Yeah, but I'm. I'm a public figure, too. Captain America's best friend. New and old, I guess, even if technically I'm not Sam's best friend, but who else is close enough to even compare?

You'd. Be the target of the public court of opinion. Which. I already really hate, so I barely show my face out unless it's business.

I. You don't need that either, as a lawyer. It. It doesn't help, having the wrong kind of attention in a courtroom.

( grunting gently, he scrubbed his face again. ) And that's not even getting into the crazy people that think Steve and I dated and were secret lovers for decades. Ugh.