Steve gives Bucky a look. It's one he's often given him, when he's seen through a rouse. There's no way in hell that Bucky is going to get anything over on him right now, though it's a pretty cruel joke. "Bulk out? What are you even talking about?" he dismisses, feeling ridiculous for trying to hide the hoodie. He steps partially out from the closet to pull it on over his head, which really doesn't help Bucky's feeling of delusion.

It's no shift of light, no play of shadows across his skin. Steve isn't pale, or sickly. His skin looks almost pristine. His collarbone and ribs don't stick out.

Bucky's seen him completely nude not too long ago, too, in that art class. Even if Steve had bulked up while he was gone, how could he possibly have either hidden it, or somehow only ballooned up in the last few days?