Look, after everything that happened with the shield, my family leaving, and the PTSD... Valentina offered me a chance to still make a difference, just differently. Yeah, I'm not Captain America anymore, but with the Thunderbolts, I don't have to be. We're not the squeaky-clean Avengers - we're the ones who do what needs to be done. And honestly? The team's growing on me, especially Yelena. We all understand what it's like to be broken.