Can't wait for Derek to die?
not looking forward to it
watching greys and hearing cristina call owen “sweetheart” has made my life.
this is so beautiful
"modern" mr & mrs walker
I AM INLOVE WITH THIS. go read part 1 to this and then this part <33
(posts coming soon x)
synopsis - a baby really does change everything doesn't it? right...?
pairing - steve harrington x reader
warning/s - cursing, mentions of miscarriage, reader being insecure, child birth and i think that's it. feel free to correct me if i'm wrong though.
author's note - thank you all so much for all the likes and reblogs that you have given my story !! i literally did not expect for it to blow up. you guys literally have no idea how thankful i am right now. i really really appreciate it. i love y'all so much !! here's the long awaited pt. 2 to "it changes everything"
part one
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To say Steve was mad would be an understatement. He was so furious at you for keeping your pregnancy from him, he was also furious at you for refusing to go to the doctor to check on your baby, but most importantly, he was furious at himself for being so oblivious. That’s why you were constantly eating, he thought that maybe you were just stress eating. Every pregnancy symptom you showed, he thought that you were just stressed from all of the things happening around you. The thought of you being pregnant didn’t even cross his mind, not even once.
As soon as Steve got home to his apartment, his telephone was bombarded with calls. “Jesus, just fucking wait” he muttered as he made his way to the kitchen. “Hello?”
As Nancy opened her mouth to answer, she was already too late since Robin had beat her to it. “They said it was cause of stress and fatigue”
As Nancy opened her mouth to answer, she was already too late since Robin had beat her to it. “They said it was cause of stress and fatigue”
As Nancy opened her mouth to answer, she was already too late since Robin had beat her to it. “They said it was cause of stress and fatigue”
Steve glanced at his best friend which was then followed with a nod. He was still in a state of shock. Everything that's happening right now didn’t make sense to him at all, it felt like a fever dream.
“How long have you guys been here?” He asked the three adults in front of him seeing as the teenagers were already sleeping on the couch and on the extra chairs.
“Well after you left, that’s when she fainted. So if you add the time it got you to your house plus the time it took to get you to this hospital. Then that would be how long we were in here” Robin started to blabber. Steve knew that Robin too, was nervous for her best friend.
“It’s fine you guys can go home, I can go look after her” Steve had plastered on a fake smile as his friends all looked at each other in concern. “Are you sure, Steve? I mean we can handle it” Nancy said as Jonathan looked at her then nodded.
“Yes, I’m sure. Besides, the kids need to sleep anyways” The brown-eyed boy laughed humorlessly.
“Okay. You can call us if you need anything. Anything, okay?” Robin stated as Jonathan and Nancy started waking up the sleeping teenagers surrounding them.
They all bid their farewells to Steve as he led them out. As Dustin was heading out the door, he suddenly stopped in front of the adult in front of him. “Hey Steve?”
Steve hummed in reply. “Don’t mess up” Dustin said as he put his hands on the brown-eyed boy’s shoulder. “Gee, thanks for the advice man” He replied as he pressed his lips together.
Dustin gave the boy one last hug as he followed the others. Finally alone in the room with (Y/N), Steve had nothing to do but overthink.
It has been 13 hours since you had fainted and Steve never left your side. The only times he ever did was for bathroom breaks and to get food. However, he never had the appetite to finish them. So they just sat there on the bedside table left untouched.
Steve was pacing the room back and forth, he couldn’t stay still. Just as he was about to call a doctor for the third time, your eyes started to flutter open.
It was bright. That was the first thing you had observed. It took a while before your eyes had adjusted to the brightness of the light bulbs, but when you were fully conscious, you saw Steve’s face in front of you. He had a smile plastered on his face.
“What happened?” You managed to croak out. “Well you fainted last night, and you know, you’re pregnant so we obviously had to bring you to the hospital”
Everything started to finally come back to you. Robin telling Steve that you were pregnant. You and him getting into a fight right after, and the darkness engulfing you later on.
“So you know now, huh?” You laughed without any humor laced into it. “Yes” He replied as you felt him stiffen.
