At 23 years old, Fang Walker is the youngest teacher at Highgate Wood - but more than anything, he's just bored. Upon meeting the infamous rebel-student, Maximum Ride, he couldn't have met her in a more vulnerable state. With a new friendship blooming from a horrible accident, the two face constricting rules and expectations from something they never anticipated.

A sound like a damaged violin crawls out of his mouth in a whisper. "My dream is New York." The word "destiny" is hanging off his lips. Fang takes my hand and pulls me to the buildings and streetlights of Brooklyn. "But-" I start. "The train already left." I stop, not sure - it's been two years. "Come on, Max," he says, "let's get lost." ONE-SHOT. AU.