You barely know him, her conscience is yelling, you're going to make things weird.
Which isn't false, really -- they've saved the world together a couple of times, but Stella is an avid believer in bonds formed on the battlefield.
That, and she doesn't know where Nat actually lives. So she's trying to talk herself out of it, standing on Barton's doorstep, when the door opens and she freezes.
"I made too many pies," she blurts in way of greeting, holding out her arms laden with covered dishes to second her point.













