"I don't want to give up any power," he says. "It's just control." He wants to be able to say no, and get up, and go. That's what Loki took from him, and that's the only thing that he really values about himself. "You seem..." He waves a hand, vaguely. "You remind me of a guy I know."

Coulson. Coulson is what he means.

He breathes out. "I'm not doing a good job with this," he says. "I can get out of your way."