Based on this prompt: Maybe Max and Chloe watching sappy movies together. Chloe thought she'd be all tough and laugh through it but she's the one crying and Max is comforting her.


The credits had been playing for about twenty seconds when Max heard the first sniffle. "Holy shit, Chloe, are you crying?"

"No," Chloe said quickly, swiping roughly at her eyes with the back of her hand. "I just got something in my eye."

An uncomfortable silence followed, during which Max stared determinedly at the ceiling as Chloe tried to discreetly wipe her nose on her sleeve. After about ten seconds Max's eyes flicked to Chloe and then to the box of tissues sitting on the coffee table in front of them. She reached forward and grabbed a handful of them, balling one up and tossing it at Chloe.

"Hey! What the hell?" Chloe asked as the balled up tissue bounced off her cheek. "What are you doing?" she demanded as Max lobbed another tissue at her.

"Helping," Max said, throwing her last two tissues in quick succession. She bent down and dug her phone out of her bag at her feet, thumbing through her text messages as she watched Chloe out of the corner of her eye.

For a second Chloe looked like she was about to punch her. A few seconds later she rolled her eyes and gathered up the tissues lying on the couch cushion between them, using them to blow her nose as quietly as possible.

"Here, nerd, you can have your tissues back," Chloe said, launching her wad of used tissues at Max's head. Luckily Max managed to duck in time and it sailed harmlessly over her head.

"Gross! At least I only threw clean ones," Max said indignantly, laughing as Chloe stuck her tongue out at her.

Still keeping her eyes fixed on her phone, Max reached over and hooked her right arm around Chloe's shoulders, pulling Chloe gently toward her. She settled back against the couch with Chloe's head resting on her shoulder, propping her left elbow on her hip so she could still look at her phone.

"Is this you helping again?" Chloe asked, tilting her head back to look at Max's face.

"Mhm," Max hummed as she struggled to tap out a text with only one hand.

A moment later Max felt Chloe relax against her, a small smile playing across her features as Chloe snaked her arm around her waist.