he who hesitates is toast

She can see it hit Steve like a bullet: operational. Bucky, who had been so full of life and charm and personality; now it's like someone had wrung all of that out of him, left him an empty husk of himself.

But he can't be empty. She won't believe it. "Come inside."

She says it too quickly, too plaintively, and visibly pulls back on herself. "Please."