Hello Sergeant (Bucky Barnes)

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Sarah's POV

I ran for a long time, until I got a text from Natasha.

Where are you and
why do you have
Jace's phone?

I slowed to a walk to respond.

Out for a run.

You sounded like you were
having a different kind
of workout this morning
and my phone was in
the bedroom, so I didn't
want to disturb you.
I'll turn around now.

You could have
joined us 😘

Nope!

Thank you for putting that image in my head Natasha, I sighed, knowing it would take a while to get rid of it.

If you still want to
spar I'm up for that.

k. see you in a while.
I'll be downstairs

I turned around to run home, picking up the pace while the path was still pretty empty. I'd gone quite a ways while I'd been thinking, farther than I normally did. I could almost see Natasha laughing at my prudishness, but I didn't care. I knew Natasha still wanted James, and I had no intention of getting in her way. She deserved to see if there was still chemistry between them, and from what I'd seen of their interactions, there definitely was.

I reached my apartment building a half hour later, winded from the long run. I went straight downstairs; everyone was still down there - Clint and Jace were taking a break, watching Nat and James spar. I sat down near Clint to watch, observing how well they moved together, neither one truly having the upper hand at the moment. Natasha had gained years of experience while James had been frozen, and he was still working on regaining his abilities along with his memories.

"How long have they been at it?" I asked Clint quietly, as he observed the fight, doing a couple static stretches while I watched.

"15 minutes so far. Where'd you go - I thought you and Nat were supposed to spar?"

"I went for a quick run since they weren't ready yet." Clint gave me a measuring look and I shook my head. "Not my place to talk about it, you can ask Nat."

"I don't need to ask her, I already know. You're okay with it?"

"Yup." I turned my attention to the fight, taking off my sweatshirt as I felt overly warm now that I wasn't moving and stretching as I cooled down.

A while later, the fight finally ended with James winning, Nat conceding when he got her on her back with his cybernetic hand on her throat.

"You have improved much, Natalia," he said as he pulled her to her feet.

"It's been a long time since we last sparred James. I've learned a lot since then, especially since I have partners that can give me a run for my money." She grinned at me. "Your turn, Sarah. Let's see how you do against James at hand to hand."

I kicked my shoes off and pulled off my socks before hopping up. "Sure. Looks like you warmed him up for me."

Natasha laughed as she came off the floor to come sit between Clint and Jace. "If that's what you want to call it, yeah, he's ready for you."

"Any particular style today, James?"

"Freestyle. You're warmed up?"

"Yup, went for a run and stretched. No holding back, all right?"