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alex/hank neighbours!au

[anonymous]

based on this prompt. alex is the new guy next door, and hank only sees glimpses of his hair, laundry, mails, anything but his face.

bonus if they get a happy ending!

Re: alex/hank neighbours!au

[anonymous]

This prompt is so lovely! I'm on board to read, +1!

Re: alex/hank neighbours!au

[xdenisex]

this sounds like perfection ♥

Re: alex/hank neighbours!au

[strzyga]

oh, i loved that prompt so much! i actually wrote bandom fic for it, a long time ago.

seconded :)

fill: the dark passenger (1)

[anonymous]

Hank McCoy is sleeping when the new guy moves in next door.

He’d spent the past two nights writing his paper for Professor Xavier’s class so he spends the entirety of his Saturday with the dreamless dead. Sleeps so he doesn’t hear the sound of a rusty Honda nearly hitting the mailbox. Sleeps so he doesn’t hear the front door opening and boxes traveling from the front porch to the first hallway. Sleeps so he doesn’t hear his new neighbor humming Journey songs as he surveys the new backyard.

Sleeps so that he doesn’t hear the soft hesitant knocks on his door, a quiet plea to be accepted, a hope for something more.

But Hank is among the dreamless dead.

So his neighbor walks.

And he sleeps.

(His eyes open blearily for a second in the early morning and his sleepy nerves signify that he’s somehow not alone. That thought soothes him and he’s drifting off again, this time dreaming dreams he will not remember)

Re: fill: the dark passenger (1)

[neniainas]

Ooh, yes! Very promising, cannot wait to read more. Just the dream-like quality of this... so pretty. <3 I love how the last part is in brackets, like an afterthought.

I really hope you continue, whatever way you decide to take the story next. :)

2nd fill: Shared Solitude 1/3

[landahoymateys]

Hank remembered when he had moved in. There were sounds of boxes being brought in and deposited on the ground. The walls were paper thin and Hank could hear everything of his neighbor of 4b, he sometimes suspected it was the reason the old neighbors moved out. Hank had been dozing about in bed when he heard the boxes, he quickly jumped up to pull on some pants, all intentions of peeking out his door to see who the new neighbor was. However by the time Hank had pulled on some pants and shoes and sneaked his head out the door he saw the door of 4b closing firmly behind a last box and the lock clicking closed. Hank sighed and collapsed onto the couch that leaned up against the wall they shared. In the room beside his he heard a figure slump against the wall on the other side, a deep sigh slipping a set of lips. Hank grinned at the thought, they were so close, and yet worlds apart

Re: 2nd fill: Shared Solitude 2/3

[landahoymateys]

The next morning Hank woke late to the sound of a phone ringing. It wasn't his own phone but the recognizable ring of his next door neighbor. He sat in silence as he listened to the recording. It was a female voice, she accused Alex of missing her call last night, and demanded they needed to talk. Hank groaned and rolled over. He slept in that day and missed work. In the laundry room he heard rumors sometimes. Some of the more nosy neighbors spreading lies and false stories, "Oh he is absolutely gorgeous, I hear he's dating a model back home." A giggle, "No no, I heard he's a member of a gang and married to the bosses daughter, he ran out on her." The girls laughed and argued over whose story was more ridiculous. One of them asked to borrow Hank's detergent and he happily obliged. Almost as an after thought she gasped in surprise, "Oh! You live next door to him! Have you ever met Alex's girlfriend?" Hank simply said he'd never even seen the guy. The girl mentioned what a shame that was

Re: 2nd fill: Shared Solitude 3/3

[landahoymateys]

Hank could hear Alex pacing in the room next door. Hank went to sit on the couch and press his ear against the wall. He sat in silence for a moment, just listening to the other man's footsteps and breathing. It was a breath that Hank held so dearly, a connection he cherished. He didn't need a face to know love. Hank banged on the wall, a courage that only came to him with a bit too much alcohol in his system. The pacing immediately stopped, and the neighbor made his way over to the couch, falling into place noisily. Hank heard the other's face press up against the wall, most likely ear to ear. He banged on the wall in reply. Hank sat their quietly, smiling, he banged again. The response came almost immediately. He didn't know what they were banging, there was no pattern, no rhythm, just a happy connection. Hank passed out, a result of the drink and overworking. He was fast asleep on his couch when a soft knock came to his door

[anonymous]

This is actually quite beautiful. It's too bad they didn't finally see each other face to face, but it's still perfect as it is. Thanks for sharing. :)