Sam ended up staying behind with Stark until Tony became too insufferable and he followed the quinjet back. Natasha kept glancing at Steve the whole time, she'd caught that moment after all and it was her business to read people...even if they didn't want to be read. Her eyes carefully led to a little smirk before they arrived back at HQ, Falcon landing just a few moments later while they were still bringing Bucky into the hangar itself.

"I can see why he hit him in the mouth so many times," Sam joked.