She gives him a speculative look when he makes the comment about them being Steve's friends. She'd felt that way for a long time, though she can safely say that with Thor and Sam, she knows that they're hers, now. Their future and those events may not be, but both men are, and she hopes to earn that from the others. Still, they had their connections at home with Steve and the Avengers. She's a a dead woman from the past whom they only know because of this place.

"If you're sure," is all she says, because she also doesn't want to keep him from them because of her own selfish reasons. "There are many homes like this one," she says. "There's also several rooms at the inn, if communal living is more your style."

"This sofa is always open to you," she says, wanting to make it clear that she doesn't expect him to simply leave her be. "The first time you were here, you and I, we shared a home. I'm used to some of your worse habits," she teases, as if there had been any to mention.