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It was a quiet neighbourhood which was something Alex liked. Her job was already filled with loud noises often deriving from gunshots and explosions. She needed her home to be at least somewhat peaceful. And for the most part it was. Not many people moved in, not many people moved out. It was mostly old people too so there were no screaming children around to distract her. That is why Alex was surprised to witness a moving van right beside the apartment building opposite to hers. A couple of people were carrying in furniture but Alex had no way of knowing if one of them was going to be her new neighbour. She saw a long haired man wearing a Metallica shirt and somehow got the idea that this was maybe not the type place he'd move to. The other person she saw was also a man. He had shorter hair and looked like he could actually belong there, with his button up shirt and khaki pants. She also caught a glimpse of a woman but only saw her back very briefly. She came to the conclusion, it was one of the latter two.
Alex noticed the van leaving quite quickly. The new neighbour obviously didn’t have a lot of furniture. She decided it was better not to introduce herself. For all she knew, her new neighbour could be a creep and she didn’t want anyone asking her about the details of her job. She hadn’t acquainted any of her current neighbours so why should this one be different?
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Alex woke up to her alarm. It was six o’clock in the morning, the time she normally woke up at to get to work. She did what she normally did and ended up in her kitchen searching for coffee. Still feeling drowsy, she prepared her coffee slowly and when she was done, she opened the curtains in her kitchen letting natural light in. She sat down and placed her coffee on the table.
She glimpsed out of the window and couldn’t help but notice that her new neighbour also had her curtains open and that she was also making coffee. She was pretty, very pretty and luckily she hadn’t noticed Alex’s staring yet. She had dark hair and the oversized NCPD t-shirt she was wearing made her look adorable. She looked sleepy and Alex wondered if she too had spent her night not being able to fall asleep. Alex continued looking at her neighbour moving in her kitchen before realising what she was doing was creepy. She was being the creepy neighbour. She turned her gaze away and focused on the coffee she was drinking. She had more important things to think about than a cute neighbour making breakfast in her oversized t-shirt.
After a while, Alex found herself looking again. Her neighbour had sat down and was now patiently taking small sips of her coffee. She turned her head so she was facing Alex. They were now directly looking into each other’s eyes. Alex realised what was happening and felt herself blushing uncontrollably. However, they did not lose eye contact. Her neighbour smiled knowingly making her dimples visible. Alex gasped softly. She was beautiful. Alex gave a delayed response to the smile and quickly turned her head away. She was now simultaneously grateful and discontented of the fact that their apartments were so close to each other. She couldn’t help but look again and sure enough, her neighbour was smirking at her.
Alex stood up from her chair and hurried to the bathroom. From now on she was keeping her curtains closed. She didn’t need to look at anyone who made her blush like a schoolgirl.
Later at the DEO, she caught herself thinking about her new neighbour, who had dimples and probably a very sparkly pair of eyes, which may have caused her to unwillingly smile.
“Why are you smiling? Are you okay? You’re not going crazy are you?” Winn asked.
“What? No. I was… thinking about my new gun,” Alex answered.
“Okay,” Winn said smiling.
“What was that?”
“Nothing.”
Winn looked scared and in Alex’s opinion, rightfully so.
Alex spent the rest of her day trying hard to keep herself on the task. It wasn't the first time a pretty girl had made her smile, but it was the first time the said pretty girl had distracted her from her work. She was Alex Danvers, a highly skilled agent for the DEO. She did not get distracted by pretty girls who smiled at her. Or did she?
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It was a new day. A new, cute neighbour free, day. Alex did her normal morning routine until once again ending up in her kitchen. She made her coffee and without thinking, she opened her curtains. Upon seeing her neighbour, she discerned the mistake she had made by opening the curtains in her kitchen. It was her new neighbour.
This time, wearing very tight shorts and a small t-shirt.
Alex’s jaw dropped and so did the milk she was holding. Her neighbour sure did have a nice ass. An ass Alex should definitely not be looking at.
“Get it together Danvers,” she told herself out loud.
And what was worse was that her neighbour had witnessed the whole thing. The look on Alex’s face and the dropped milk. She had to have done this on purpose. Her neighbour was now innocently smiling at Alex fully aware of what she had done. Alex was annoyed at how pretty she looked while causing her great pain. This girl was going to be the death of her.
Alex was irritated, but she was not about cave in and close the curtains. No. Alex Danvers did not give up. Was her neighbour only doing this to tease her? Who could be so cruel? The NCPD shirt from yesterday suggested that she was law enforcement. Maybe her work wasn’t exciting enough so she made innocent people like Alex forget they could breathe. She was going to come back with something equally awful the next morning.
Two could play this game and her neighbour was in for a surprise.
