Puppies Into Men by Poisontaster (PG-13)

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Fandom: Dark Angel
Title: Puppies Into Men
Pairing: Alec/Joshua
Author on LJ: poisontaster
Length: 2,499
Author Website: NA
Why this must be read: In my world almost everything/anything written by Poisontaster, is worth checking out. IMO she has a brilliance in her thought process; of how see she’s things then is able to convey it beautifully in written form. She proves that with Puppies Into Men. Taken from Max’s pov, and Max’s voice. She brings you there into the fic, its subtle, emotional and layered. All of the character voices are spot on, and after re-reading though very low key I adore her Logan voice. So go read Getting Busy then read Puppies *nods*




Logan's not much help, when she brings it up.

"Are you actually complaining that Alec's not being a pain in your ass for once?" he asks, giving her that are you serious? look that is sometimes really cute but today is just working her last nerve.

"No! I just… He's all…" Max waves her hands, trying to pull together all the different bits, the things that don't fit into words and that she's never had to explain to the other transgenics, because they get it too. "Different."

Logan sighs. Which, is so unfair, because she's busting her hump to be a leader and show some responsibility and the least he could do is be a little supportive about this, especially since he's been pushing her to think all globally and crap for, like…ever.

"Different how?"

"I don't know how. If I knew how, you think I'd be talking to you about it?" Max huffs her own sigh and perches on the edge of his desk, because she knows it bugs him when she sits on his all-important work. "He just… He's not all in my face. And his jokes are just lame. Well. That's not new. But lamer than usual. And he smells funny."

Just saying that out loud, hearing the words come out of her mouth knocks over some dominos in her mind. Alec does smell funny. Well, Alec always sort of smells funny; he really needs to bathe a lot more, especially between his little trysts…

"And he's not all…flirty."

Logan eyes her over the top of his glasses. It's kind of hot when he's not being an ass. "And this is a problem?"

"Well, it's just not very Alec, is it? I mean, normally, he's kind of…reeking of whoever he's been fucking last. I think he makes a point of not showering, just so I have to put up with it…"

"…and not because there's a water shortage or anything."

Max frowns. "You're being overly logical again."

"My mistake." Logan slams his fist down on the arm of his chair. "That bastard! How dare he not come to you stinking of his latest conquests?"

The impulse to ruffle his hair is strong. Max wraps her fingers around her knees instead. "Thanks." She thins her smile at him. "I knew you could get the hang of this."

"So Alec is not bugging you, not fucking everything that moves and…God forbid, he might actually be bathing more. I can see how this is a crisis."

Max opens her mouth to speak and Logan holds up a finger. "But," he says, interrupting what she was about to say, "Let's say for the sake of argument that there is an 'Alec problem' buried somewhere in this model behavior. Let me—and again, for the sake of argument... God, this is a question I'd never thought I'd ask. Nor did I want to know the answer to..." She glares at him and he holds up his hands. "Okay, okay. But for the non-transgenics in the room, what, exactly, does Alec smell like?"

Max opens her mouth a second time. Considers. Closes her mouth. Considers more.

"Joshua," she says finally, frowning. "He smells like Joshua."

In fact, he smells a lot like Joshua.


Puppies Into Men

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