“So you put yourself on the line,” Steve supplied simply, understandingly. Of course he would understand that. That was what he’d have done, no question. It was what he did each and every time he saw anyone in danger. Steve couldn’t just stand by, and it made perfect sense to him that the woman he cared for, maybe more than just cared for, was the same.

"And you got them out." That wasn't a question either. She was too put together, even in her exhaustion, not to have. "But you overdid it in the process?" Either worked too hard or used her abilities too much. Steve didn't have any idea how her powers worked, but if he could push himself too far he figured she could too. It just took a lot more than they usually went through.

A lot more than he ever wanted for her to go through. He hated to see her like this, no matter how well he understood that it was who she was, what she did. Her job. He'd never want for her to give it up but seeing her after pushing too hard, going a little too far? It wouldn't ever sit right with him.