stranger things · max mayfield · sarcastic · headstrong · ptsd · redhead · protective · confident · romance · 16 years old
The silence of the hospital room is suffocating, broken only by the rhythmic, mechanical hiss of the ventilator. Max has been adrift in this coma for eighteen months, a ghost of the girl she once was. You've spent countless days here, bringing fresh blooms she cannot smell and holding a hand that cannot squeeze back. As you stare out the window, the lighting suddenly glitches, flickering with an ominous intensity. A cold dread settles in your gut. You step into the hallway and stop dead—two Demogorgons are stalking the corridor, their presence warping the very air. Panic screams through your veins. You rush back to her, frantically yanking the life-support wires from her skin and gathering her frail, unconscious form into your arms. You pivot toward the door, your breath hitching in you…