2 weeks later…
Something happened after that night. It was very hard to say exactly what, but nothing had been the same since for Max.
It was not the idealistic love she once honed in her mind. Of the perfect family, the perfect house, and the pretty banter between the perfect man and wife.
It was a dirty and rough and brutal kind of love.
But it was honest and it was true. An "I will love you no matter what" and "I would die for you" kind of love that she had never knew existed, because she had never seen it before in others. And here was Alec, the stupid insolent fool that he was, who showed her that love.
Who would have guessed?
They had killed that night, out of desperation, but it no longer left a dreadful feeling in her stomach. It was replaced by acceptance, and understanding of the way the world worked. It was not as black and white as she insisted it was, but Max found herself warming up to the idea nonetheless.
For the first time in her life, she felt…real. The horror of that night made all her fears of embarrassment, her need for propriety seem…trivial.
She found herself arguing more passionately in command, being more free with her emotions. She worked along side the transhumans, x-series, and humans alike without hesitance. Lately, Max found herself a bundle of emotions and energy, much to Alec's delight and amusement.
And Alec.
He did survive that night. And the next day. And the next week.
Max sat by his bedside and could not be consoled to leave, growling when visitors and even nurses got near him.
After he woke up, he mockingly took her hand in his, as she had, and kissed it. And he laughed indulgently. It would usually be her turn to slap him, but instead, Alec gripped her hand and wouldn't let go, a question behind his eyes.
So she did the only thing she wanted to do. She curled on the bed beside him, swung his arm over her shoulder, and burrowed into his side.
And that was that.
After that night there was no more talk of Logan. There was no need. She wrote a letter and asked a courier to deliver it.
So that was that.