ]