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[burnination]

"Busy. Send a text."

[ that's right. it's been a decade and he still hasn't changed his voicemail message. ]

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[tangit]

You're right, he'd be just as stupid.

[Dani frowns at Max, then sighs.]

I just... be careful, please. What are we supposed to do if we lose you, too?

[burnination]

That will never happen.

[ max's hands cup either side of dani's face, ducking his head some to look intently into his friend's eyes, a promise there. ]

There's no one and nothing on this earth that will keep me from coming back. Thankfully, Tris can see the things that might try.

[tangit]

[Dani looks right back, trying to hold back the tears.]

I can't lose you, Max. I can't.

[He hates how selfish he is about it, but it's true, and he can't help but say it.]

[burnination]

[ his chest aches, seeing dani so distraught, hearing what tristan had told him voiced aloud. he's near crying and max just wants to hold him close and make all the bad go away. it's always the kneejerk urge when he sees dani upset. or the others, but mostly dani. ]

You won't. I promise, you'll always have me.

[ a kiss is pressed to his forehead, and then to his temple, and another, longer, firmer one to his lips, before he tugs dani close against his chest, tilting his cheek to rest on his head, arms squeezing him tight. it'll be a good three days to have with him. ]

[tangit]

[Dani takes a deep breath, steadying himself, burying his face into Max's shoulder. He wants more... he wants Max with him forever, but he has to remind himself that Max isn't his.

But for now, for these few days, maybe he can pretend a little.]

Okay.

[burnination]

[ max feels him breath, and tries for a moment to steady himself as dani does the same, blinking eyes closed as he tries to let the tension drift from him - the lines of his body and the anxiety in his mind. being with dani is always good for that. he has a kind of calming effect on him, max has found, that no one else really does.

it doesn't escape him that he ought to be spending this break back in cairo, with nada. there's a lot of things she doesn't understand, though, about this - marco's disappearance, why max has gotten so insane about it, why he's been doing the kind of things he has (she doesn't take news of broken kneecaps nearly as well as tris does). it's not something he's been able to explain, as of yet. and with marco gone, max has had a difficult time trying to really feel at home anywhere. it just feels broken. so. ]

Okay.

[ he repeats, breathing it out more than anything else. tris said chill for a few days. he'll do that. he'll try. after a long moment of holding on to dani, max leans back, enough that he can glance down at him. ] So? What are we doing for three days, while I'm being good?

[tangit]

[He's feeling a little bit better now that he's... fairly sure that Max is going to take it easy. For these next few days at least, that he can be certain of. So Dani smiles a little and lifts his eyebrows.]

How do you feel about Monaco? I thought maybe we could play Bond a little.

[burnination]

[ his lips are already pulling to smile back, max knowing he'd go to the moon and back if it meant getting a smile on dani's lips. maybe part due to how he'd come to be close to dani - when he found him curled up in the library years ago. but dani's smiles just feel like light and sunshine to him. he does joy in a way no one max knows does.

but monaco, ooooh, and bond. that.... sounds amazing. and max's small smile turns to a full grin, boyish and mischievious. ]

Bond? We have to go shopping. Get you something slinky and shiny. [ he loves this shit. the little pretend games he and dani do. he never really had enough of it in his childhood, and dani's always willing to just play with him. it brings him an absurd about of joy. ] Rent a fancy car and go gambling and dancing in front of old rich people who'll all be jealous of us.

[tangit]

[Hearing Max getting excited about it just makes Dani's grin grow even wider, and he laughs.]

Exactly. Practically read my mind. Maybe we can even pick someone and pretend to spy on them.

[burnination]

[ oh, this is good. a snicker sneaks out of max while he grins wide, nose wrinkling and eyes squinting shut in the motion. this is going to be fun. ]

They have to be someone dark and suave looking. Maybe with a mustache. And a lot of rings.

[ tugging at dani's hand, he crooks his arm and pulls his to hook underneath, patting dani's hand down on his forearm, already striking the pose for this nonsense. let's go, miss moneypenny, we have shopping to do. ]

[tangit]

[Dani's really laughing now, and he nods. They can turn this bullshit into something fun and enjoyable. Everything's going to be alright.]

Bonus points if they have some kind of ridiculous pet, like a monkey, or... two women following them around all the time.

[burnination]

[ it's been too long since he'd heard that laugh. too long being, well, a couple months or so, maybe. dani's joy always has a way of warming his mood just by means of existing, really. ]

Oh, that's good. What are the chances we could find a shark tank, you think?

[tangit]

[Dani blinks and considers that, still grinning.]

I don't know... are there any aquariums in Monaco?

[burnination]

It's by the beach, there has to be.

[ it's law. it's law, by max standards. speaking of beach, though - ]

Make sure you pack a bikini. And a big hat, like rich ladies wear. [ a sun hat, max, you mean a sun hat ]

[tangit]

A bikini, huh. Don't think I've ever worn a bikini.

[He kisses Max's cheek.]

But if you want me to, I will.

[burnination]

Bikini. [ complete with litte eyebrow waggle, because he's a freaking dork. ]

I think you should. You'd look great in one.

I can rub sun lotion on you and everything.

[tangit]

[Dani wrinkles his nose and bites his lip a little.]

I like the sound of that.

[burnination]

[ cute. cutecutecute. so cute he snickers and jerks forward to sneak a quick little kiss to dani's nose, because he likes that nose ok it's a good nose. ]

You draft the spell to get there, I'll set up the rent car and hotel? We can shop in Monaco once we get there.