Thunderbolts* Underground

“Shit,” he muttered. Ava’s eyes flew open and instantly slid past him to the road, expecting to see a convoy coming after them. When she saw nothing, her gaze skipped to John. He pulled his hand away from his hair again, this time covered in blood. “Shit, Walker,” Ava gasped, hands gripping the edge of the seat, keeping her in place otherwise she was sure she would have bolted across the short expanse between them. “You’re going to bleed out all over this loud man’s source of income.” “Oh, I’m sure this isn’t the worst thing that’s had to be cleaned out of this limo,” John said offhandedly. Ava tried not to smile but failed. John felt pretty pleased with himself for the almost. 

a beat, a beat, a beating heart

ghostwalkerrr !!!!

John choosing to save the hostages over revenge.

One thing I always remind folks about redemption arcs (of which I'm a big fan of) is that the character has to scrape bottom before he or she can start their climb back out of the muck. I'd argue that John didn't scrape bottom in the grand scheme of the MCU, but he did for him. Not only did he lose everything he'd worked so hard for in his career, but it had been a half measure. He'd killed a man involved in Lemar's murder, not directly responsible for it.

So John goes back, fully intent on avenging Lemar's death and putting Karli six feet under. Until he realizes that he has to make a choice: he can go after her. He can kill her. But then a van full of hostages will die because of it.