So in a previous comment you said that in another draft, the list of reasons max knows indy isn’t a threat is longer.....do you mind sparing said draft?
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here have some PAIN
“Then explain to me why you with all your infinite wisdom couldn’t do anything other than knee her in the face? She’s not dangerous, she has a doctorate in ancient history. She brings an extra jacket to work because she runs cold. She doesn’t even know how to drive a car because she was afraid to learn. The barista at that stupid coffee shop she loves so much convinced her to foster a cat, for God’s sake. She helps people who don’t even give her the time of day, who… have done nothing but manipulate her. Indiana was going to let me walk away, you know,” Maxwell let out a shaky laugh.
Steve and Diana shared a look, but didn’t speak.
“She cares… cared about me, even after I admitted to using her as a means to an end. Told me the goddess I was working with would inevitably betray me or something far worse. And I guess she was right,” he tried to make the lump in his throat disappear, but the longer he thought about that ill-fated night on the museum steps, the worse he felt.
If he could take back that one moment, that damn flash of indecision and then the choice to influence her away from these two, he would. Because they were never the problem. He was. Being the architect of his own destruction was expected, but hers? Soul-shattering.
“Indy has a temper and she can win any debate, but she’s never been dangerous,” he finished in a near whisper, his throat closing at the thought of Indy going through so much pain and confusion.
And seeing him had hurt her even more.