She's going to feel like a real ass if it turns out this wasn't just another one of Fury's machinations; that his Sharon really is gone and she's only made it worse by offering him a last, desperate hope. She remembers all too well what it was like in those dark days after Steve – after she'd –

Her mouth presses into a sympathetic line. "You probably want to go right now, don't you?" she asks. "Don't let me hold you back."