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As soon as they reached TC, Alec took Max to her quarters. When he went to put her down on the bed she awoke.
"Mmh, Alec where are we?" she asked sleepily.
"We're in your room at TC. I brought us on your bike. Get some other clothes on and go to bed okay." She nodded and turned to her dresser. When she turned back he was already gone.
Late that night Alec was awakened by the soft sound of crying. He walked to Max's room and saw her curled up in a ball, sobbing.
"Hey Maxie," he whispered. She looked up at him slowly.
"I didn't mean to wake anybody up," she said quietly.
"Don't worry about it. Are you okay?" Max looked up again and shook her head. Alec strode quickly across the room and wrapped her up again in his arms. Grateful for the support, she held onto him for dear life. "Why are you being so nice? You don't even like me," Max asked, her voice muffled by the fabric of his shirt.
"It's not that I don't like you Max, I do. I just have issues with emotions. They weren't exactly big on that kind of stuff at Manticore. And I'm being so nice because I've felt the hurt."
"Then when will it stop hurting?" He shook his head.
"I couldn't tell you, but I do know that it will." He bent down and dropped a soft kiss on her forehead. "Get some sleep Max." He turned to leave but stopped short when he heard her voice.
"Alec, I don't mean to sound pathetic, but could you stay in here until I fall asleep? I just don't want to be alone right now." Alec nodded and pulled up a chair. Max snuggled under the covers and settled in for the night. He was about asleep when he felt her hand in his. He smiled and gave her hand a squeeze. "Thanks Alec."
The next morning Alec was vaguely aware of shouting. A young transgenic burst into the room and shut the door behind him. He went to shake Max awake but was stopped as Alec's hand shot out and grabbed his wrist.
"She needs her sleep man. What do you need?"
"Sorry Alec, but Logan's on his way down here. I just thought you'd like to know." Alec ran a hand through his hair and sighed.
"Thanks for the effort. I'll take care of it."
Logan raised his hand to knock and was confronted by Alec's face. He surveyed the younger man's current state of dress, a pair of flannel pajama pants; a wife beater; and rumpled hair, and frowned.
"Why Alec, how odd to see you, in Max's room, in your pajamas, so early."
"Look Logan, before you say anything, this is not what you think I found Max on the Space Needle and she was really torn up and she fell asleep but then we got back here and she was crying later on and I went in there and she asked me to stay because she didn't want to be alone and then I fell asleep and here we are." Logan smirked.
"Well that was a run on sentence if there ever was one." Alec sighed.
"Yeah I know."
"Look, I'm not here to interrogate you. I just wanted to make sure that Max was okay. She ran out of there so fast. I never meant to hurt her ya know."
"I know man, but you'll have to tell that to her." Logan nodded and Alec walked back into the room. He sat down and ran one hand gently down her face. "Hey Maxie, wake up," he said. She stirred slightly and opened her eyes a bit. "Logan's here to see you." She was up in an instant and at the door.
"Hey Logan," she said.
"Max, I know that I may never be able to make it up to you. But I need you to know how truly sorry I am."
"I know that you never meant to hurt me, but you did, and for now you just need to give me some space." He nodded slowly.
"I understand." He turned to leave but at the last minute turned back, and much to both the young transgenics' surprise added, "Take care of her Alec."
Confused, they both turned and went back into Max's room.
"You okay?" Alec asked.
"I think I will be eventually," she responded.
"Okay, then I'm going to go get dressed. And Max, if you ever need me, I'm here." Then he was gone, he seemed to pull the disappearing act a lot.
"I'm gonna be okay."
Okay there it is. I know Max is out of character, but she's grieving. Read and Review.
Disclaimer: I don't own them they belong to someone else. You know the drill (.
As soon as they reached TC, Alec took Max to her quarters. When he went to put her down on the bed she awoke.
"Mmh, Alec where are we?" she asked sleepily.
"We're in your room at TC. I brought us on your bike. Get some other clothes on and go to bed okay." She nodded and turned to her dresser. When she turned back he was already gone.
Late that night Alec was awakened by the soft sound of crying. He walked to Max's room and saw her curled up in a ball, sobbing.
"Hey Maxie," he whispered. She looked up at him slowly.
"I didn't mean to wake anybody up," she said quietly.
"Don't worry about it. Are you okay?" Max looked up again and shook her head. Alec strode quickly across the room and wrapped her up again in his arms. Grateful for the support, she held onto him for dear life. "Why are you being so nice? You don't even like me," Max asked, her voice muffled by the fabric of his shirt.
"It's not that I don't like you Max, I do. I just have issues with emotions. They weren't exactly big on that kind of stuff at Manticore. And I'm being so nice because I've felt the hurt."
"Then when will it stop hurting?" He shook his head.
"I couldn't tell you, but I do know that it will." He bent down and dropped a soft kiss on her forehead. "Get some sleep Max." He turned to leave but stopped short when he heard her voice.
"Alec, I don't mean to sound pathetic, but could you stay in here until I fall asleep? I just don't want to be alone right now." Alec nodded and pulled up a chair. Max snuggled under the covers and settled in for the night. He was about asleep when he felt her hand in his. He smiled and gave her hand a squeeze. "Thanks Alec."
The next morning Alec was vaguely aware of shouting. A young transgenic burst into the room and shut the door behind him. He went to shake Max awake but was stopped as Alec's hand shot out and grabbed his wrist.
"She needs her sleep man. What do you need?"
"Sorry Alec, but Logan's on his way down here. I just thought you'd like to know." Alec ran a hand through his hair and sighed.
"Thanks for the effort. I'll take care of it."
Logan raised his hand to knock and was confronted by Alec's face. He surveyed the younger man's current state of dress, a pair of flannel pajama pants; a wife beater; and rumpled hair, and frowned.
"Why Alec, how odd to see you, in Max's room, in your pajamas, so early."
"Look Logan, before you say anything, this is not what you think I found Max on the Space Needle and she was really torn up and she fell asleep but then we got back here and she was crying later on and I went in there and she asked me to stay because she didn't want to be alone and then I fell asleep and here we are." Logan smirked.
"Well that was a run on sentence if there ever was one." Alec sighed.
"Yeah I know."
"Look, I'm not here to interrogate you. I just wanted to make sure that Max was okay. She ran out of there so fast. I never meant to hurt her ya know."
"I know man, but you'll have to tell that to her." Logan nodded and Alec walked back into the room. He sat down and ran one hand gently down her face. "Hey Maxie, wake up," he said. She stirred slightly and opened her eyes a bit. "Logan's here to see you." She was up in an instant and at the door.
"Hey Logan," she said.
"Max, I know that I may never be able to make it up to you. But I need you to know how truly sorry I am."
"I know that you never meant to hurt me, but you did, and for now you just need to give me some space." He nodded slowly.
"I understand." He turned to leave but at the last minute turned back, and much to both the young transgenics' surprise added, "Take care of her Alec."
Confused, they both turned and went back into Max's room.
"You okay?" Alec asked.
"I think I will be eventually," she responded.
"Okay, then I'm going to go get dressed. And Max, if you ever need me, I'm here." Then he was gone, he seemed to pull the disappearing act a lot.
"I'm gonna be okay."
Okay there it is. I know Max is out of character, but she's grieving. Read and Review.