His smile was infectious, as always. Even after all that time, he could still make her heart skip a beat just by looking at her and calling her 'lady'.

"I've been searching for you," she said softly. "Erik was helping me until... well, you know." Until SHIELD had dragged him into helping with the cube thing, and then he'd gotten possessed and nearly allowed Loki to destroy earth. No big deal, right?

"I just got back from lecturing. It was a last minute request... you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"