Max lay in bed curled into Logan, secured by his strong arms, they weren't speaking, just feeling. Feeling how their bodies felt against each other, the softness of her skin being bristled by his body hair. He was trailing his fingers over her body, trying to remember exactly what each spot felt like to his touch in case his bare fingers were never allowed there again. She just lay there breathing in his scent, feeling his heartbeat against her back. He pulled her in even closer and took a deep breath of her.

"Have I ever told you, you smell incredible for living in a post pulse world?"

"What would I have smelled like in a pre pulse world?" she said giggling a little

"Still incredible, just a lot more people used to smell incredible then."

"Yet you always smell good." she pointed out

"Ah yes, but I am one of few who has a consistently hot shower."

"Good point, our water heater is being annoying again."

"Didn't you just get a new one?"

"Yup and while this one didn't fall on us it doesn't like working all too often."

"Hmm, I'm sorry, you can always come here and shower like you used to. Course I might sneak in to watch now." He kissed the nape of her neck

Max brushed off the comment, trying to forget that watch was all he'd be able to do "What like you didn't sneak peeks before…I did leave the door unlocked quite often."

"That was an invitation?" Logan asked in disbelief

Max smiled "More of a hint."

"Okay paralyzed person had low self esteem, I just thought you knew I couldn't do anything, so I wasn't a threat."

"You were always a threat." Max shook her head "Legs or no legs."

"Mmm good to know for when this thing fails." He wrapped a leg around her and nuzzled her neck.

"Okay that tickles" Max said squirming, but he kept her pinned in place.

Just then the door flung open "Aaaah" Joshua screamed and turned away and Logan pulled up the sheet "Stop getting busy please."

"Joshua" Max screamed, "Get out." she didn't care why he was here, he could say the world was burning outside and she would say fine.

"Gossamer" Josh said still with his head turned

Logan groaned as he sat up, he tossed Max the first piece of clothing he saw, his shirt. "What's gossamer?" Logan asked keeping his calm while Max looked like she was going to explode. He slipped on his pants underneath the sheet.

"Gossamer on the loose. " he turned back to see Max sitting with her legs underneath her, looking rather childlike in Logan's shirt.

Logan swung his legs off the bed and stood, "Gossamer is a Manticore thing?"

"He's hurting people." he walked to Max's side and grabbed her "Max and Josh have to stop."

"No, no Max doesn't have to do anything." she turned to look at a clock "For another 9 hours and 29 minutes"

"Max" Logan said from the opposite side of the bed

"Max and Joshua must stop."

"No" Max put down her foot, Manticore had already taken away her childhood, three months of her adult life, 3 of her siblings and her and Logan being able to be together, they were not taking away these 9 hours, nine hours that was all she wanted, just nine hours was that asking so much?

She turned to face Logan, whose eyes were downcast and the look on his face told her what he was thinking, but he said it aloud anyway "If it's hurting people Max…"

She wanted to scream screw the people, I've hurt my whole life, this is my time to be happy, but she couldn't because she knew he was right

"People could find out about Manticore" he said with a shake of his head and a sad smile.

Max couldn't bear to look at him any longer so she focused her attention the floor to figure out where her pants had landed.