My Angel

6

Max woke up from the sunshine peeking into his window, so he covered his eyes and remembered that he was holding Ross. "You squirrel," Max mutters then smiles.

Max remembers all the times him and Ross had together, going to conventions, playing games with each other, dealing with one of them being an idiot and so much more. Then Max realized how much Ross meant to him and looked at the sleeping squirrel.

Ryder walks toward the bedroom door then peeks inside. "I know you're there Ryder," Max calls out.

After feeling exposed Ryder spoke out, "do you want me to make breakfast?"

"Yeah sure, just don't be late to work," Max responds still having Ross cuddling him. Ryder walks away as Max was too into the moment.

Max closes his eyes to relax for a bit just as Ross woke up. "Max?" Ross whispered into the gingers ear. Being in a daze Max didn't hear Ross clearly.

Ross ruffles the red hair belonging to his friend smiling. "Why do I feel off?" Ross asks himself just as Max's light snores come out.

Ross laughs softly but goes back to his train of thought. "Is it Max that is making me feel this way?" He asks himself as he looks at Max.

Soon Ross realized that he was cuddling Max, making him get up quickly and almost falling out of the bed. Ross was sure to be quiet and goes to find KP. After finding her, Ross feeds her the cat food and goes back to Max's room.

His cheeks turned pink with his eyes focused on Max resting. What was this feeling in his chest? No, no, he couldn't be in love with Max already, Ross just broke up with Tim.

Tim made Ross happy, Tim was like Ross' sun there to see him smile brightly. But there was Max, a kind and collected individual, who Ross has known for many years. "I choose Max," Ross thought.

Ross got back on the bed and got close to Max. "Max, wake up," Ross whispered into his ear.

"Mmm... Ross?" Max asked. Ross smiles at hearing his name.

"Your cousin made breakfast," Ross tells him. Max got up quickly and switched shirts.

"I forgot about that," Max responds. He grabs Ross' hand gently and takes them to the kitchen, sitting at the table with the food in front of them.

Ross takes a bite and smiles. "Your cousins cooking is amazing," Ross says. Max looks at Ross while he has food in his mouth and his eyes wide.

Why was Ross so cute like this? Both seem to be very comfortable in this situation, which was odd. "Thank Ryder then," Max responds softly.

"Hey... would you want to move in together again? Like old times?" Ross asks boldly.

Max looks at Ross again and is surprised by the offer. "To be honest, I'd like that," Max answers. Ross' eyes light up with excitement at Max's response.

"Really?" Ross asks.

"Yeah I'm sure," Max answers.

Ross gets up, goes over to Max and hugs him. Max hugs him back for comfort. After eating Max takes both plates and puts them in the sink and starts to wash them, Ross hugs him from behind catching the ginger off guard.

"You okay today?" Max asks as he cleans Ross' plate.

"Yeah, but you're warm," Ross says into the back of Max's shirt. Max's cheeks flare a soft pink from the comment and he messes with his hair.

Ross takes one of Max's hands to stop him and fixes the gingers hair. Once he was done, Ross let's go of Max and goes to find KP, to play with her. Max stood there letting the water go into the sinks drain.

"Ross?" Max asks himself.

Max brushed off the feeling and finished cleaning the dishes then tossing them into the dishwasher. He didn't want to make anything obvious to Ross, although they're friends.

"Max?!" Ross screams out.

Max goes towards the area where the scream came from and saw a lot of blood.

"I hope that wasn't KP," Max says calmly.

"I was playing with KP and something fell, made a cut on my body," Ross explains.

"At least it wasn't the cat. Hopefully she won't fight with Galileo. Come on buddy," Max tells Ross as they head into the kitchen once again.

Max helps sit down Ross on a chair then wets a cloth, putting it over the cut that was located on the arm.

"Stay here while I get the bandages," Max says and goes out to the living area to see what fell. He noticed it shattered from all the tiny pieces and picked up a couple of the remains.

"Well crap, it's Ryder's special vase. I told him it wouldn't be stable on the shelf but he didn't listen to me," Max mutters to himself. He proceeded into the bathroom and grabbed the box of bandages, heading back to Ross.

When getting back Max sets the box down and takes out a bandage. He inches closer to Ross and takes the curly-haired guys wrist, surprising him with a mix of Ross being startled. 

"Relax, I'm only putting the bandage on," Max responds to Ross' actions. Max carefully wraps the bandage around Ross' wrist as the brunette stares at the Gingers eyes, getting lost into them.

Max secures the bandage and moves Ross' arm to make sure he can still use it. He glanced at Ross to see the younger of the two staring at him.

"Ross? Buddy you okay?" Max asks.

Ross snaps back into reality and closes his eyes tightly, facing away from him. Max is confused by the movement but ignores it and heads back into the kitchen. Ross' arms quickly go into a confused position as he still sits there quietly.

"Why do I keep doing that?" Ross mutters under his breath. His mind started going back to Tim and their relationship. The young man gets out of the seat and lays on the ground. Ross tried taking deep breaths but couldn't do it.

He tried getting words out for Max to hear but nothing dared to escape from his lips. KP prances by and Ross pets her hoping that it helps, to the unfortunate dismay that he still can't breathe. Just short quick breaths that he couldn't control.

Ross realizes that hes having a panic attack so he gets up. Trying to get to the front door as his vision gets blurry made it worse so he ran into some objects. Ross just wanted his panic attack to stop.

His mind kept pushing back to the memories of torment and abuse he went through with Tim, making Ross want to scream but could barely get a screech out. Ross didn't want to think about Tim at all but no matter what the thoughts keep coming back.

"Max," Ross said softly then passed out on the floor.