“I bet you’re great — I’m jealous you already have a partner,” he adds teasingly, there’s not the hostility of when he’d spoken about Clint before. This time it was just gentle. “I remember thinking you were beautiful when you worked, deadly, efficient, elegant..”

Thinking about the question of her work though puts another thought in his head, however. “Do you think you could stay here for a while? Or do you have work you’ve gotta be getting back to?”

He knows Steve has been following him, that he can’t stay long but he doesn’t know if Natasha has been for long or if it’s just a drop in.