he who hesitates is toast

He can't stay. Not to mention the fact that he's going to be named one of the world's most wanted terrorists any moment if he hasn't been already, every second that passes makes it more obvious that his very presence the way he is now is tearing her apart. He can only imagine what it'll do to Steve, a Steve who remembers a man named Bucky and not the Winter Soldier, a Steve who would have died before hurting him, even to protect himself.

He pushes himself off the wall with determination and takes a single step forward, toward her.