"Safer than out here," Winter says grouchily. "I can keep you in my room if I have to." He can't possibly imagine Steve acting like these people. Yelena, maybe, but she has better self-control than most people, so even if she has the urge, he trusts her to control it.

He takes another step, this time to one side, in the direction of his house, glancing over his shoulder to see if Hunter will follow. "We'll cross this street, then take the alley."