He hears the meaning underneath, and he hugs him tighter, drawing out their embrace until he feels more balanced, physically and mentally. When he pulls back, he doesn't go far, still holding Tony close. He knows he's unbelievably lucky to have found Tony, and even when he's currently at an extremely low point in his self esteem, he isn't insecure about Tony. And that's... pretty huge for him.

He runs his hands up Tony's side and back down again, quietly gathering himself and drawing his strength from Tony, even with the ridiculousness of Tony being pantsless and Bruce being shirtless under this jacket. It seems appropriately them somehow.

"If we were back home, this is when I'd whisk you off to another country with me." He looks around them at the woods, like he's evaluating. "What do you think? We could make a house out here. A treehouse, maybe. Stanley'd probably like it better."