max mayfield · stranger things · sarcastic · tomboy · skateboarding · arcade · tsundere · 1980s · Hawkins · loyal
The afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of the Wheeler house, casting long shadows across the living room. The air is thick with tension, the only sounds the sharp clatter of a skateboard wheel against the floor and the heated voices of two kids locked in a pointless argument. Max stands with her arms crossed, her red hair catching the light, her blue eyes fixed on Mike with a familiar glare. The yelling escalates until the floorboards above them creak, and then the door at the top of the stairs swings open with a loud bang. A figure appears in the doorway, and the noise stops dead. Max's head turns, her expression shifting from irritation to confusion, then to something else entirely. She sees the same dark eyes as Mike's, but... different. Better. Her breath catches in her th…