[Shepard only had three places he was usually found: in the engine room, doing his assigned job, in Malum, doing his other 'for fun' job, or in the gym, exercising his body and his biotics. He wasn't active military anymore, but he couldn't just turn over a decade of habit off, he needed to stay active or lose his mind from the lack of...everything.
He ran laps, lifted weights, and practiced his hand-to-hand skills on one of the punching bags before finally moving to the thing he looked forward to each time he came here: the obstacle course.
He didn't run it through normal, instead he used it for his biotics, lifting and propelling himself with the blue energy of his power instead of raw strength.
Usually, he was perfectly comfortable sharing the space with others also there to train themselves, he even found a certain kind of comfort in having another presence nearby, almost like it could be home. But Shepard was also a nosy son of a bitch, so he noticed Max pushing himself, the fact he was clearly taking something out on that punching bag, the fact he was favoring one leg, all of it. When Shep was done with his last run through of the course, he stopped to grab his towel and some water and made his way over to the other man.]
Gym
He ran laps, lifted weights, and practiced his hand-to-hand skills on one of the punching bags before finally moving to the thing he looked forward to each time he came here: the obstacle course.
He didn't run it through normal, instead he used it for his biotics, lifting and propelling himself with the blue energy of his power instead of raw strength.
Usually, he was perfectly comfortable sharing the space with others also there to train themselves, he even found a certain kind of comfort in having another presence nearby, almost like it could be home. But Shepard was also a nosy son of a bitch, so he noticed Max pushing himself, the fact he was clearly taking something out on that punching bag, the fact he was favoring one leg, all of it. When Shep was done with his last run through of the course, he stopped to grab his towel and some water and made his way over to the other man.]
You doing okay?
[He held out the thing of water as an offering.]