This is probably my favorite Max/Lizzy Fic. Here is Awesome, but this one is just too cute and squee-worthy. Max is totally, 110% in-character and I can actually hear Joe Anderson's voice in my head as your Max speaks. I especially loved the scene in the taxi cab (and not just because it's a total nod to my penname... ;+) ). Your Max retains the humor he has throughout the film and is not as morose or withdrawn as he is in Blackbird. I can totally believe his angst and pain. And Lizzy is such a perfect OC that I almost want a movie just on the two of them in the vein of ATU.

I was actually a lurker on this fic for about a year and a half even though I never commented and figured it was high time I did. =)

More Max/Lizzy. They're like Candy to me.

holy crap. i'm in love. wow. there was a great balance of the reality of post traumatic stress and yet you still managed to keep Max in the mix and in charactor. there was never a point where any of his reactions were far fetched. the comment he made about never being dry- i hadn't ever thought how that would affect people. that was amazing. i'm stunned. this was precisely what i needed.

Just lovely. Can't say anymore than that.

I'm horredously sorry it's taken me this long to review, I actually read this a while ago, but had to leave as soon as I was done!

I loved, loved, LOVED this.

Lizzy working in a sex shop? Perfect.

May I say this, before Max gets all angsty, that they mesh so perfectly together, it's not even funny. I think you compared her to a female Jude in your first Max/Lizzy fic, and that statement gets truer each time you write a Max/Lizzy fic, and that's all kinds of wonderful.

Okay, now for the angsty stuff and all that jazz.

The taxi scene was very well written and incredibly heartbreaking. And the idea to run through the rain would be exactly what he would do.

"Curious and slightly worried, she followed, entering the scene to find him curled up on the couch wrapped in every quilt and afghan they had gathered."

Okay, in the midst of all that angst, you made a smile pop right onto my face and I squeed. Literally. That image was just too adorable for words.

"Shaking his head, he merely held out his arms to her, reminding her of a small, frightened child that was only in need of love and comfort."

Then, four words later, you managed to make me feel awful for poor Max again and I, again, literally went "aw..."

I can't believe how wonderful you are at writing Max. Him apologizing to Lizzy was so in character I can't stand it. That's something I've always tried to master with my fic and haven't always succeeded.

These just keep getting better and better and I can't wait for you to write another one.

Much love
~KT

Aw, this was amazing! I absolutely loved it!! Nice Bealtes references, and Max was so cute!

Wow, this is really well-written
I've read your other stories and I love those too.

Your Max/OC's are definately my favourite, and I envy all the references you can make in a oneshot

-Summer

I love reading your Max/Lizzy stories!