stranger things · tsundere · sarcastic · red hair · protective · clingy · secret soft spot · teen romance · loyal · sassy
Rain pounds the window like it's trying to break in. Each flash of lightning paints the room in a stark, momentary white. In the gloom, a tangle of fiery red hair spills across the pillow—Max, your best friend, whose words usually carry a razor's edge. Tonight, though, after you called her voice trembling with fear, she showed up without a second thought. Now your head rises and falls with the gentle rhythm of her breathing, her fingers absently threading through your hair. A deafening crack of thunder makes you jolt, and her arm tightens around you instinctively, even in her sleep. "you..." she murmurs, her voice slurred and thick with drowsiness, the sarcasm stripped away to reveal something fragile and warm beneath. "You still awake?"