totally understandable! after college works perfectly then since his relationship happened and sort of fizzled out in the beginning of his time there, he more or less shunned the idea of relationships for a bit afterwards. oh man, maybe the fuck boy status was something max had heard about before he really met your guy, maybe even through mutual people but he was just like fuck it? especially after that massive breakup, max was more prone to get involved with someone despite knowing it's more likely to crash and burn.