"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." Carl Jung
A big moving van is standing outside the building when Matt comes home from the office. Fran, the elderly woman who lived across the hall in apartment 6B moved in a nursing home a couple of weeks ago, therefore Matt assumes that he gets a new neighbour today. When he reaches the door of his apartment a woman approaches him.
„Hi, my name is Lena MacKenzie. I'm your new neighbour", she introduces herself, clearly trying to make a good impression.
"Matt Murdock. Nice to meet you, Lena." He assesses the woman with the senses he has. She is tall, athletic, her posture is straight and upright. Her head is clean-shaved. She smells of leather, fresh sweat, coffee and gun oil. No perfume or body lotion, only a faint scent of unflavoured soap.
"Nice to meet you, too, Matt," she replies, "Good that I meet you right away. I talked to the landlord and he said that you have the exclusive right to the roof terrace. I wonder if you mind when I use it as well from time to time." She smiles but Matt feels her tension, the request is important to her, no doubt. However, no way he wants his new neighbour lingering on the roof top when he returns from his nightly activities. "I'm sorry, but as the landlord said, I have exclusive access to the roof. It's part of my lease," he replies firmly. He negotiated that amendment to his rental agreement when he started his second job as vigilante.
"I wouldn't disturb you, I promise," she affirms, trying to keep up the smile, Matt can sense that she is clearly upset.
"No, sorry," he repeats. He turns away brusquely to end the discussion and he does not need his heighten senses to know that she is really pissed at him now. Probably not a good way to start a neighbourship, but Matt cannot take chances.
Matt is startled awake by a scream. It has its sources definitely in Lena's apartment. He rises, listens and reaches out with his senses. There is nobody else in her apartment. She must have screamed in her sleep. He hears her getting up, going to the kitchen, pouring in a glass of water. The next noise he catches is the dump sound of someone hitting a punching bag. Matt lies down again; the only thing that is threatening his neighbour are her nightmares. No job for Daredevil.
The incident repeats the following nights and Matt concludes that Lena must have some serious issues she is dealing with. Issues that are disturbing Matt's already short nights too. Above all, a couple of nights later when he is coming back from one of his nightly patrols as Daredevil, Lena is standing on the roof terrace. He hides in a shadow on the roof of the adjoining building, waiting until she finally goes back to her apartment. This is exactly what he wanted to prevent when denying her roof access. The next day, he writes her a sharply-worded letter with the header of Nelson & Murdock, Attorneys-at-law, threatening her with all instruments the law provides if she sets another foot on the roof. The result is that she stays away from the roof, but whenever they cross in the hallway, he can say based on her increasing heartrate and jaw-clenching that it really takes her an effort to not just strangle him. There is no chance that his new neighbour will ever help him out with sugar or eggs like Fran used to.
