Well, as their relationship was canonically rocky pre-accident, certainly any Sam/Maya fic would surely need to address that. I had always hoped that Sam's faults (his always putting the job before their relationship, his inability to talk through things with Maya, his rigidity in thought (cf. his 'losing his gut instinct') would all be things that he would've worked through whilst in his coma and dealing with his demons.
The fact that we never got that in *canon* was disappointing indeed. But I do think you could write Sam/Maya post-accident (ending-AU, though) and make it work through his learning his lesson(s). We, of course, know little about Maya's own faults.
Though, I suppose you'd need to address 2.06 as well. I suppose the implication is that in 'moving on with [her] life', Maya has either entered a new relationship or taken a step away from Manchester with her career. But neither of them are insurmountable.
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The fact that we never got that in *canon* was disappointing indeed. But I do think you could write Sam/Maya post-accident (ending-AU, though) and make it work through his learning his lesson(s). We, of course, know little about Maya's own faults.
Though, I suppose you'd need to address 2.06 as well. I suppose the implication is that in 'moving on with [her] life', Maya has either entered a new relationship or taken a step away from Manchester with her career. But neither of them are insurmountable.