Somehow he wasn't surprised that Tony would need or want someone to back him up as a favor. Howard had needed someone to vouch for him more than once, although all of that went back to the investigation into Howard and then Peggy.

He turned his hand over so they were holding hands again and smiled.

"I'm always gonna be hurt, Peggy," he reminded her. "Whatever he comes up with could light up or play the national anthem and it's not gonna change that."

She knew that, but he wanted to keep her expectations in the realm of the reasonable. Tony Stark couldn't grow him another leg.