Natalia is not so startled that she can't appreciate the rarity of the situation - the ease with which James brought them back here, the good humor with which he sends his friend off now. She's never seen them quite like this, and she wonders if this was how it was for them all those years ago, James a handsome terror while on leave and Steve enduring it.

"We," she says, taking a fistful of his shirt and tugging, "will have to apologize." The later is of course implied, and it should be impossible, to feel naughty after all she's seen and done, but the sight of Steve Rogers' retreating back will do that to a woman.