“Why would you keep this from me? This isn’t only your baby, it’s OUR baby”
You stared at him as your face fell. “Well, you didn’t want to stay with me anymore. And I know that if I told you about the baby, you would’ve changed your decision about the divorce”
“Damn right, I would’ve. Being apart from each other won’t be the best for the baby” Steve spat.
“But being with each other won’t be the best for us” You fought back as his eyebrows furrowed in anger. “If Robin didn’t tell me about this, would you have told me at all?” He queried.
You took a deep breath before answering, “Of course I would’ve. You’re the father, Steve.” you held both of his hands. “You have a right to know” you added.
The brown-eyed boy’s face had softened after he was reassured with what you said. He then put a big smile on his face after having a realization.
“So we have a little nugget on the way now, don’t we?” He chuckled.
five months gone
It had been a few months after the incident happened and you were now five months into your pregnancy. Of course, Steve had managed to find a way to convince you to start going to your doctor’s appointments. He had accompanied you to the first ultrasound of your pregnancy, and when he saw the baby’s silhouette on the screen, he couldn’t help but shed a tear.
Today was the day you were supposed to find out what the baby’s gender is. However, even though Steve was practically on his knees begging for the doctor to tell the two of you what the gender was, you wanted it to be a surprise for the both of you. Steve just sighed in defeat knowing that you were stubborn enough to not let yourself lose.
When you got home, Steve stayed with you. He was an amazing co-parent to have with you. Even though you two were divorced, he still showed you that he cared for you. Although, half of you think that it’s only because of the baby you were carrying.
You got too lost in your thoughts to even notice that there was somebody ringing the doorbell. “Hey, (Y/N)! There’s somebody at the door! I would go get it but I can’t because I’m cooking!” Steve yelled from your kitchen.
Pulling away from your thoughts, you got up and went to the door. “Hey sorry for taking long–”
Robin was standing in front of you with your favorite foods in her hand. “Hi” She smiled at you as your face dropped from seeing her. “What are you doing here?”
“Well, I figured you and the baby might be hungry so I decided to stop by” She chuckled.
This would be the first time you talked to Robin after the incident that happened. The game nights still happened every Friday. However, even after her many attempts, you still had refused to talk to her. You couldn’t fathom how she was the one person you had trusted, yet she had spilled your secret to the very person you didn’t want to find out about it.
“We’re fine, Steve is making us food from the kitchen”
“(Y/N), how long are you gonna keep on ignoring me? I learned from my mistakes and I only wanted what was best for you–” “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR ME!”
“I trusted you, Robin. I trusted you with a big secret that I had and you have the audacity to make yourself a victim right now?” You couldn’t believe what you were hearing.
“I didn’t need you to do that for me. So no, I can’t forgive you right now no matter how many times you apologize. Now, get out of my face before I kill you” You yelled.
“(Y/N)–” “GET OUT!”
Robin put her head down in defeat, she messed up and she knew it.
Just as soon as you closed the door, Steve came running to the front door after hearing you yell. “Hey, is everything okay?” He put his hands on your shoulders. “Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just about something” You forced a smile onto your face.
Steve smiled back before pulling you in for a tight embrace. “Not too tight. Baby bump” you giggled. “Oop, sorry”
The two of you stayed like that for a while. It was rare moments like this that made you happy. Just the two of you together, against the world.
“By the way food is ready”
three months gone
It was now the eighth month of your pregnancy. You had a baby bag packed and ready to go anytime the baby wanted to pop out of you. Steve was also checking in on you everyday, making sure you weren’t dead yet.
You were in the middle of making yourself pickles with peanut butter on them when you heard a knock on your door. “Just a second” you chuckled as you licked the remaining peanut butter that was on your spoon.
When you opened the door, Steve was standing on your doorway with a serious look on his face. “Oh hi” your face dropped at the expression his face had. “Can we talk? This is really important and I think it’s about time we discuss this” He said with a serious tone laced on his voice. “Oh uhm sure” You said as you led him inside your house.
As the two of you sat on your table, you offered him something to eat, in which he declined and tried to converse with you to address the elephant in the room.
“So how have you been?” He awkwardly asked. “Steve, you’re on the phone with me 24/7. Just skip the small talk and just get straight to the point”
Steve was baffled at her response, yet he complied and got straight to the reason as to why he went to her place in the first place.
