he tilted his head. "that doesn't make any sense. if a person is a villain, then they can't be a hero, right? because villains are evil and heroes are good." that was a shockingly childlike view of the world, particularly for someone who had suffered so much. "...yes... gushing red." he agreed softly. "do you really think i can make it better?" he asked. "wash the blood off?" he sounded so hopeful, like he had never expected to honestly be able to make peace with himself. "well. if it makes him happy. it's not like Garret didn't have useless crap laying about all the time." he pointed out. "it's easy to ignore it." he admitted before he smiled. "i can do ridiculous things easily enough." he admitted. "being that i have no pride to speak of." he admitted with a chuckle. "i think he was getting better." he admitted. "he didn't have any bags under his eyes, and he wasn't too pale." he admitted. "and he was clean and his hair wasn't greasy so he was getting showers and stuff. so he's probably on the mend, whatever's wrong with him. i'm sure he'll be back soon." he hoped. it hurt a little bit, seeing Clint so worked up.
Steve blinked. "you could still kidnap me." he admitted before sighing. "i know i'm being stupid. i'm sorry... i'm jsut having a bad day..." he admitted, running his hands through his hair, hands shaking. "she did stay, even though she wasn't happy she did stay." he admitted, biting his lip. "we can make it work, right?" he asked Tony.
James sighed, relaxing as she snuggled into him, gently kissing her forehead. "it's not you." he promised. "he's delighted your here, we thought you where related to us you know." he teased with a smile. "he's just having a bad day. his PTSD is acting up. he got too close to the fish tanks and it makes him remember things he doesn't want to remember." he admitted. "so instead of remembering, he worries about stupid things. like right now, he's wondering if i'm not going to love him now that we have a woman in our lives, and he's worried that you'll be unhappy with us, and he's worried that we'll find out he's thinking things like that and we'll be mad at him." James admitted. "the move and the fish tanks just set off his PTSD, it's not your fault." he promised. "just think happy thoughts, he'll feel the good feelings through the bond and he'll calm down a bit."