"Hey now," Steve said, jaw clenching as he stepped forward to protect Tony, touching that nasty ground. Poor Tony. "There was no need for violence. We're not givin' you our money--we're not idiots--but you don't hit people for that."

Steve, that's...just not at all true. "You head on back to wherever your secret lair is, I don't hit you back for hitting him, and we all start the new year off right. Deal?"