Max knew as well as anyone how difficult Michael could be. How it took someone special to be able to handle him. If anyone could keep him in line, it would be Liz. He'd seen it happen when they'd been working to save Isobel.
"I just..." he started, and stopped when his brain worked out what she'd said. 'It's you that I love'. He blinked at her, vision severely compromised in the darkness. There was a feeling of mystery, of uncertainty, because of the setting. but the message spoke to his heart and soul.
Nothing else mattered.
"I..." he said, but interrupted his declaration of love for her by kissing her hard, possessive, on the lips.