"No," not really, "I just - I know it wasn't easy." For so many reasons: for worrying Steve wanted him to be someone else, for not knowing what might pop up any given time they talked, for the way Steve still felt like he didn't know how to get it right or help him remember without it being painful, even without it being the first few times around.

"I'm glad I was here for it," he finds himself saying, because he is. It's so, so selfish, and he probably looks torn over it, even though he doesn't sound it.