Neighbours!AU with Telev
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You didn’t really like your neighbour. At. All.
For one thing, Telev (what sort of a name is Telev, anyways?) was insufferable. It was a surprise that his body could contain such an ego.
You knew him from college, but just barely. He dropped out to join the army in his second year.
To you, not so much of a loss. He was no genius, and was more the street-smarts than book-smarts type.
But even so, he had his own mystique back then. He barely talked to anyone, had no real friends that anyone could think of.
After retiring from the army, he now worked as a personal trainer, and unfortunately, you noticed.
He had a better physique than most guys you met.
And he drove a monster of a car that you were 99% sure he neglected to put mufflers on.
No amount of “you know what they say about men with big cars…” jokes could possibly comfort you when you awoke to the sound of tires squealing.
You were on the verge of keying his car at one point. Or worse.
But the guy didn’t seem aware of his own idiocy. In fact, it seemed as if he thought he was the most superior person on Earth.
One time you were waiting on the curb for a cab to pick you up, dressed very nicely because you were going to a friend’s birthday party, and he walks by, eyeing you from head to toe.
“Someone should call the fire department. All of a sudden, it’s gotten quite a bit hotter.”
Caught off-guard, your cheeks flushed red and you turned away. If you expected some follow-through, you didn’t get any.
But for a few days after, you replayed that line in your head. The way he said it. Not at all lewdly, but as if he was making an off-hand comment. Yet there was something deeper in his voice, something raw, almost intimidating.
After that, when you crossed paths, he’d give you a curt nod, perhaps the tiniest smile, and you were on edge.
Was he trying to make you crack?
If so, you’d make him break first.
You started returning his infinitesimal smiles with even smaller winks. You wore clothes that you knew you looked good in.
Sometimes, you’d rush up to him with small, neighbourly problems.
“I was planning on making cookies and I ran out of sugar. You don’t happen to have any, do you?”
Turns out that he was a decent baker. More than decent.
“My grandmother taught me. But don’t go saying that, I have something of a reputation to uphold.”
But it was that comment about the car that really did it.
Telev was washing his car, and you walked straight up to him. And without blinking…
“You know what they say about guys with big cars? Prove me wrong.”
For a moment, he just stood there. And then he started laughing. And he kept laughing, as he leaned down to kiss you. A rather sweet kiss.
“I think I ought to take you out on a date before any of that. I might seem like an idiot with bigger muscles than brains, but I know how to treat someone right.”