#prisafield

Time for Max/Chloe/Safi messiness, come get your juice.

Here's an opening snippet to whet the appetite:

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"I miss you."

Safi's voice echoes down the receiver, reverberating into Max's chest.

Max closes her eyes. This isn't the first time Safi's said it in all the months Max and Chloe have been on the road, but there's something about her voice. Something about the fact that their phone calls lately have been less and less about checking in and catching up, and more and more about what lies in the silence between them every time they call now. Like all they really want to do is know that the other person is there, just out of sight on the other end.

And Safi breaks their quiet like this. With three words, half whispered.

Max rewinds. Not much, just a few seconds. Just long enough to listen to the quiet and picture Safi, imagine the expression on her face before she hears those words again.

"I miss you."

It still makes Max's breath come short somehow. She still can't help but close her eyes again, savoring the words like a caress on her skin.

"I miss you, too, Safi," Max murmurs.

Safi begging for her to be enough for Max is very Christine and the Phantom.

Chapters: 1 (8.8k) Rating: E

Summary:

Life was supposed to be good. Max has Chloe back in her life again, but can't shake the feeling that someone is still missing. Arcadia Bay is back, but is it really the same place anymore? And as their time on the road comes to end, Max and Chloe end up in Pittsburgh and are faced with the same dilemma that split them up the first time: can they settle down?

Life was never going to simple. Max has a vision of a future murder with an unknown victim. The Overlight continues to bind Chloe and Safi together. The world at large has begun to suspect that Arcadia Bay might not have always been there. The consequences of all of Max's good intentions are finally coming to collect to the debt.

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