"If you're planning on sticking around, Tommy - and I get the feeling that you are? - then you might want to stop beating around the bush and spill the beans. Chances are, we might run into each other one night, and if I don't know the whole story, things might turn a whole lot less pleasant for you than you'd like." It wasn't a threat, it was simply one of the Avengers telling an acquaintance to come clean.