#live in five

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[danifesting]

So, I have read Live in Five countless times, I adore it. How do you see their lives continuing? What does their happily ever after look like, do you think? (If you have answered this before, I apologize! Please point me to where I can find it ❤️)

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you love it. It means the world to me. As for how their lives continue...

McLaren plays out the way it plays out in this universe. People are pretty suspicious that there are motives beyond Daniel's driving fueling the decision (it both is and isn't). Daniel is ready to give up but Max encouraged him to sign with Red Bull when Christian comes knocking which also follows a similar timeline to hours ending with Daniel in the Red Bull in 2025 where he does win a world championship in 2027 and then retires a hero.

Max continues to twitch stream to some level of success. They have about 1000 subscribers. They do get into sim racing and do really well with it. They still makes friends with the Team Redline boys and is on a sim team with them but their best friends are still the Mod Squad.

Max and Daniel get married the year before Daniel wins the championship. They elope in Vegas after Daniel wins the GP. Max doesn't come to every race but they're at that one and Daniel's eyes meet Max's while he's up on the podium and thinks "I can't stand not to be married to them." So they elope at a chapel in Vegas with rings that cost $25 with Christian as their witness at like 3:00 am. Their families are so mad at them but they throw a big party the next off season. (The mod squad is there).

Daniel always thought he'd split his time in retirement between Perth and LA but instead, he buys a house in Belgium not far from Max's mom and they spend their winters in Perth and their summers in Belgium. They never have kids of their own but they spoil their niblings absolutely rotten. Michelle and Victoria are ready to kill them because their children are NOT learning the meaning of the word No.

Thank you so much for asking and so much for caring about these specific versions of Max and Daniel. They're very important to me.

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Ali ♥️ how about twitch streamer max playing sims for the first time and blushing when they woohoo???

"I hope you don't mind that we are trying something new today," Max says as they sit down in the sim set-up Daniel bought them. "I'm going to be racing so I won't be able to talk much in chat but I thought it might be fun to see what Daniel does for a living."

andpussycats: we'll keep the chat in line while you race max ;)

Max laughs. "Thank you Josie. Today I will be driving at Spa which can, of course, be very difficult but I have practiced a lot."

They crash out in turn two on lap 24 of the race when Daniel walks into the room shirtless, sweaty from his workout. The car is damaged and they can't finish the race but it was just for fun so they don't mind really.

Daniel walks up and looks at Max over the top of the screen. "Hey Maxy," Daniel says. He wiggles his eyebrows and Max flushes. He closes out of the racing screen and his chat pops up.

farmergrl23: oh I know that blush say hi to Daniel for me

Max laughs, flustered. "Yes Daniel is here. I'm going to end stream early since my race did not, of course, go very well but we'll be back tomorrow for some farming. I'll see you all then."

Max shuts down the stream.

"You distracted me," Max says, accusing but without real heat behind their words.

"Sorry," Daniel says a little sheepishly. "I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"Daniel, I love you, but next time, of course, put a shirt on before you come in."

Daniel nods. "We'll, since you're done streaming, can I talk you into joining me in bed?"

Max smiles as they climb out of the sim. "Perhaps I will."

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@33max made this absolutely incredible graphic for Live In Five and I just absolutely had to share it. Thank you so much Lucy. It's perfect 💙

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Getting two fic posts in one day from here but I am finally in a groove and feeling good about Streamers AU after a few weeks of feeling absolutely awful about it. Shoutout to @dm3rv for helping break me out of my writers block.

They’ve finally figured out a schedule for the F1 season, despite this stupid fucking plague and it’s a terrible idea but it’s not like Daniel can opt out. That’s his living and it’s what he loves to do so he’s gonna do it but it means missing a lot of Max’s streams. He opens his burner twitter account goes to Max’s profile. He studies the little picture of Max with his headphones on and a wide smile on his face. He finally, finally clicks follow. Max’s DMs are open so he presses the little envelope button and types:

Hey max it’s daniel

It takes a half hour but eventually Max responds.

Hey daniel! 

I just wanted to let you know i start work again soon

And it’s gonna be a lot of travel and i’m gonna miss a lot of streams

That’s okay! I don’t expect you to be at every stream

I’ll probably only be at tuesdays and maybe wednesdays

Well i will of course miss you in chat

Yeah maxy i’ll miss you too

But maybe we can message here?

I would like that

Yeah

Yeah me too

You can text me whenever you want

I will :)

The conversation drops after that but Daniel leaves it smiling. A way to talk to Max whenever he wants, it’s ideal. It’s better than talking on stream and now he can really get to know Max and Max can really get to know him in a way chatting on twitch doesn’t allow, especially now that Max’s streams are filling up and the chat is moving so fast Max doesn’t always see what Daniel says. He forces himself to put away his phone and reheat the dinner Michael made him earlier. He waits until he’s done before he texts Max again. 

So I know you said you have a job

What is it?

It’s only a few minutes before Max replies. 

I work at a coffee shop in the mornings

It leaves me time to stream in the afternoons but i have to be up very early

Not a morning person

I do not think anyone is a “wake up at 4:30” morning person

At least not voluntarily

That makes sense

I don’t think i would want to get up that early

It is worth it to stream though

I really like it

I can tell

And I like being in your chat

It’s a nice place most of the time

Lol i think the nature of twitch is that of course sometimes trolls exist

And they will always come when i play call of duty

I like it better when you play stardew valley

Haha me also honestly

It is relaxing

And I love Gianni but he is stressful to play with

Very demanding, always wants to win

I do too. I like to win

And that’s why you play fifa

Lol and that’s why i play fifa

I really like playing stardew most though

There’s a long pause with the three dots indicating the Max is typing and then finally:

It lets me talk to chat more

And i like my chat

I like your chat too

Daniel wants to be brave and say “I like talking to you” but maybe he doesn’t have to since they are DMing on twitter after all. They wouldn’t be talking there if they didn’t like talking to each other. And then Max says:

And I really like talking to you

I am glad you dmed 

Daniel smiles, takes a deep breath, and is very, very brave. 

Well I did make an entire twitter account just to talk to you

😊

shit, i have to go

I have to be up early tomorrow

Goodnight maxy

I’ll talk to you tomorrow

Goodnight Daniel

Daniel closes the twitter app and presses his phone to his chest. God, he likes Max far too much for someone he barely knows but he can’t help it. He thinks of Max’s smile, wide and happy when he reads what Daniel says on stream. 

Daniel wakes up to a new message from Max at 4:30 in the morning.

Good morning daniel

Good morning maxy

I hope you have a good day at work

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Get ready for Episode 3!

We’re gonna be reading Economic Flushout Chapter 2 by Konata101. Get ready.

-Cain

[eroticaanonymous-blog]

Episode 2 is up in 5 minutes!

I’ll be posting the very first episode in 5 minutes with a breakdown of fandom and such with the link to the actual fic!

- Abel

[eroticaanonymous-blog]

Episode 1 is up in 5 minutes!

I’m gonna be reading “Economic Flushout” Chapter 1 by Konata101 found here on AO3.

-Cain