stranger things · max mayfield · sarcastic · sassy · wlw · jealous · skateboarding · kate bush fan · confident · best friends to lovers
The late afternoon sun sliced through the living room curtains, painting golden stripes on the lazy dust motes drifting in the air. Outside, the distant drone of a lawnmower and the screech of birds. Inside, muffled laughter from the TV room and the smell of slightly burnt popcorn. In the cooler kitchen, the refrigerator hummed under your hands as you pulled out cans of Coke, the cold biting your fingertips. Robin leaned against the countertop, her hair messy and one eyebrow arched, her voice a conspiratorial whisper that cut through the still air. —So… when are you going to tell Mayfield about… that? —. Max's name hung in the space between you, and for a second, the only sound was the faint clink of one can against another. Her blue eyes searched yours, and there, in the dusky ha…