“I think it’s about time we talk about our schedule with the baby” He started as you made eye contact with him letting him know that he has your full attention.
“I was thinking we could switch every 2 weeks? We'll live close to each other so he or she won't have to adjust to a new place every time we have her.”
You nodded at his suggestion before opening your mouth to state a query that you had in mind.
“Uhm, what holidays do you want to have the baby?”
Steve thought for a second before replying to your question. “You can have the baby for their first Christmas. I know how important Christmas is for you”
You shook your head at his response. Steve furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.
“No. We can spend the baby’s first Christmas all together. The baby deserves to have two happy parents on Christmas” you suggested.
The brunette boy sat in his seat with his mouth agape. However, you were getting the wrong idea from his current position. “Only if you want” you added nervously.
Steve shook his head “No, no. Of course I want to. Thank you” He gave you a genuine smile.
Steve couldn't help but smile at what his ex-lover had stated. It was thoughtful of her to say that, and knowing that she still cares for him made his heart skip a beat.
“So do you have any baby names in mind?” You asked your ex-husband to hopefully get your mind off of the conversation you had just a few seconds ago. Steve nodded, “Yeah, I have a few actually”
“Let’s hear it then” you warmly smiled at him. “Well do you remember the flowers I gave you on our first date?” He asked as you raised your eyebrows at him. “Pink lilies of the valley?”
“Yeah! I was playing around with names and I really liked the name ‘Lilliana’. We can call her Lily for short.”
He looked into your eyes, waiting for a sign of approval from you. “It’s really pretty and it has a sentimental meaning attached to it” Steve added.
“Lilliana it is then. How about a boy's name?” You asked him. Steve awkwardly scratched the back of his neck before replying “Well, I kinda forgot about that part”
“What made you so sure that this baby isn't a boy?”
“Well what made you so sure that it’s not a girl?” He asked back at you. “Cause I have motherly instincts, Steve” You scoffed.
“Maybe you should decide then.” Steve offered, which you gladly accepted. “How about Luke? From Star Wars you know? The first movie we watched together”
Steve had a flashback of the night you two went out for a date. It was raining and the theatres were closed, both of you were completely drenched in the backseat of his car before finally deciding to just rent out the movie “Star Wars”. It was also the first time you two shared your first kiss together.
“I like that, very sentimental too” He chuckled as you hid your face to prevent him from seeing the blush that was creeping up on your face. “Luke it is then” you smiled.
“Well since we have shared custody of the baby, I would like for you to meet my girlfriend. Since you know, she’ll be helping me take care of the baby”
Girlfriend. Steve had a girlfriend.
You had completely forgotten about the time you were at the mall when you saw him practically snogging the girl in public. You felt your heart drop at the topic, yet you sucked it up so Steve wouldn’t notice it.
“Yeah, for sure. When though?” You asked, forcing a smile onto your face.
“Anytime, really. We don’t mind.”
“Would Thursday be a good day?” You asked, trying to seem interested in the said topic. “Yeah of course! I’m so excited for you to meet her” Steve smiled in response.
“Yeah me too!”
Nope, definitely not excited
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Steve was right about her, the girl was a complete sweetheart. You couldn’t bring yourself to hate her. I mean how could anyone?
She didn’t mind that you were having a baby with him, she supported him with all of her heart. Not only that but she was also really beautiful. Like a goddess type of beautiful.
You couldn’t help but feel insecure. In this moment, you knew that you had lost. If it wasn’t for your baby, Steve wouldn’t have stayed in contact with you. I mean who would get back to you if they saw this beauty?
The girl could even be a better mother than you. Just then, a thousand insecure thoughts started to fill your head. In times like this, you could only turn to one person, and one person only.
You dialed the phone number onto your telephone, it was ringing for a few moments until a familiar voice answered. “Hello?”
“Hey Robin, Can you come over?”
Not even a few minutes went by, Robin was already at your house. You had ranted about Steve’s new perfect girlfriend to her.
Robin was in disbelief, “(Y/N), calm down”
“I can’t just calm down, Robin. I look like a huge potato right now because of this belly” You sobbed into the tissue she gave you.
