"He is," Steve says, with quiet conviction. It's not the only thing that... that Captain America is somehow easier to even think than that Steve Rogers.

It's not the only thing that Captain America is missing out on, though thinking about it all would make Steve feel ill all over again.

"Agent Barton... Clint." Steve speaks quietly enough that the girls would have difficulty overhearing without effort. "They're just that. Our children. No matter what they can do, no matter what they've inherited from me, they're children. And you're scaring them."