"I noticed," Steve said, hoping he sounded encouraging.

"With the two of us in the hotel lobby. That smile on your face, your arm around me like a dame..."

He didn't sound in the least bothered by that. In fact, he sounded... honored. Like he'd always wanted to be right there, which, honestly, he had.

Steve gave Jim's arm a squeeze before heading for the bed, half-jumping on to test it before crawling up to let his head flop back against a pillow.