“That’s because you’re pregnant. P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T. Have you seen yourself before you were pregnant? I would’ve totally hit on you if you were single” She said as you laughed at her statement.
You couldn’t stay mad at Robin for that long, of course you wanted to, but you just couldn’t.
“You know what, Robin? I missed this” You smiled genuinely at her. “Me too”
“I’m so sorry for what I did to you. It was unacceptable! I couldn’t believe myself. I only said that because I was worried of you cause if you ever—“ “Robin, breathe”
She exhaled as you giggled at her behavior. “It’s all forgiven now, Robin. Don’t worry about it”
“Really?” Her eyes lit up. “Of course.” You said as you pulled her in for a tight embrace.
“Although, I do prefer you apologizing to me with snacks.” You smiled innocently at her.
“You are such a jerk”
one month gone
Your water had just broke and you had notified Steve about it. He was now going to the hospital as fast as he could.
When he got to your room, he saw you walking around, hands pressed against your waist with your face scrunching up in pain.
“Hi” He smiled nervously at you. “Why are you nervous, Steve Harrington? Are you the one pushing a baby out of your vagina?” You snapped back at him.
“Geez, no need to be aggressive”
“Shut up before I kill you” You gritted your teeth together as another contraction hit you.
“Are you okay? Do you need anything?” He asked as he was panicking. “I need this baby out of me right now. Can you do that, Harrington? It’s freaking Christmas Eve later yet I’m spending it at the hospital in pain” you took a deep breath before laying down on the bed again.
“Hey, I’m here okay?” Steve kissed your forehead as you smiled at him. “I know, thanks for coming.”
“Well I mean, do I have any other choice?” he joked as you playfully punched his chest at the remark he made. “I’m kidding. Just try to rest ok?” he kissed your forehead again before he got to rest himself as well.
He woke up 8 hours later and spent the last 2 hours watching TV. The time was now 11:35. Steve decided that you also needed food to at least make your Christmas Eve happy. He saw that you were still sleeping, so he quietly made his way to the door and bought some food.
Steve was gone for 20 minutes. 20 minutes tops. Yet when he came back, you were surrounded by doctors as you were pushing this baby out.
He dropped the food he brought to the table and rushed towards you to hold your hand.
“Push, (Y/N), push!” The doctor was encouraging you to do so. Even though it was painful, you complied with them. “I can see the head now. You’re doing so good (Y/N)! Just one more. One more!”
Steve’s hand was sweating, he was nervous at the situation happening in front of him. As he was about to say something encouraging to you, he was abruptly stopped by the sound of a baby’s cry.
“It’s a girl!”
And just like that Steve’s life flashed before his eyes.
six months gone
Your daughter, Lilliana, had just started teething. She would bite anything her teeth would grab a hold on.
One of her newest victims was her father.
“Ow! You hurt daddy, Lily.” Steve pouted as he played with your daughter. Lilliana started laughing at his gesture. “Oh, so you like it when daddy gets hurt?” He put his hands on his chest as your daughter started laughing more.
“Honey, I’m home” you shouted as you heard laughing from upstairs. As you climbed up the stairs, the laughing started getting louder and louder. “What is going on here?” you chuckled as you watched your husband fake crying. “Well, Miss Lily here thinks that daddy getting hurt is funny”
You laughed at what Steve had said. “Is that true, sweets?”
“Is that true?” You bopped her nose as she laughed harder. “She's been biting an awful lot lately” Steve said as he grabbed her from the crib and held her in his arms. Lilliana took this as an opportunity to bite him again. “OW!” He flinched as the little devil in his arms started biting him again. She laughed once again, as you stared at your little family lovingly.
nine months gone
Lilliana had just started crawling, and she was not normal. She was crawling backwards, which was weird.
“No Lily, you crawl like this. Forward, not backward” you showed her how but she disregarded it and just continued to crawl backwards again. “You never listen to mommy, don’t you?”
“Steve!” You called out from the living room. “Yes?’ He stuck his head out of the kitchen. “Why is my baby crawling backwards?”
“Wait what?”
“She is! Like look at her!” You exclaimed as Steve sprinted towards the living room. He looked at her then started laughing like a maniac.
