They were good leaders, but it was pretty clear that they did better together than they ever would separately. Steve was better at taking cohesive actions and noticing little things, and Tony was keen on looking at the bigger picture, but focusing a little less on the people as individuals in the equation. Together they worked. Apart they -- well.
Tony never did quite so well alone. Maybe it was just his self destructive tendencies.
That sigh had Tony sighing too. Hot water was pretty hard to come by and it'd been what felt like a lifetime before even this place since he'd had it. "Yeah," he agreed wistfully.
It was a little jarring when Steve backed up to get back into his bed proper and Tony sat on the edge of his still, leaned a little too close because moving now would make it look... weird, maybe? "Branching out? Is that what we're gonna call it?"