Well, that wasn't the sort of reaction that Clint was expecting, not really. But he got it. He did. It was too soon and too fast but that was exactly how Clint worked when it came to stuff like this, so he wasn't even shocked by it. He only rocked forward on his knees a little in order to press his face more firmly into Jamie's admittedly very sticky hands.
"So I just won't, then," he said, like it was the most obvious answer in the world, and like he had any control over the situation at all.