[Skyfall AU #2]

[oo_7]

He's been out of the apartment a handful of times since showing up - he'd needed to get access to some of his accounts as well as pick up a few things he wanted and needed, to quit having to borrow from Jack all the time.

It's been a few days since he arrived, and while Jack is out of the apartment, James decides that he's going to see just how damaged his arm really is - and if he was being honest, the fact that he hadn't worked out in days was starting to drive him slightly mad. Crunches were out of the question thanks to the damage to his ribcage.

But one-armed pushups were another story.

He's slower through the reps than he usually manages, which also irritates him, and he has to take more breaks than he'd like to collapse on the floor and curse beneath his breath - but when Jack enters the apartment, he'll find James mid-set, holding himself at a pause in the 'up' position, hair damp with sweat as well as the back of his t-shirt, breathing hard, and trying to force the muscles in his good arm to stop trembling.