Disclaimer: Not mine
Thanks to my beta for helping me.
This is the first chapter. The story will continue and I hope you like it.
AT CRASH
Alec is at the bar drinking and remembering a conversation he had with Max earlier that day.
"I went on that mission because Logan asked me to, as a favor."
"Yeah, and what do you do? You let the witness die because, like always, you had to screw things up! All you had to do was get him out of that house and take him to the safe house, but nooo, you had to do things your way."
"It was a trap! Logan said it was guarded with only two men but there were ten!. They started shooting at me and the witness got himself in the crossfire trying to run while I was trying to defend myself. … You know what? Just leave me alone. You're too blind to see anyway."
"To see what?"
"Nothing. Go back to your dear Logan. After all, he is all you care about."
Alec finished his drink and ordered another one. He did not need to hear her say he was a failure or any other of the other harsh things she used to say to him. "God Max, why is it so hard?" He asked to himself and kept drinking.
Yes, she lost a chance to get the cure because of him. He'd tried to kill her and Joshua and he'd done many other things that gave her reasons to call him a screw up, but he also was there for her when she needed help. Still that's nothing compared to what Logan did or said. In her eyes the man was perfect, so there was no point in arguing with her any more about the mission.
"Whatever. Like I even care," he whispered.
"Then why are you punishing yourself about it?" asked a voice in his head. Because - I care about her.
He finished his drink and turn to leave when he noticed a blonde girl checking him out and he smiled at her. "See anything you like?"
"Maybe," she replied, smiling, "Why the long face? Your girl bailed on you?"
She's not mine. "Something like that, but she wasn't a unique creature, unlike any other – like yourself," he said with a smirk, making the girl melt in front of him.
"Right. So… how do you want to do this? My place or yours?"
"Yours." At least for one night I can stop thinking about her and try to forget what happened.
He arrived at the blonde's apartment and she started to kiss him. He responded to the kiss but his mind was far away thinking about Max and couldn't stop wondering what it would feel like to kiss her lips, to touch her and... stop it! You have to forget about her. Just enjoy the moment.
He did his best with the blonde and after he was done he went home to get some rest. Once he got there, he opened a bottle of beer and sat on his couch. He watched tv until he fell asleep dreaming of the woman he would never have.