I mean I still consider you part of my family, when there's a global threat.

[What if they're about to get into an argument. Steve hopes not. He does have like maybe twenty more lengthy semi-apologetic, but effortfully empathic letters to send. And ugly flip phones.]

But there are other problems. Life doesn't stop. I got into it with Natasha the other week. [and the paparazzi have made no secret about you and pepper's stuff but also I'm too tactful to say that right away, no matter how obvious it is, and how many news stands we've driven past with the big jagged lightning split frame dividing the cover of the rumor rags between your photo and her photo.]