i just like to imagine that the pricefield breakup actually didn’t come out of nowhere and that when chloe realized they were starting to have more hard moments than good ones and that no matter how much they tried they seemed to always fail to fix things she was the first one to bring the idea up. they talk about it and both come to a reluctant acknowledgment that it would be a healthy thing to do but they cannot let each other go and simply cannot go through with it so they keep promising each other that they really will work things out this time but no matter how many times they say it they’re never able to. this is why when chloe leaves she does it through a letter because she knows she won’t be able to go if she has to look max in the eye as she breaks her heart and she knows if she isn’t the one to end things max never will. like in my mind max and chloe have another Conversation about the hypothetical breakup the night before chloe leaves and when max wakes up in the morning and chloe isn’t there but there’s a piece of paper on the nightstand next to her she already knows what it is and she knows that chloe meant it this time
