Chapter Sixteen

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INTENSE TRAINING

─ INTENSE TRAINING ─

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Alessia got up early on a Monday morning and got changed into some training gear, leggings and a sports crop before slipping on some sneakers. She crept her way into the kitchen and made some jam toast before heading down to the gym, grabbing a water bottle from the fridge as she walked past it. She bit into her toast and looked out to the busy city below as she finished it, she let out a shaky breath as she finished off her breakfast before walking out of the room.

The first thing she noticed was the small storage room was mostly damaged, she approached it slowly with furrowed brows. "That happened the night you were taken," The sudden voice startled her, she turned around as the room had a yellow tinge. Bucky was leaning against the wall in some joggers and a tank top, she let out a breath as the tinge faded.

He smiled, "You're getting better at controlling it." She shook her head making his smile falter, "You're my anchor, James." His smile widened as he approached her. She watched as he hesitated, SHe grabbed his hands and placed them on her waist, knowing that's what he wanted to do. He was startled by the sudden movement but relaxed, "So I'm the one who can calm you as you calm me." He held a smirk on his face, "Does that mean we can train together without you overpowering me?" She couldn't help but giggle, "I overpower you no matter what though."

He rolled his eyes at her before leaning down to rest his forehead on hers, hesitantly he looked into her eyes almost as though he was asking permission to kiss her. She smirked causing his face to falter to confusion, she carefully moved her feet while he was focused on her. As he leaned in to kiss her, she swiped out his legs from underneath him causing him to fall flat on his back as she moved out of the way. She began laughing as he groaned from the unexpected impact, "That wasn't very nice." He sat up looking at her as she continued laughing.

Once he got to his feet she noticed the change in his demeanour and she knew she had to prepare herself, she allowed herself to calm down just as he threw out his left arm to punch her. She quickly dodged the incoming hit before throwing a punch into his right side. Alessia smiled triumphantly as he analyzed her, his stance was fairly relaxed compared to the usual tense stance he would have in their past training sessions and that made him harder to read.

She had to be extra light on her feet to ensure she had the upper hand, she quickly noticed that his movements were slower which gave her the upper hand. She took an opportunity to dodge his right hook and throw a punch to his jaw, he clenched his jaw while she smirked. They continued throwing random hits, missing and dodging each other's hits in a patterned fight.

They were pretty even till Alessia swiped his feet again causing him to fall onto his back. She walked over to him and reached out her hand, "I'd say we earned a break." She had quickly noticed that they had been training for almost three hours without really breaking a sweat. He reached his hand up and grabbed hers but instead of her pulling him up, he pulled her down onto him. He let out a laugh that vibrated through his chest and she couldn't help but roll her eyes before an idea hit her.

✓ | 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 ▪︎ Bucky BarnesWhere stories live. Discover now