Ever After 3 (x Reader)

Tears For Fears

Alex scoffed her feet and pushed her large lenses sunglasses further up her nose, it was freezing cold, but that had not stopped the sun blazing brightly.

(Y/n) had left for town with Connor a while ago, Lena and Kara had skipped out the door and headed off on a quiet romantic walk.

That left Alex alone with her lovey-dovey parents, she had finally managed to escape to the garden after the torture of watching her mother blow kisses across the room, and her father catch them.

Abandoned by her wife and sister, Alex now sought the sanctuary of the garden alone. (Y/n) hadn't been gone long enough for her to return anytime soon. She was all alone.

Alex wished not for the first time that they had brought Bear with them. But (Y/n) hadn't wanted to leave Yogi alone by himself, so Bear had to play his big brother role.

Alex cringed when she heard the door open and close behind her, she didn't dare look who was coming her way.

"All alone?" Her father asked.

"Yeah, I've been abandoned." Alex shrugged awkwardly. Things were still strange with her father, and they had never been alone before this moment.

Jeremiah lifted the toolbox he held in his hands. "Just gonna fix the lawnmower, you want to help?"

"Err..."

"You can tell me all about (Y/n)." Jeremiah smiled uneasily. He would try anything to spend time with his daughter.

"Okay." Alex gave in, maybe it wouldn't be so bad to spend the time with her father at least they would talk about a subject she loved.

Jeremiah led the way to the garage, images floating into his mind about the first day they moved into the home. A tiny Alex crawling into the garage stalking his every move, Eliza had nearly had kittens when she looked around the house and found their daughter missing.

Alex had never quite been willing to do anything any other way but her own. It had been her charm.

"So, here it is." Jeremiah smiled, patting the machine.

"It's pretty old you should just get a new one," Alex added as she screwed her face up, she remembered the lawnmower when she was a child. Thinking it was so cool, her father sat on it and drove it like a car. Alex had wanted to drive it.

Then she had, only Alex had managed to drive it right onto the road and into traffic. For a ten-year-old girl, that should have been daunting. But not for Alex Danvers.

"There is plenty of life left in this baby, no need for a new one." Alex's father smiled, picking up his toolbox and pulling out a medium-sized spanner. "So tell me, how did you and (Y/n) meet?"

Somehow Alex didn't think she could tell her father the whole story. "Err...well actually believe it or not, but I arrested her."

Jeremiah's head shot up to stare at his daughter in shock. His dark brown eyes so like Alex's widened in horror. "Alex, did I never teach you that arresting someone you want to ask out on a date is a terrible move?"

Alex laughed. "Actually, she was a hard nut to crack, she is way too stubborn," Alex whispered, cupping her mouth with her hands.

"Why does that sound familiar?" Jeremiah's dark eyes twinkled as he lifted up the lid and parted inside.

"I'm not stubborn." Alex narrowed her eyebrows in protest.

Jeremiah leveled his daughter a disbelieving look. He maybe have been away for a long time, but he knew Alex better than she thought.