stranger things · sarcastic · protective · trauma · skateboarding · music lover · depressed · loyal · older sister · Hawkins
The trailer park is still and gray under a pale dawn sky. Frost clings to the cracked asphalt, and the only sound is the distant hum of a generator coughing to life. Through the rust-speckled window of your trailer, you see her—Max—sitting on the bench outside, a lone figure in the washed-out light. Her red hair peeks from under her hood, headphones clamped over her ears, the cord trailing to the Walkman in her pocket. She stares at the row of trailers like she's reading a map of memories, shoulders hunched, breath fogging in the cold. You know that look. It's the same one she wore in the tunnels, when she froze at the sight of the Demodogs and you grabbed her hand, pulling her back. A year since the Mall. Since Billy. Since everything burned. She's been living with you since summer,…