Winter blinks a few times at him, clearly taken aback. "You are?" Winter is still not great at long-term planning. He's been letting ADI do that for him, and sometimes Yelena, but he'd always known they were never going home. Even if it were possible, it would take so much fear-powered magic that it would be... a bad idea.

But he also knows Steve has always wanted to go back. Never actually thought he'd be content with what he has here, a broken not-his-person and constant danger and fear. So this-- is a surprise. And it makes him want to... do something. He isn't sure what that something is.

He settles for what he usually does when overwhelmed with a positive emotion. "Steve. May I hug you."