At twenty-five, Max has spent the majority of her adult life fleeting from one place to another. She knows she's chasing after dreams and she lets herself get wrapped in his awkward charm just for the sake of the distraction. And now, two months into this chaos, she still has no idea of what she's doing. They are in a fixed state, unyielding. Something has to give.

"They said I died in the ambulance. They had to restart my heart and there were a few moments where they thought I wasn't going to come back." He paled and pulled too hard at the thread, ripping the end of his shirt. "But you did," he choked out. "Yeah, I did." AU in which Warren isn't drunk at the Vortex Club party and follows after Max and Chloe and all the trouble that follow

She takes that moment to study the planes of his face—the crinkle of his forehead and his bottom lip sucked between his teeth. He is here, but not here, she finds, his eyes glazed over with whatever is turning through his mind. Three times Warren tries to say "I love you" and one time he does. Rated M for mild sexual content.

Companion to Autumn Storm, Winter Wind, and Spring Blossoms. Summer is upon her and Max isn't sure what this new chapter of life will bring without Chloe, but she is ready to face it. There will be an epilogue piece and then the series will be finished. I hope you enjoyed reading these as much as I did writing them. Thank you.

Another season and Chloe is still gone. Life keeps going. Max is still coming to terms with that, with Warren by her side. Companion to Autumn Storm and Winter Wind.