Yuri noticed the staring. He wasn't surprised by it. There was always some staring when someone saw the scars for the first time. They weren't anything major but they were noticeable and usually people asked what they were. So Yuri wore jeans a lot.

He glances up when JJ touches him, green eyes a bit sharp. "I had scars I didn't feel like showing off. So I did this instead."

It was pretier to look at than skin discoloration. Yuri was more satisfied with the sprays of color than the marks of a bad accident.

"As soon as I was able. I started exercising bit by bit in the first year but I was depressed." Very depressed. "Then in the last two years I started putting more effort in. The doctors thought I was overdoing it but go big or go home, I say."

The conversation was almost too casual. Yuri was just too tired to yell right now. He could be civil to JJ, figure out where they were in life first.