"I have happy memories from the past. They're just overshadowed, sometimes. Being out from under SHIELD's questioning helps. And you've already introduced me to new things and helped get me out from under all this. I should be the one trying to make you happy."

A startled, genuine laugh escapes him. He quickly smothers it with his hand and tries to explain himself. "Sorry, sorry. It's just - when a Chukchi woman wants to marry a man, she gives him a handmade quilt with a special gift wrapped up inside." And sure, they moved ridiculously fast, but even Ilya and Dolemeck wouldn't do marriage after their first proper date. (Hopefully.) "If he takes the quilt in, he's saying 'yes'. And then the family negotiations start."