[align=center][div style="width: 350px; text-align: justify; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.4; text-transform: lowercase;"]max let out a sigh of relief when someone walked out to help them. she looked down to seb for a moment, brushing some of his hair out of his face before she nodded lightly and let freddie take over carrying him. "thank you," she said, nodding her head towards him before another figure emerged from the lodge. this time it was the stirling family member that she had grown the closest to - eddie. she felt herself fall into a more relaxed state with the familiar faces appearing at their arrival, finally taking a moment to catch her breath. she gave him an appreciative smile when he placed his jacket around her shoulders, her hands going to hold it closer around her frame.
when max felt him place his hand on her back, her instincts from past events with someone else almost made her jerk away from it. she told herself that it was a harmless gesture and soon found herself walking a bit closer to eddie than she normally would with someone, feeling a warm comfort from it.
maxine looked back towards the footsteps behind them, noticing cass finally catching up to them again. he had found her and seb a few minutes after they had initially started for flintlock lodge and she thought he was going to help her carry their brother up here, but boy was she wrong. he instead took off into the trees when she was in the middle of a sentence, leaving the two of them standing there without saying a word on what his plan was. at first, she was pretty annoyed by it, but that soon was replaced with curiosity. what was cassian up to? he did things for a reason, he wasn’t just ditching his siblings, max knew he wouldn’t do that. he walked closer and her eyes locked with his.
"glad you could join us, you dick." her tone wasn’t snappy or harsh, there was a hint of lightheartedness laced within it. his response was as expected, her eyes rolling slightly. typical cass.
”had to make sure nobody was following.” so that’s what he was up to, he was looking out for them. she should have figured it was something like that. when it came to protecting all of his younger siblings, he definitely fit the eldest child mold. she didn’t respond to his question at first, just looked ahead for a second. eddie said he was going to be fine, that their medics were good and yet max couldn’t shake the bad feeling that started to fester in the pit of her stomach. finally, she looked back towards cass and offered him a small smile.
"i hope so." it probably wasn’t the answer he was looking for, but it was the best one max could manage to give him. she didn’t know what would happen to their younger brother and she didn’t want to promise him something that she was wasn’t sure on, even if she wanted to do so. "did you see any of the others?" her eyes wide with anticipation. she didn’t have a chance to see if they had gotten away, but maybe cass did.
once they were inside the lodge, she watched as they took seb away to tend to his wounds. her attention was back on ed, eyes looking over him briefly before she spoke. "sorry for springing this on you, we didn’t know where else to go." it was true, they didn’t have very many allies that would help them like the stirlings, especially ones that were as close to them as flintlock was. "a group attacked us and we were outnumbered." she explained to him.
when max felt him place his hand on her back, her instincts from past events with someone else almost made her jerk away from it. she told herself that it was a harmless gesture and soon found herself walking a bit closer to eddie than she normally would with someone, feeling a warm comfort from it.
maxine looked back towards the footsteps behind them, noticing cass finally catching up to them again. he had found her and seb a few minutes after they had initially started for flintlock lodge and she thought he was going to help her carry their brother up here, but boy was she wrong. he instead took off into the trees when she was in the middle of a sentence, leaving the two of them standing there without saying a word on what his plan was. at first, she was pretty annoyed by it, but that soon was replaced with curiosity. what was cassian up to? he did things for a reason, he wasn’t just ditching his siblings, max knew he wouldn’t do that. he walked closer and her eyes locked with his.
"glad you could join us, you dick." her tone wasn’t snappy or harsh, there was a hint of lightheartedness laced within it. his response was as expected, her eyes rolling slightly. typical cass.
”had to make sure nobody was following.” so that’s what he was up to, he was looking out for them. she should have figured it was something like that. when it came to protecting all of his younger siblings, he definitely fit the eldest child mold. she didn’t respond to his question at first, just looked ahead for a second. eddie said he was going to be fine, that their medics were good and yet max couldn’t shake the bad feeling that started to fester in the pit of her stomach. finally, she looked back towards cass and offered him a small smile.
"i hope so." it probably wasn’t the answer he was looking for, but it was the best one max could manage to give him. she didn’t know what would happen to their younger brother and she didn’t want to promise him something that she was wasn’t sure on, even if she wanted to do so. "did you see any of the others?" her eyes wide with anticipation. she didn’t have a chance to see if they had gotten away, but maybe cass did.
once they were inside the lodge, she watched as they took seb away to tend to his wounds. her attention was back on ed, eyes looking over him briefly before she spoke. "sorry for springing this on you, we didn’t know where else to go." it was true, they didn’t have very many allies that would help them like the stirlings, especially ones that were as close to them as flintlock was. "a group attacked us and we were outnumbered." she explained to him.
[align=center][div style="0px; width:450px; height:auto; text-align: center; font-size: 9pt; line-height:13px;"]'cause i don't know much about me. — info