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The sight of her is like a sucker punch, unexpected and brutal.
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Fandom: Dark Angel (Alec/Max, Alec/Sam, Max/Logan)
"Double Jeopardy" by twasadark
He pushes through the crowd. He has to get to her. Has to protect her as much as he can. Her arms are wiry and strong in his grip, but not strong enough. “Alec, you have to tell me what happened. Why are they taking Joshua away?”
He tries to hustle her away, take her somewhere private, keep her safe and untouched by all the blood –
She’s Max, though, stubborn and angry. She plants her heels, dragging them both to a halt. He’s babbling, a neverending stream of, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Maxie. He’s gone. He’s dead.”
Her beautiful face goes from confused to disbelieving to angry in the space of seconds. She hauls back her fist, clocks him in the jaw, screaming, “No! You’re wrong!”
He can’t even feel the blow, couldn’t care less that she’s trying to hurt him. Instead, he works at backing her up against a wall, pinning her arms down, struggling to keep her from going after Joshua. She fights him until Mole and Gem flank him, and the three of them scuffle around as Max twists and cries out like a panicked cat.
Finally Mole slams her back against the brick wall and yells in her face, “Joshua’s dead!”
She jerks and stills, her eyes wide and glassy. Alec shoves him away, clutches at her. He has to touch her, soothe her, protect her somehow from the terrible reality that he’s seen today. She stiffens and pushes past him, walks woodenly to her quarters. His arms ache with the unfulfilled need to hold her.
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Alec getting over Max.