Max was on her bike, riding around the city. She wasn't headed anywhere in particular, she'd just had a sudden urge to get out of the Sanctuary. The desire for a change of scenery, to blow off some steam. And it had been a while since she'd been able to ride her bike without any dire consequences
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Though he slipped off the tram as it pulled into the station. He glanced around before shoving his hands into his pockets and heading down the road. Peter wanted to get back into helping people. Even though there seemed to be hospitals here in Taxon... it didn't look like they needed him. All in all, he was feeling a bit useless the entire day. And would of rather have been left alone.
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"Peter?"
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"Hey, Max."
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She offered him a smile, which faded a bit when she saw how he looked - like there was something on his mind. "Everything all right?"
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Peter didn't want to admit how useless he was feeling. It was bad enough that he could see everyone else had something to do. Claire was making friends, so was Nathan. Gabriel had a home here. Tracy was adjusting the best she could. It seemed like he was the only one without a place to go... or anything to do.
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She didn't really buy it and probably would have called him on it if her body didn't suddenly feel like its temperature had been cranked up about ten degrees. She frowned, pulling at the collar of her shirt and fanning herself a bit.
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"You okay?" He put his hand up to her forehead to check before she could answer. "You're burning up, Max. Why are you outside?"
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Her eyes closed when his hand brushed against his forehead and she leaned into the touch, almost involuntarily. She inhaled deeply and something fierce and warm swelled inside her - the brief touch wasn't enough, she wanted more -
And then she realized why she'd been so restless. Why she'd been feeling so warm.
Oh, no.
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"You should head back to the Sanctuary and get some more rest."
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This wasn't good, it really wasn't good, but she wasn't moving away like she probably should have been. Her hands found his forearms, fingertips stroking his biceps through the fabric of his jacket.
He was solid. Steady. Warm. It felt good. Good enough that she was starting to forget why this was a problem.
"I'm okay," she said, her mouth curling into a slow smile.
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"C'mon. We're taking you back."
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She shifted further into his personal space bubble, suddenly very interested in the line of his throat where it disappeared into the collar of his jacket.
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Peter sighed and turned, pulling her gently by the arm to walk towards the line for Osten.
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