he who hesitates is toast

You.

But even if he looks and sounds and walks like the man she loved and lost, it's slowly becoming clear to her that whatever HYDRA did to him has left him broken.

Which means her mission parameters have changed. Which means she has a new goal. "I need for you to stay," she says, very slowly. "And let me help you, the way you helped me once."

Every breath hurts, the way it had for weeks when she first arrived home. He's right in front of her, but all she can feel is the grief of knowing he died all over again. "I need to be able to tell Steve we have you back, when he wakes up."

Her throat works. "And I need to make HYDRA pay. For all of it."