Stories of the Flock Through Music: A Temporary Fix

By MyNameIsCAL

A Temporary Fix – Song by The Henry Clay People

**Lyrics for this are not posted on the internet at the time I posted this. There could be slight errors, but I did a pretty good job at trying to listen to it a few times.**

If you've read my story, Second Chances? this sort of parallels what Max is feeling when she's struggling to fix her relationship with Fang. I'm not sure exactly where this would fit in, but I'd like to say this songfic is a companion to Second Chances?

Of course if you haven't read Second Chances? then all you really need to know is that Fang is a recovering drug addict after being in a job with the FBI and tracking down drug dealers, divorced from Max who realizes divorcing Fang was a mistake. She wants Fang back in her life, but Fang doesn't want to hurt her again.

And Alex, who I mention a couple times here, is their daughter.

-Max's POV-

We are damaged kids

We are damaged but we are good

I know I waited longer than I should

To come around

For a lifetime to anyone, we've seen more than we should have, we've been put through more than any person should have ever been put through.

But Fang, you've been through more than any of us have, and I know you started out with good intentions. Then you see people who are suffering, maybe even more than we have because we turned out okay. I should have made an intervention earlier, but maybe I was naïve.

And then I jumped too fast, giving you those divorce papers. You needed me, and you needed Alex, but I kept her away from you. I was angry at you, even though this was my fault too. Fang, you've always been there for me, but I left you when you needed me the most.

There's something we lack

Something you lack about the fourth of July

Let's meet back then

And see if time will change our minds

Will change our minds

Sometimes I wish I could go back and change things. It starts with wondering if I should have stopped you from taking the job, or told you to retire from work to spend time around Alex after she was born, or even when I knew you were having problems, I should have confronted you. I was in denial. Not having to deal with scientists and saving the world gave me a false sense of security. We're not invincible after all.

If you're leaving

It's just a temporary fix

To a love that we just can't kick

And now that you're out of the hospital, now that you're around more, you want to push me away. You're afraid to hurt me even though when it's me that's hurt you. Leaving me, leaving Alex, it won't fix anything, not permanently anyway. In the end, we'll just be left with more emotional pain than when we started. Sure the flock is a little upset with you, but we'll make it through.

Now that we are

A little older since the last time

A little older since the last time I suppose

We'll know what's right

Let's go back, let's get married, and we can start over for Alex's sake. We can piece things back together with the flock and make amends. They'll forgive, I know they will because I want to forgive you, and I want to apologize.

We'll change our minds

If you're leaving

It's just a temporary fix

To a love that we just can't kick

I love you, Fang, and I know that you love me, more than anything in the world. That's why you want to get away from, that's why you want to leave me. But even though you're not here with me now, we still have that connection, and it's one that'll follow us forever, whether you stick around or not.

And we were halfway

Between a comeback and a fight

I'm not afraid to get hurt, Fang. I need you, I love you, and Alex does too. You want to fight me, then fight me, but I'll always be here for you.

But nothing's ever felt so right

But nothing's ever felt so right