Three dollars and some change

(This is bomberqueen17 from Tumblr, reverting to my old LJ handle!)

I have been wondering about something-- from the beginning of the series, James has frequently internally-commented on his aching knees, his extreme advanced age, etc. Being a newly-minted 36-year-old with my share of battle scars, I wonder how badly decrepit he really is! Surely there'd be lingering damage from the traumatic explosion and a lifetime of running a lot (I have never been a runner but all my sisters lettered in track, and one has been in the Army since the 90s and has accumulated her fair share of internal scar tissue just from the repetitive stress of PT and also being a jackass and breaking her leg jumping out of a plane for the glory of getting jump wings, and then CONCEALING THE INJURY so she could finish jump school, so, yeah) --
but is he really that creaky? or does he just think he's creakier than other people?

And-- you make a point of him needing to diet and exercise-- is Steve truly so fortunate in metabolism or does he work equally hard behind the scenes?

Feel free to just talk about how hot they mutually are, that's a fine answer too.
(Experimenting with having a long-form nested comment environment, to see if it blows my mind. So far yes!)