A/N: Hey, Internet! So, erm... I'm new to the whole songfic thing. Please be kind with how you rate my work please! I will take offers for scenarios and dedicate that chapter to you or what you want it to be dedicated to. I don't do rated M fics, so please don't put me in that position. You're probably not even reading at this point, but please read this until the end then exit out of it. RR, please! And... I obviously don't own Maximum Ride or any song used for this fanfic. Thanks!

"I Swear This Time I Mean It" by Mayday Parade

Max was so tired when she and the Flock arrived at the Florida beach house, provided to them by CSM. They had three bedrooms and Gazzy and Iggy shared one, Nudge and Angel another, so Max and Fang in the last one. Angel obviously planned this for them, the idea popping up with one of Angel's sly grin when choosing rooms. It was 2:30 where they were, Max finally coaxed asleep by Fang's voice.

"I'm not ever going to leave you again. You saved the world and I won't ever leave you. I'll scare away your nightmares. Max, I'll be by your side, I'll always have you in my sight," Fang whispered to Max's sleeping form.

He had his arms and wings wrapped possessively. They all went to their respective rooms, falling asleep almost instantly, but Fang stayed up with Max, soothing her into a sweet slumber. She looked peaceful as she slept with a small smile on her lips, so Fang couldn't help but smile softly as she tried to snuggle closer into his bare chest.

She mumbled in her sleep, Fang picking up only a few words every few sentences. He hummed softly in her ear, trying to wipe away the frown beginning on her forehead. He wanted her to have a peaceful sleep, so badly he wanted this, so badly that it hurt as she writhed around subconsciously.

"Don't leave," he made out of Max's hushed voice. She mouthed words, then voiced more. "Hurts... The School... Torture... Help," she rasped.

Fang tucked her in under his chin and her squirming lessened a bit. Max gripped at his bare back with desperate hands.

Although Fang just wanted her to sleep so she wasn't always exhausted, he couldn't wait to have to wake her up. This wasn't because he didn't like having Max curled up against him, because Fang loved that, but because he hated her being in pain. Fang knew he had no right to love or have love from Max, and he despised himself for making her sad, but he needed her like the oxygen he breathed and the food he ate.

She woke up with a painful gasp and pulled back- just a bit- to see Fang watching her with sad eyes. "Fang," she breathed. He didn't mind her nails digging into his back. "Fang, you're here. Oh, stars, you didn't leave me. I thought- You were gone, disappeared."

"Never again, Max, I'm not ever leaving you again. It breaks my heart and hurts you so much more. I don't want to hurt you anymore."

She hugged him, hard, pressing her sobbing form against him with all the desperateness she had in her being. Max pulled back again, and Fang gave her a kiss on the lips. It was soft and sweet and long and loving.

"I'm so sorry, Max. I'll never leave you again. I haven't ever meant to hurt you like I did. I'm so stupid." Max crushed her lips onto his and went for a deep kiss. It lasted for just a small while because Max was breathless at the moment.

3:15. "You need sleep, love. Close you eyes. I'm right here,and I'll be here when you wake up." She nodded and put her head down onto his shoulder.

"Sing me a melody?" Max begged, tears still trailing her face. "I won't be able to get to sleep. Fang, I need you so badly. Dammit, I need you to be here when I wake up."

He began humming a tune, sweet and soft. "And I'll be you memory" his voice floated to her ears with a soft, low tone, soothing her doubts into a dark corner. Her breathing evened out after a many minutes.

He tried not to stutter over the tune of the song as she sank into a more peaceful slumber than before. She moved her arms to be against his chest, and he wrapped his arms around her and too her wrists in his hands. "Never going to leave. I love you, Max." He looked at her scars, the ones that marred her beautiful face and arms and legs, he forgot what they were from and labeled these scars to be part of her charm. She was tough, she was strong, she was stubborn, she was cocky, but in those sweet moments between them, she let down her tough-guy act, left go of her strength and gave herself to him, was willing and listened to Fang, let him take stress off her shoulders, she didn't need comebacks and sass and sarcasm with him.

'Course, he didn't get any sleep that night, chasing away her bad dreams, but he couldn't bring himself to care. Max woke up in her lovers arm, silently reassuring her that he was forever by her side. Fang had been staring at her as she pulled back in his arms. He reluctantly let her go, and propped himself up on an arm.

"Good morning, Beautiful," he greeted her with a smile.

"Hey, Fang. How much sleep did you get?" she asked as her hand came up to touch the small bags under his eyes. When Fang's response was a shrug, Max's eyes softened incredibly. "Sweet, sweet Fang, why didn't you go to sleep after I did?" Again his response was a shrug. Max gave him a disapproving look. She have him a soft, quick peck on the lips. "Sorry about last night," Max said softly to her only love. He gave her a quirked eyebrow. "Well, for keeping you up...and for the marks on your back. I was accidentally digging my nails into your back; I can feel where I was gripping your back." Fang kissed her collarbone softly.

"I don't care, love." He kissed her again, a bit harder, on her collarbone. "You could've drawn blood, and I wouldn't care." His breath tickled her neck as he came to kiss behind her ear. "I love you, my dear, did you know that?" He smirked as he felt her shiver, loving the effect he had on her.

The next night in Florida was spent with Max curled in Fang's grasp. "Fang, darling, you need to go to bed. Don't try to tell me you're not exhausted. Barely any sleep two days ago, none yesterday, and you say you'll fall asleep after me? Bull. Please, get to sleep. I know of you're given the choice, you'll be up all night again. I don't want you passing out."

Fang shook his head. "I swear on chocolate chip cookies and my love for Maximum Ride, I will go to sleep after you fall asleep." She eyed his wearily, but laid down anyways. He began humming again for her, before she had to ask.

As her breathing evened out gradually, he kissed her forehead, whispering to her sweet nothings. "I love you, Maximum Rode, with all my heart and soul."

As he kept up his humming and sweet nothings, he realized something. Max had his heart. Max could crush his soul. All she had to say we're four words... "I don't love you." Fang wouldn't be able to go on another day. Without Max, he had nothing. At least when he left, she had the Flock... He didn't even have that.

All of his wishes for him and Max would be crushed into dust and heartbreak with four measly words...and it'd be all his fault. His arms, currently resting lazily around her hips, tightened as he put his head down on the pillow Max's head was on, and tried to get some rest.

Fang knew he would always be in love with Maximum Ride, and Max about Fang. They both knew the other would be the death of them.

A/N: soooo... You made it this far! Give me your thoughts, good or bad, I don't care. Constructive criticism is welcomed. I will update every 5 or so reviews.