He frowned because he had not gotten adequate food or sleep, but he was fully hydrated, so that was something. He might have caught two hours of broken sleep a day and even when grounded, he paced like a caged animal for the time when he could get back to the quinjet to go looking again. "You're not supposed to nag me for spending so much time looking for you when I only meant well," he finally replied sourly. He would have kept going until his body or mind had given out too.

He finally relented in his hold, backing off with great reluctance as he shifted back into the pilot's seat with more than a few glances as Steve like the man might disappear at any moment. He flipped the quinjet off of autopilot and took the controls to give his mind something other than his entire focus being on Steve. "You can sleep and I'll get us State's side again." Assuming he wasn't captured for the illegal and continued use of government property that was.

He glanced over at Steve, narrowing his eyes slightly. "You realize I don't care," he replied stubbornly. "You're the only important thing that I have."