Hey guys, I'm sorry it took so long and it's so short but I just broke up with my long time girlfriend and it's Manchester Pride weekend this weekend til tomorrow so I've been there getting destroyed as you should do after a break up! Anyway I'm sorry there's not much Clexa here it's a setup chapter but next chapter will be Clexa heavy. Okay enjoy!

Lexa loved her job, but in this moment she hated it. Normally she loved everything that came with being a pilot, she loved flying, she even loved her uniform, but right now she hated it. Suddenly her blues were too itchy, her collar too tight, her hair pulled back too much, her paperwork was too boring, too long. Lexa Woods never hated her job until this moment. And it was all Her fault.

Her, being a certain visiting Flight Lieutenant, or as Lexa referred to her, the Ice Queen. The two women had a history to put it short. They were in the same officer training course together, the Ice Queen choosing to go into engineering, weapons engineering. They hated each other the moment they saw each other. The two battled for dominance the whole course, both trying to out-do the other, in the end Lexa had won.

The Ice Queen had to wait a further year to catch up to Lexa's rank, and now that the two were equal of course she would have to visit Lexa's station, and of course she would want to call in to see her old 'friend'.

And so Lexa Woods, for the first time in her life, hated her job. All she could think of was that as soon as this day was over she could go home, order take out and curl up with Clarke on her couch. Lexa smiled for the first time that day. It had been three days since she had seen the blonde and Raven had kicked Lexa out of their apartment once again so she could have some alone time with Octavia.

Since their weekend together the two had talked in any way they could almost constantly, when they weren't on the phone with each other or skyping, they were texting. Raven had made many jokes and snarky comments about how 'whipped' Lexa was, opting to call her Commander Heart Eyes due to Lexa's apparent bad-girl exterior being ruined by her mushy insides for Clarke shining through her eyes. Lexa hated Raven for that name.

Lexa had two hours to go until she could go home, get her stuff, and go to Clarke's. Two hours and that was it. She was starting to believe that there was in fact a god that was certainly smiling down on her until the Ice Queen walked into her office.

"Hello Lexa, long time no see!" She greeted as if they were old friends.

"Flight Lieutenant, how can I help you?"

"Lexa Lexa Lexa, we're the same rank now, we can use first names here."

Lexa raised her eyebrow, she didn't have time for false friendliness.

"Cut the crap Flight Lieutenant, what do you want?"

"Friendly as ever I see," it wasn't that Lexa was naturally rude, she wasn't, she just really disliked the woman in front of her, "how's the girlfriend? She having fun in Cyprus?"

Lexa almost snapped, almost. Of course she would bring up Costia, of course she would. The Ice Queen was the daughter of a high ranking member of the RAF who would do anything for his 'little girl', all she had to do was ask, and she did. Costia was a junior technician and after a long time of Costia chasing Lexa, trying to convince her that despite them being in the military and Lexa being her superior, it would be a good idea to have a relationship. They had been together for a year when the Ice Queen had found out. Due to her old disliking of Lexa, she had asked her father to transfer Costia on the grounds of her being far more needed on their base in Cyprus. Costia had no choice but to move and had subsequently broken Lexa's heart by ending their relationship. Lexa could never forgive the Ice Queen for what she had done.

"I wouldn't know Flight Lieutenant."

"Hmm, guessing that means you've broken up then, such a shame."

Before Lexa could respond, Indra luckily walked in to her office, "ma'am may I talk to you?"

"Of course, Flight Lieutenant, would you mind giving us some privacy please?"

The other woman nodded and left the room without another word.

"What's the issue Indra?"

"Nothing ma'am, I just know that the Flight Lieutenant can anger you."

Lexa smiled at the other woman, thankful she had her to get her out of situations like she just did.

"Thank you Indra, I owe you."

"Do not worry about it ma'am, I'm you're second in command, it's what I'm supposed to do."

"Thank you anyway Indra."

Indra nodded, turned, checked that the Ice Queen had left and exited Lexa's office.

One hour. All she had to do was get through one more hour. Just one.

The seconds ticked by so slowly, Lexa wondered why time slowed down when she wanted it to speed up. She couldn't wait much longer to see Clarke, she ached to see her. After her day she needed the blonde more than ever to calm her down. Clarke was better at relieving stress than anything Lexa knew of.

Finally her hour of torture was up. However, her stress had not left her just yet. She climbed in her car and left for home as fast as she could. The day's events ran through her head and she became more and more angry due to the Ice Queen's words. How dare she bring up Costia like that, how dare she when Lexa was finally doing so well, when she had finally moved on and found Clarke, how dare she.

She had to calm down. She had finally come home but she didn't want to go to the apartment just yet, she didn't want to snap at Raven by accident. She knew it was dangerous in her uniform due to recent attacks on uniformed staff but Lexa decided it would be best to walk around her street for a bit before she went into her apartment. She lit a cigarette quickly, inhaling the smoke, letting it fill her lungs before she let it out. Raven hated the habit. Lexa needed it. When she was finished and felt less stressed than before she headed up to her apartment.

Raven wasn't to be seen but she was to be heard. Octavia must have come over early judging by the noises coming from her room. One of Lexa's bags was next to the door with a note saying 'much sorry, bugger off, have fun, I love you lots... R' Lexa smiled at the note. As weird as the pair were, they loved each other more than they liked to admit. Raven was the sister she always wanted and Lexa was the sister Raven never wanted but ended up with anyway as the mechanic put it.

Deciding to just stay in her uniform since she would need it for work tomorrow anyway, she picked up her bag and closed the door behind her. She couldn't wait to see Clarke.

She drove as fast as legally possible to the blonde's house and practically ran to the front door. Before she could even knock the door flew open and Clarke basically jumped onto Lexa, engulfing her in a tight hug.

"I missed you!"

"I missed you too."

Clarke grinned at the brunette and placed a quick kiss on her lips.

"Get your arse inside my bed 'cause you look too damn hot in that uniform."

Lex could only nod as the other woman practically dragged her inside the house.