Steve thawed enough to let a little smile touch his lips, but then he went right back to professional mode and actually drilled Tony in fighting. He focused on blocking holds, as he said he would, but he also threw in some new punches for Tony to practise as well. He was pleasant, efficient, and he never once mentioned the coffee again.

He didn't actually call Tony for three days after that.

He needed some time to figure out if he was willing to go down this road and see if it led anywhere, even if it might mean being hurt by Tony and his apparent inability to grow up. Because if he committed to something, then he committed whole-heartedly, he just didn't know another way. But he eventually decided that to not see if it led somewhere would be a shame, a what-if, and he had enough of those since he woke up with everyone he'd ever known dead.

So it would be breakfast time on a Thursday when JARVIS would either interrupt whatever Tony was doing, or wake him up.

"Sir, Captain Rogers is on the line for you."