“Oh my god. I live with two babies” You rolled your eyes as Steve started cheering Lilliana on. “You’re supposed to be teaching her how to crawl properly, not encouraging her”
“This is how I crawled as a baby. Beeboop beeboop” He started laughing again as he watched your baby crawl backwards again.
You sighed at the sight of them. “Like father, like daughter”
five years gone
It was now Lilliana’s first day of kindergarten. She made sure to prepare everything she needed the night before. You were proud of your daughter for being independent and very mature for her age.
“You sure you got everything, love?” You asked again as she sighed at you. “Yes, mom”
“Was that a sigh I heard?” Steve pointed his eyebrows at her. (Y/N) laughed at the scene that was unveiling in front of her. “Okay honey, you need to go now. Promise me you won’t cry?” Lilliana just nodded in reply as her parents kissed her forehead goodbye.
“I need to go now bye mommy, bye daddy!” She said as she gave a kiss to the both of you on your cheeks once again.
You and Steve stood there in surprise. Lilliana didn’t even cry
“What just happened?” Steve was perplexed. “Well that was anticlimactic.” Your eyes widened at the little girl’s gesture. “I expected her to beg us not to go.” You added as you turned to look at Steve who was standing beside you bewildered.
His little girl was all grown up.
seven years gone
“No! Lily favors me!” you heard shouting from Nancy and Jonathan’s living room. “No! She said that I’m her favorite!” you heard another one fight back.
You made your way to their kitchen and saw the kids, who were now young adults fighting over your daughter.
“The last time I saw Lily, I asked her if I was her favorite and she said yes!” Lucas raised his voice. “Because you were the only person there, dipshit!” Dustin snapped back.
“Hey! Hey! Language! My daughter's right in front of you guys.” Steve interfered with the argument.
“But Lilliana is always excited to see me” El said softly. “You’re lying!”
“She loves me cause I’m the only one that has unique and beautiful hair” Max rolled her eyes as if she was pointing out the obvious.
“Shut up, Max. Nobody likes redheads!” Mike said to her. Max gasps at the statement that he made. “Well clearly Lily does!”
The young adults were fighting over who your daughter favored. You mentally slapped your forehead at this pointless argument.
The yelling was starting to get louder and everyone was basically using this as an excuse to judge each other and before you decided to start to intervene in the argument unfolding in front of you, Steve had beaten you to it.
“Guys, it’s obvious she favors me” He rolled his eyes.
thirteen years gone
Lily had just arrived home from school, sulking. You noticed the change in her behavior after she slammed the door to her room. “Hey! No slamming the doors young lady!”
Wiping the excess water off of your hands, you went up the stairs and made your way to your daughter’s bedroom. You heard sniffling from inside but before you could even open your mouth to speak, you heard your husband’s voice coming from inside.
“Hey, he’s just a stupid boy okay?” Steve said as he pulled your daughter in for a tight hug. “He doesn’t deserve you and you certainly don’t deserve someone who acts like that” He added as Lilliana started sobbing into his neck.
He rubbed his hand comfortingly up and down Lily’s back as she was letting out soft sobs. Steve was the perfect dad.
fourteen years gone
“First day of High School! You made it honey!” You and Steve were ecstatic for your daughter. Even though she acted as if she didn’t care, you knew deep down she did.
“Do you have everything packed?” Steve, once again asked for the ninth time. “Yes, dad” Lilliana rolled her eyes.
You chuckled at the father and daughter. “Hey don’t you dare roll your eyes at me” Steve pointed at her.
“One more picture!”
“What? Mom? No!” Lilliana protested. “Pretty please?” you pouted at her which was then followed by Steve doing the same thing.
“Please Lily, this’ll be your mom and I’s remembrance that our little girl is growing up–”
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“Mr. Harrington, are you there?”
Steve was abruptly awakened from his daydreaming. “What?” He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. “We said, what do you want to name your daughter?” The nurse in front of him replied.
(Y/N) looked at Steve for reassurance that he can name their baby. As Steve caught a glimpse of his daughter, tears started forming in his eyes.
“Do you want to hold her, Mr. Harrington” The nurse asked as Steve can only do so much but nod. He was stunned in place, no words were able to come out of his mouth as his only focus right now was on his daughter.
