He said right off the bat that I didn't have to say it back, but I still felt guilty. I still feel like he deserves so much more than that.

[He smiles a little at Yelena, grateful that he can talk to her like this. And that she's got his back. But there's the other thing in the back of his head, always.]

What if being with me ruins his life?

[There. He said it. It's what he's been thinking. It's something he's been thinking about for a while now, ever since he spoke to John about love and his ex wife.]