He doesn't blame her, and it's a comfort, but a small one. She had just wanted to be the right kind of friend for Alex, to pull him around from whatever had messed him up- and she had failed that so blatantly.
But what really bothers her, crying on the roof, pulling her legs into a tighter hug- what really bothers her is Chloe.
Leaving Chloe for five years without a call or text. Spending a month at Blackwell without reaching out. Then only having one week, and hating, hating that it was so short... and thinking about all the things she could've done to make things better. Just, something, anything- Anyone else, if they'd had the power to rewind time- the things they could've done- And yet, in Wonderland, people do so much with less, with nothing but guts and brains and- And the failure of it stings so bad, burns, aches- With the loss on top of it all, the time they lost, they could've had- Time Max threw away- The morning that Chloe was just gone and Max never said goodbye, and they promised all the time but never did anything- The dates, the relationship they'd never have in the real world, the affection and love-
And she's just so lonely. Just so hurt.
The worst of the crying starts to pass a little after Tim's words of comfort. Eventually her shudders and sobs are reduced to a quiet sniffling, a slow inhale and exhale of breath. Calming down.
She stands shakily, stepping away from him.
"S-sorry, Tim, but... but I think I sh-should rewind that-" she says, lifting a hand. And no matter his reply time starts to bend back, the roaring of wind filling Max's ears, spiraling-
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But what really bothers her, crying on the roof, pulling her legs into a tighter hug- what really bothers her is Chloe.
Leaving Chloe for five years without a call or text. Spending a month at Blackwell without reaching out. Then only having one week, and hating, hating that it was so short... and thinking about all the things she could've done to make things better. Just, something, anything- Anyone else, if they'd had the power to rewind time- the things they could've done- And yet, in Wonderland, people do so much with less, with nothing but guts and brains and- And the failure of it stings so bad, burns, aches- With the loss on top of it all, the time they lost, they could've had- Time Max threw away- The morning that Chloe was just gone and Max never said goodbye, and they promised all the time but never did anything- The dates, the relationship they'd never have in the real world, the affection and love-
And she's just so lonely. Just so hurt.
The worst of the crying starts to pass a little after Tim's words of comfort. Eventually her shudders and sobs are reduced to a quiet sniffling, a slow inhale and exhale of breath. Calming down.
She stands shakily, stepping away from him.
"S-sorry, Tim, but... but I think I sh-should rewind that-" she says, lifting a hand. And no matter his reply time starts to bend back, the roaring of wind filling Max's ears, spiraling-