(Y/N) smiled at the two, it was her little family.
“Merry Christmas, Steve”
And Lilliana did have two happy parents on her first christmas, because at exactly 12:00 am of December 25, 1990, a baby girl was born to Steve Harrington and Y/n Y/l/n.
three years gone
“Are you excited to be the flower girl, Lily?” Steve enthusiastically asked his daughter who was in front of him. She nodded shyly as Steve tickled her. Her laughter was music to his ears, he could never get enough of her.
“Ooh, it’s time. Are you excited to see mommy in a dress?”
“Yes!” Lilliana jumped up to show her excitement. Steve then grabbed her and twirled her around in the air. “I better go inside now. You go wait out here okay?”
Lilliana nodded as Steve went inside the chapel to wait for a special someone.
“You may now kiss the bride”
Everyone around them whooped and cheered at the newlyweds, and Steve was one of them.
No matter how bright and cheerful the aura around him was, he was fighting the urge to break down inside of the chapel. No amount of happiness could replace the misery he was feeling inside of him. And he hated it.
However, in his mind, the only thing keeping him intact was that you were happy. Lily was happy. And he prioritized your happiness over his, even though it pained him to do so.
As the newlyweds made their way through the aisle, he made eye contact with you who was now hand in hand with your new husband. You gave him a nod to let him know that you acknowledge his presence in your wedding. He did the same thing as well.
It should’ve been him standing there with you. Yet, that was not the case.
In the end, (Y/N) and Steve never lived happily ever after. Just because a baby is born doesn’t mean people automatically get back together. Although, they did spend a happy life with their daughter, Lilliana, just not altogether.
Steve was wrong, a baby doesn’t change everything. Because if it did, there would be a happy ending to this story. The two of you would be together. And Steve Harrington wouldn’t have to watch the love of his life say “I do” to Eddie Munson.
But, there’s no fairytale in this story, and that’s just how life is.
jk i’m not that cruel there’s an alternate ending to this story. i feel like my love for angst is too much right now. I NEED TO MAKE SOME FLUFFY IMAGINES
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St*ncy is not a “Will they, won’t they” couple st*ncy is a “they already have and it didn’t work” couple
He’s so hot I wanna throw up
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it’s posts like these that make me hate people less and less everyday
i think its so special that everyone has a few pieces of media that have changed their perception of like…the world…thats so nice that everyone has a personal connection with art and movies and books and idk it makes me happy
this. just this.
best fucking villain, you can’t change my mind
robin buckley, eddie munson, steve harrington.
summary: after max hears some worrying noises, she finds herself resting in a hospital bed, unable to understand the world around her.
word count: 1k+!
gender-neutral reader, maybe a few hints of a female reader but mainly gender-neutral
ships included: lumax (lucas + max), max and reader relationship is platonic.
warnings: mentions of murder/death, pain, near death, if there’s any missing please let me know <3
ANGST.
SPOILERS FOR VOLUME 2!
edited wattpad piece of mine. (-milevenx on wattpad!!)
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maxine mayfield, or also known as max, moved to hawkins, indiana in 1984 and began school the same year. she was quickly seen as the rude , ‘bitchy’ new girl, and you were seen as the complete opposite. kind, caring, well-known around school for good reasons.
despite the huge contrasts in your personalities, you and max surprisingly got along well - which immediately shocked your friend group.
“y/n, how did you manage to become friends with the new girl?” dustin, one of your other friends, questioned, shock evident in his words.
“i don’t know, dustin, maybe i’m just better than you.” you teased, grabbing the hat off his head and placing it on yours, “come on, we need to go to the arcade.”
a few days after max joined your school, you were paired with her for a biology project. she realised just how kind you were and how you managed to smoothly throw in a few smart jokes here and there and decided to try and be your friend (which she succeeded at).
being maxine’s first friend at her new school, you hung out a lot. everyday after school, most weekends, school holidays, all the time. though, becoming friends with you meant she was friends with the boys, bringing a lot more trauma to you all.
you’d already experienced it and were a lot more educated, so when max was then told about it by lucas sinclair, you felt awful for her. nobody deserved to go through that, especially not a girl who just moved into town.
