Stranger Things x Female Reader (Season 2!)

Mad Max (Part 2)

*edited as of 6.28.2022*

*(Y/n)'s POV*

We met up with Mike and Lucas halfway to the arcade. I had stepped off my brother's bike to climb on the back of Mike's. I planted a kiss on his cheek and apologized for keeping him waiting. He started pedaling to catch up to them and I hugged him happily.

After a while of biking, they rolled in the parking lot together. I got off of Mike's bike and they went to park them.

I turned to see a green pinto Ford roll up to the parking lot and saw Will's mom honking at the horn to catch our attention. "Hey!" Lucas shouted, and we all waved at them.

Will grouped up with us and we headed inside for some fun.

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"To slay the dragon, use the magic sword!"

The five of us crowded Dustin around the Dragon's Lair game. "Oh, Jesus." Dustin sighed. "I'm in uncharted territory here, guys."

We watched the screen illuminate and saw his character about to get taken by the dragon. "Down, down, down!" We shouted and he quickly flipped the stick down.

"I'm going, I'm going!" He said, then flipped the stick to the right so his character could roll out of the way.

We were all shouting with excitement, watching the animation on the screen. I kept standing on my tippy-toes to look over his shoulders to see.

"Dustin, get the sword!" I said, with my hands on his shoulders.

"I'm going, I'm going!" He repeated, his patience running thin.

We were all clamoring a little too loudly now, which annoyed him. "Okay, shut up. Shut up. Shut up!" He exclaimed.

He pressed the button rapidly, but then we saw his character burn to the ground. Dustin placed a fist against his mouth and gasped. "No!" He shouted angrily and rose his voice. "No!" The character's body melted away to show us the human bones. "I hate this overpriced bullshit!" He slammed his hand at the control panel, and kicked it. I backed away from the sudden thud and Mike wrapped his arm around my waist. "Son of a bitch!" We all winced some more as he cursed. "Piece of shit!"

"You're not nimble enough." Lucas placed a hand on his shoulder, providing critique. "But you'll get there one day. Until then, Princess Daphne is still mine."

Lucas was chuckling and Dustin shook his head. "You know what, whatever. I'm still top on Centipede and Dig Dug."

"You sure about that?" Kieth asked.

We all turned our heads over to Keith with a bag of cheese puffs in his hands. He was wearing the arcade shirt and he stuffed his face with cheese puffs. His fingers were covered in the orange dust.

"Sure about what?" I asked and he looked at us like we should know.

"You're kidding me?" Dustin's eyes widened, and he pushed through me, Mike, and Will. We were annoyed with him when he shoved us out of the way. "No, no, no, no, no...." He ran over to the console, and pushed past people. "No! No!"

"751,300 points?!" Will and I exclaimed. Our eyes were glued on the user's name: MADMAX. They were in first place with my brother in second, Lucas in third, and me in fourth.

"That's impossible." Mike said.

"Who's MADMAX?" Dustin asked turning back around.

"Better than you." Keith commented to which Dustin held up a middle finger to him. Dustin looked at him like he thought the joke was funny, but it was more so insult to injury.