He laughed and briefly batted his eyelashes, thinking he wouldn't mind being whatever the equivalent was for real, cheeks flush, though he tried to pass it off as just part of their usual teasing.

"It was the plan.. Until it went all...not plan shaped," he tried to reassure.

He reached over to give Bucky's knee a squeeze. "I'm fine. And...we'll be fine. We've handled worse than this, right? No one I'd rather be stuck with."