Alice opened the door to the building manager. Marc was a few years younger than her, with dark curly hair, brown eyes, and full lips. He was lean and lanky, not particularly buff but not out of shape. She wished his jeans were a little snugger, because he had a nice ass.
"Hey," she said. She rolled her eyes at herself. Talk about lame. She fiddled with her glasses and wiped a smudge with her finger. That made it worse, so she had to take them off, wipe the lens on the bottom of her shirt, and put them back on.
Marc smiled, displaying dimples that made her a little swoony. He stood waiting, then lifted his toolbox slightly.
"Oh! You're here to fix the thing! Right. Come in!" Alice blushed as she let him into her apartment.
"Yup, the thing." Marc winked at her as he carried in his toolbox and supplies for fixing the toilet and sink. A very unglamorous and messy task. He strode into her bathroom. "I'll need to turn off your water while I work on this."
"Sure, sure, of course." Alice walked away from the bathroom door, and then came back almost immediately and hovered. He was so hot. She fanned her face with her hand, and then jerked her hand down. She tried to look nonchalant.
Marc looked over his shoulder at her, smirked, and carried on with his work.
"Uh, nice weather we're having, eh?" Alice smacked her forehead. Ugh! Really?
Marc chuckled. "I'm glad it's not any warmer. This is sweaty work." With that comment, he pulled his t-shirt over his head and dumped it on the floor by his toolbox.
Alice swallowed and tried not to sigh out loud. Oh man, lean and lanky. No six-pack, but lovely smooth skin and a dusting of chest hair that went right down his stomach. Mmm, maybe those baggy jeans were a good thing as she was getting a glimpse of the hairy trail where his hips disappeared into them.
"Want some lemonade?" Alice cringed. Lemonade? She sounded about 12.
"Sure, I could use a break," Marc said. He wiped his hands on a rag and accepted the glass from Alice. He leaned against the frame of the bathroom door while he drank the lemonade.
Alice watched his throat as he swallowed. She licked her lips a little. A sigh slipped out. She imagined his razor stubble brushing against certain sensitive parts of her body. She blinked when Marc handed back the empty glass.
"Thanks, Alice," he said with a smile. He gave her a long look, then turned and went back to his tasks.
She made herself go into the kitchen and move stuff around. From where she stood, she couldn't see more than Marc's legs and feet. She moved back to hover in the doorway again.
Finally Marc turned on taps in the sink and tub. There was a blast of air, and dirty water before it ran clear. He flushed the toilet to make sure it worked. Putting his tools away, he looked down at himself. "Can I use your shower? I'm a real mess." He grinned at her.
"Oh, uh, sure, of course," Alice stuttered, "I'll leave you to it." She closed the door then flopped onto her living room couch. O.M.G. He was having a shower in HER bathroom!
She heard the water turn on and then the slide of the curtain rings across the rod. She was getting a nice visual in her head of him using her citrus-scented soap when she heard him say something through the door.
She went to the bathroom. "Sorry, what was that, Marc?"
"I need a towel. Can you get me one?" A towel? Shit! They were in the bathroom cupboard!
"Uh, sure, just a sec...I'm coming in!" She opened the door and held up a hand to shield her eyes, forgetting for a second that she could only see a vague shape behind the laser-etched clear vinyl curtain.
Marc was humming a random tune as he washed himself. She wished that curtain would fall off the rod right now.
Sighing, Alice grabbed a towel from the cupboard. She placed the towel on the bar by the tub. As she turned to leave, she heard the curtain slide and an arm snaked around her waist. She squealed as she was lifted off her feet and swung into the bathtub. She got a face full of very warm water as Marc released her. She whirled around to face her very naked building manager.