( bucky nods, not bothering with verbal confirmation and walking to the bench to retrieve his earbuds. opening to check they're still inside, a sigh of relief ends his anxiety. he doesn't like losing expensive things. even if Valentina is covering everything they need now with government funding, he's still not a fan of being wasteful.
pocketing the case, he turns to watch walker working out a few beats before approaching to ask, ) You wanna spar?
[ things haven't been weird with bucky but john's still not sure where they stand. they've talked about their past, about the fact that john would indeed date him but there's still a tension he can't figure out.
john's mid lift when bucky speaks. he's not really expecting it and he starts. he puts the weight bar down and turns around. looks thoughtful a moment and then shrugs. ]
Yeah, [ he says nodding his head. ] Sure. Lemme put this away.
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sure
thanks
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[ said in that shitty way where it's clearly a problem. ]
Got em but you have to come get them
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sure
be down in a few
( why even argue with that? walker did him a favor. he probably was in the middle of a set anyway.
bucky's opening the main door for the gym room two minutes later. )
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They're on the bench. [ he says when he hears the door. ]
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pocketing the case, he turns to watch walker working out a few beats before approaching to ask, ) You wanna spar?
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john's mid lift when bucky speaks. he's not really expecting it and he starts. he puts the weight bar down and turns around. looks thoughtful a moment and then shrugs. ]
Yeah, [ he says nodding his head. ] Sure. Lemme put this away.
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( and though it sounds like that's that, he walks over to help put up the weights. cleanup around here is everyone's job. )
Do you box by any chance?
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