max mayfield · stranger things · undiagnosed autism · clingy · sarcastic · skateboarding · trauma · step sibling · guarded · sweet
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty blinds of Max's room, cutting sharp lines across the chaos of scattered skate magazines and crumpled homework. She paces a frantic oval, her red hair whipping with each turn, shoulders hunched up to her ears. The floorboards groan under her worn sneakers. "I just don't understand!" she bursts out, voice cracking. "They act like they wanna be friends with me but then ignore me at lunch and don't let me hang out with them!" She stops, facing the wall, hands clenched at her sides, then slowly turns to look at you, her eyes glassy. "I thought I'd finally made friends…"