The book thief AU. . BIG HUGE TRIGGER WARNING . CONTAINS HOMOPHOBIA AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS . The year is 2016 . Max is sixteen years old. . His mother remarried to a man named Issac Holland. . Issac is wonderful to his mother and his cousin, Brigitta, who lives with them. . But behind closed doors... he is very abusive toward Max. . Max and Walter are dating (sorry I ship them guys just saying.) . Hans and Rosa are great friends with the Vandenburgs, visting regularly and spending a bunch of time with them. . Liesel is a foster kid that is new to the Hubermann family who came from an abusive and neglectful home. . (I am not homophobic. I am actually really gay myself) . (The only characters that are mine are Issac and Brigitta. All other charaters are not mine.) . You'll have to read to find out more.