She smiles at him, the brightness a little muted by her worry about Steve and the nervousness that hasn't quite faded given Peter's slightly awkward response, but happy nevertheless.

"Thank you. I know this isn't really the best time to bring it up, but..." She shrugs a little. In their life, when the hell is a good time?

Olivia waits until Peter's been gone for a minute or so to start reading - first to get the conversation with him out of her head, and then to work herself up to actually opening the book. And then she does, and she reads.

It takes a while. And it takes some time after that to just sit there and shove all her personal feelings about this to the back of her mind, make absolutely certain she's calm and nothing but professional when she finally opens the door and calls, "Captain?"