antonin & sybill ✖ run as fast as you can
✖ Why was he so sweaty? Dear Merlin, Antonin wasn’t that out of shape, was he? He’d only taken three months time off from regular exercise (mostly because he’d been busy, but it was also because he wanted to avoid people altogether) and yet, there he was jogging an indoor track, panting like a dog on a hot summer’s day with sweat drenching his entire shirt. Not many in his community had gym memberships, particularly to Muggle gyms, but he found it more peaceful and less intrusive than trying to exercise in front of people he knew.
Fuckin’ hell this hurts. Oh gods, cramp cramp cramp. Walk it off, walk it off. Fucking hell! My calves! I’m just… gonna slowly slow down and pretend I’m thirsty. Dear Merlin, I’ve been here what, ten minutes? Hope no one’s been watching…
Antonin came to a still next to his oversized water bottle and picked it up to take a breathless sip, the water dribbling down his chin from exertion. Mindlessly, he wiped at his face with the back of his hand and took a few limps steps towards a nearby bench to sit down. Maybe he had dove back in too quickly. That must be it.
Mentally, Antonin was constructing a plan to get the hell out of there when he noticed Sybill Trelawney doing one handed pull ups without a damn ounce of sweat on her.
He knew of her, vaguely, and he was quite certain she knew who he was, but she was always quite spacey so one could ever be quite certain. With a deep breath, Antonin zig-zagged through machines towards her fit form.
“Haven’t seen you ‘round much, Sybill. What’ve you been up to?” he asked conversationally. His own life was such a mess he wanted to get lost in the seemingly otherworldly life of Sybill Trelawney, even if it was just for a little while. “Didn’ realize you came to the gym. Been comin’ here for years. Kind’ve.”