Just that something came up that I needed to deal with. I didn't know how confidential this was.
[ Steve still doesn't know, but he figures that they'll go over that soon enough, and then he'll have an idea of what to say to people like Tony and Natasha when they get nosy. Natasha always manages to figure things out even when Steve attempts to lie or withhold things from her, but he'll do his best to keep Jean's secrets.
The elevator dings and he leads them down the hall to his room. It requires a fingerprint and optical scan before the door will open, but open it does, and Steve waves Jean inside. ]
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[ Steve still doesn't know, but he figures that they'll go over that soon enough, and then he'll have an idea of what to say to people like Tony and Natasha when they get nosy. Natasha always manages to figure things out even when Steve attempts to lie or withhold things from her, but he'll do his best to keep Jean's secrets.
The elevator dings and he leads them down the hall to his room. It requires a fingerprint and optical scan before the door will open, but open it does, and Steve waves Jean inside. ]