“hey, y/n, about everything that lucas just told me about, what do you usually do? fight? hide? run?”
“max, we’ll be okay. we’ve fought a monster before, this one shouldn’t be too different.” you reassured the worried ginger girl infront of you. “don’t worry, mayfield, we’ll figure it out.”
worrying should’ve been the top of your list. will began to have more visions, and was always getting rushed to the hospital. it never used to get as bad as it was getting. you worried for your best friend, he’d almost died once and it was likely to almost happen again.
you should've fought more and more, lives were sacrificed and lost to save will, this brought a large pile of guilt onto will and he felt awful.
not long afterwards was the snowball, and everyone had recovered enough to go.
lucas and max ended up getting together and going to the snow ball together, and you sat on the sidelines, silently hyping max up. you noticed dustin was also alone, so you asked to dance with him. the dance concluded rather quickly after that and you continued your life with all of your best friends.
then it got intense. a year went by, and something awful happened. the monster that had been in will's visions - the mindflayer - was back, and was possessing and murdering innocent people. it possessed max's brother, billy, eventually killing him.
a month after this, max cut you off. she began to stay in her house a lot more, and reduce herself to only listening to music as a way to pass the time. she changed a lot. she started taking pills and going to grief counselling in your new highschool.
even though her and billy never got along, she missed him dearly and his death took a toll on everyone. max’s parents broke up and her step-father left, not being able to stand being around the family that billy was once in, and her mother started being more distant towards her.
she soon turned to you for help when she began to hear something that creeped her out.
"hey, y/n. i need your help."
"finally talking to me again, huh?"
"please, y/n."
"okay. hit me."
"i keep hearing a clock chiming. i ask everyone around me if they hear it and they don't. i keep seeing grandfather clocks around the school when i'm alone and i don't have a good feeling about it."
"i'm sorry, what?"
max explained once more and in more detail and you were left with hundreds of thoughts roaming through your head. then you got one that reminded you of things that you wish you could forget.
"could it be the-"
"i think so."
"shit. we should tell me others." max nodded in agreement.
you stood in the doorway of max's hospital room, your eyes switching from the state she was in to erica sitting in a chair in the corner of the room and lucas sitting in a chair next to her hospital bed.
he was reading her a book and stopped when he heard you walk in. tears began to fill your eyes, along with his. erica stood up to leave but not before saying goodbye to you and giving you a small reassuring smile.
you sat down opposite lucas on the other side of max's bed and took her hand in yours, squeezing it mostly for your own reassurance before turning your focus to lucas.
you'd been there when max had been attacked by vecna, and when she got rushed to hospital, and you'd visited every day for the past month, but that didn't stop the large fall of tears that occurred every time you came to see her.
you saw lucas there everytime you came to visit and you expected nothing less. even though they broke up over a year ago, you knew lucas still loved her and max had small feelings that had never left.
"she's not getting any better, is she?" you asked hesitantly. lucas shook his head sadly before opening his mouth to speak and closing it again. silence filled the hospital room for a few minutes as you and lucas sat there, admiring who had once been your very healthy, passionate skater friend.
"she loved you a lot, you know." lucas finally said, now taking one of your hands in his and replacing max's. it was now your turn to reply sadly, deciding on a small smile.
"yeah, i know," you hesitated, wondering if you should tell him or not, "she loved you too. no, not loved. loves."
lucas' head shot up almost immediately. "really?"
"yeah. before she cut me off, she never stopped talking about you; even after your break up. she still loves you, lucas. she would go on and on and on about you, it got quite annoying after a while but she's my best friend, so i just got on with it."
silence filled the air once more, the only sounds were monitors beeping and your's and lucas' deep breaths. these noises were soon replaced by small, stifled sobs coming from lucas. you immediately took your hands away from max's and engulfed him in a hug that he quickly readjusted and returned.
"max was lucky to have you as a best friend, y/n. even if she cut you off for a year." lucas said into your shoulder as you hugged.
"and i was lucky to have max." you said in between sobs.
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555 | transition and welcoming change. It is a friendly reminder and warning from your angels and guides that it is safe to make the change that is on your mind.