Alex sat down attempting not to look at her neighbour. She failed in her mission and decided she could easily steal a quick peek of her neighbour when she wasn’t looking. She was a trained agent goddammit. She turned her head ever so slightly and her eyes landed on her neighbour’s back. She looked for a couple more seconds before turning her head again and concentrating on her coffee. Alex looked at her watch and realised it was time to leave. She looked at her neighbour once more before only to be met with her neighbour’s smiling face. Had her neighbour been looking at her?
“Stupid detective dimples,” Alex muttered.
Alex was surprised at her own nickname invention but it did suit her neighbour rather well. Her neighbour’s dimples crept into Alex’s mind for a minute or two before quickly leaving her apartment. It was the first time in a long while that she was running late.
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Alex was prepared. This time, it was going to be her neighbour’s milk dropping to the floor. She had found a pair of shorts that would definitely make her neighbour look twice. She did the things she usually did during her mornings impatiently before heading to the kitchen. To her disappointment, she found that her neighbour had not yet started making her morning coffee. So Alex started making hers. She hated what the woman had done to her. All these gay thoughts in her head distracting her at work. All her neighbour's fault.
She looked out of her window every few seconds. She desperately wanted to see her neighbour’s reaction to her less covered body. She was going to get payback.
Or was she? Because as she witnessed her neighbour walk in wearing no shorts at all, she started doubting herself considerably. She was wearing underwear that barely covered anything making it clear she had gone further than Alex had. And Alex noticed this. Still, it seemed that her neighbour had not expected to see Alex fight back. They both looked surprised upon seeing the other and Alex was extremely glad that this time she wasn’t holding anything that could easily spill. Alex’s neighbour was the first one to smile. She stared at Alex making her blush. If her pretty neighbour was staring at her she would certainly also stare at her pretty neighbour. They looked at each other for a while before sitting down, not losing eye contact. Her neighbour continued smiling while slowly drinking her coffee. She was clearly pleased with herself.
Alex wondered if she could make her blush like she had done to her. It wasn’t going to be easy. Her neighbour obviously had the upper hand. Just today, when Alex had planned her grand entrance in clothes that would make anyone gasp, had her neighbour one upped her by coming in in her underwear and t-shirt. Alex was going to need to approach this differently. It was childish but Alex did not like losing.
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“Agent Danvers, are you listening?” J’onn interrogated.
“Huh?”
“This is very important. I can’t have my top agent daydreaming while I tell everyone about the details of this mission.”
“I was not daydreaming.”
That was a lie. Alex had most certainly been daydreaming. It had been an accident. She really had not wanted to think about it, but it had still crept into her mind anyway. What it would be like to actually touch her neighbour. In Alex's mind, touching her felt electric, her skin was soft and smooth, her eyes were sparkling. She thought about what it would be like to have her arms around her neighbour’s waist. What it would be like to kiss her...
“Then what did I just say when I was talking about the hellgrammite?”
“That we need to find the closest source of DDT, because that is what it needs?” Alex took a guess hoping she was at least in the right direction.
“Alex, you killed the hellgrammite a long time ago. Unless you wish to go back in time, we are not fighting the hellgrammite again.”
“Why did you ask me about the hellgrammite then?” It dawned on Alex that this had been J’onn’s way of catching her in her lie. “Oh.”
Alex had decided she now hated her neighbour more than ever. She had caused Alex to end up in an embarrassing situation. She could only hope she hadn’t lost all of her credibility. She was going to get her beautiful neighbour back. Maybe.
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It was a new day and Alex started it by thinking about giving up and just accepting her defeat to her pretty neighbour. She clearly had an effect on Alex and Alex wasn’t sure she could ever have the same effect on her. Yes, she had gazed at Alex intently but Alex doubted she spent time at work thinking about her like Alex did. This was new. Alex wasn’t someone who gave up but the circumstances required Alex to change.
Once again, she sauntered to her kitchen and reached into her cupboard for a cup. She made her coffee and opened the curtains while preparing to show her defeat to the pretty neighbour. Sure enough, her neighbour was standing in her kitchen, this time wearing a crop top and boy shorts. Her outfit made Alex's stomach do flips but she made sure she didn't give her neighbour any suggestive looks. She smiled at her neighbour as to show she most definitely appreciated the abs that her neighbour flaunted.
Her neighbour almost pouted. She was clearly disappointed Alex had not decided to continue their game. She gave Alex a questioning expression while moving closer to her window. Alex left the room to get a piece of paper and a pen. She wrote down two words and couldn’t help but feel like she was in a goddamn Taylor Swift music video. She held the paper against her window so that her neighbour could read it.
‘YOU WON’
Her neighbour smirked at her and also left her kitchen before coming back with her own set of paper and a pen. Alex saw her quickly scribble down something on her piece of paper before lifting it up to her window.
“NO. YOU GAVE UP’
Alex smiled at the words and shrugged at her neighbour. Well, she wasn’t wrong.