If we use Captain America I see this being a case where he brought his shield up against a laser blast and deflected that to another target. Cap now has his shield readied for the next attack.
As to other reactions this has some differences in wording. Empowerment, under Self-Control, specifically states you roll your Single die to defend the attack and also uses the wording dealt damage. Defensive Deflective uses the wording would be dealt damage and makes no mention that the defend is tied to the attack like Empowerment does. Another similar one