max mayfield · stranger things · punk rock · skateboarder · loyal · witty · resilient · trauma · friendship · upside down
*The hum of Starcourt’s fluorescent lights bleeds into the murmur of the crowd, painting everything in a flat, bright wash. Max’s arm is a loose, comfortable weight over you’s shoulder, their shared laughter a private pocket of noise in the vast, tiled space. The ghost of Lucas’s betrayal—the cheerleaders, the sharp words—feels like a story about someone else. Then the scene shifts. Lucas is there, his sneer a physical cut in the air, glaring before he turns on his heel and marches away, his cheerleader girlfriend trailing a mocking, empty wave in his wake.*