Commentary -- The XYZ Affair featuring A & M (Last and Mind)

[parallax23]

L is for Last

I haven't done one of these in a while, but I'm trying to get some writing done and thought the reflection would help.

I actually had 3 versions of this written halfway aside from the one posted.  I will probably finish them some other day and post them here.  The original Last was written after Brick, but it was too much angst and dragged.  I was also supposed to kill Alec at the end but didn't have the guts to do it.  Maybe next time...

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M is for Mind


When I started the alphabet, Mind was outlined as being the story of how Max came to run Terminal City (I'll probably do this fic another time).   

For some reason, the scene in ‘Dawg Day Afternoon’ where Asha and Logan talked about Max and Alec’s “relationship” got stuck in my head.  There were two things about that bit which bothered me: 1) Why would Asha be excited to bring it up with Logan?  Max, the love of his life, was fooling around with another guy behind his back.  Logan would love to hear about their relationship.  2) Who calls their ex’s boyfriend in the middle of the night looking for said ex?  The last time Max didn’t answer Logan’s pages, he decided to hunt her down and came to the conclusion that she was sleeping with Alec.  So calling both of them in the middle of the night made perfect sense…