"If he brings her flowers that's a point for me," Katerina said casually.
"That doesn't count," Olivia argued.
"Pretty sure it does," Katerina countered.
Sure enough, less then two minutes later Thor had returned with a tiny flower cupped in a hand full of dirt. Nina took it from him, cradling it in her hands and ultimately losing a good bit of dirt on the floor. This much was easy for her. It was a relaxing contrast from accidentally probing someone's brain.
Where one flower was three more bloomed, vines pouring out after them and winding their way up Nina's arm. Everyone stopped to watch. Even Bucky who was at what he considered a safe distance away from everyone. The vines stopped at Nina's elbows and tiny white flowers started popping up along them.
"That's amazing," Steve crouched next to her, mesmerized. Nina smile shyly, feeling like she finally did something right. Even if it wasn't much.
"Beautiful," Thor reached out to stroke a deep green leaf.
"Ooo, I'm Nina. I can grow flowers with my mind," Olivia mocked, batting her eyelashes.
"You should see yourselves," She teased Steve and Thor, making a gagging noise. Steve turned to narrow his eyes at her disapprovingly, but Thor didn't seem to have heard her.
"I'll have to take this outside," Nina said as she stood from the weight bench. Steve gave her permission and Thor followed after her as she left. On the way back she told him about her much more impressive powers, but he just kept coming back to the flowers.
It turns out, having Steve and Thor in the same room is a little dangerous. It was only a matter of time before they were shoulder to shoulder, arguing over who's biceps were bigger. Katerina, Nina, and Olivia sat on the floor looking on dreamily as all their fantacies became reality.
"What do you think, Nina?" Olivia asked all of the sudden.
Nina hadn't heard a word of it. She was still staring at their muscles, the corner of her bottom lip between her teeth. She didn't snap out of it until she realized everyone had stopped talking and was staring at her.
"Huh?" She asked, looking from Steve to Olivia.
"Useless," Olivia shook her head.
"Hey," Olivia suddenly turned, shouting across the room at Bucky. "You want in on this, Terminator?" Nina wished she wouldn't have. She knew what it felt like to want to be left alone and have someone like Olivia butt in. It was awkward and uncomfortable. Mildly infuriating.
"No," Bucky stopped what he was doing, focusing his attention not on Olivia, but on Steve and Thor. "We all know who would win," His smirk made Nina's heart skip a beat.
"Ooo, that sounds like a challenge. You gonna take that?" If anyone was an instigator it was Olivia.
In their testosterone filled dick measuring contest, Steve, Thor, and Bucky completely forgot the girls were there. Once again, they managed to weasel their way out of a full workout. Olivia was quite proud of herself, but Nina and Katerina were too busy to notice her inflated ego.
"I win!" Thor shouted after pinning Bucky. They had all three been going rounds in the ring for about an hour now. Nina, who had always been particularly fond of watching men beat each other to a pulp, was having the time of her life. Steve was standing next to her, shirtless, sweaty, short of breath. His arms were crossed over his chest causing every muscle in his upper body to bulge. And she almost didn't even notice.
Olivia and Nina jumped, both making pained sounds as Bucky flipped Thor over and finally gained the upper hand. His metal hand was clasped around Thor's throat, squeezing harder than he would have dared anyone else. He figured a god could take it and he'd certainly been asking for it.
"Alright, that's enough," Steve called it, making sure Bucky actually let go before turning back to the girls.
"Go. Eat. You got lucky today. I'm not going easy on you tomorrow," He ordered.