Cuts & Bruises [Max x Reader]

The Spy

You groaned and rubbed your eyes, a small yawn falling pass your lips as you stir from your sleep. The sun had just began to rise and the bright gleam of sunshine shined through the broken window and the ripped drapes in your room.

Glancing down at your watch you sigh, it was nearly ten in the morning and-from what you could tell-Hopper and El were still gone.

You take in a deep breath and slowly sit up, letting your legs slide to the edge of the bed so they were touching the ground. You weren't sure where they were or if you should even try looking for them, you knew they could handle theirselves, for christ's sake your sister has powers and Hop is the town sheriff, they had their fare share of fights in the past.

Biting your lip you decide you'll stay home and clean, that way if they came back you were here, plus it was also a way to keep your mind busy from everything going on.

You were about halfway done with cleaning the house when you heard static "Ten?" it calls your name, and you furrow your brow as you look around the room "Ten, do you copy?" You scoff to yourself "Am I going crazy?" Turning your head you glance at yourself in the mirror. Your hair was disheveled and you had dark bags beneath your eyes, you couldn't help but laugh.

"I definitely am." You sigh out your words, then suddenly, the static voice comes back "Ten? This is a code red! I repeat a code red! It's Dustin!"

"...Oh, so...I'm not going crazy."

Knowing that it was Dustin contacting you through your walkie, you frantically searched the entire cabin and let out a breath of relief when you spot your walkie in a pile of clothes in your room. Quickly, you run over to the walkie and extend its antenna "I'm here, I copy!"

"Oh thank god! I've been trying to contact you for twenty minutes!" Panting from running around you nod "Yeah..Yeah sorry, there's a lot going on." "You're telling me!" You wince as Dustin yells into the walkie and slightly pull it away from you "What's the code red?" 

You hear shuffling on Dustins end, followed by some voices in the background. You quirk a brow and get ready to ask again, but Dustin cuts you off "Well, while you were doing god knows what, Dart grew, he escaped and I'm pretty sure he's a baby demogorgan."

"I...What?!"

"I'll explain later but for now meet us at the old junkyard." "Us?" quirking a brow you stare down at the walkie "Lucas and Steve. Look just meet us at the junkyard!" "Steve? Like Steve Harrington?"

"Ten!"

You nod and quickly shoot up from your crouching position "Right! Junkyard, meet you there!" Dropping the walkie on your bed you run out of the cabin and grab your skateboard. You'd head to the junkyard soon, but you have one stop on the way there.

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Skating up to an all familiar house you march up to the doorstep and knock on the door, skateboard in hand. You waited anxiously for someone to answer, tapping your foot as you stood idly. When a few seconds pass you knock again, this time more urgently.

You hear two people yelling back and forth at each other before suddenly the door opens with a soft click. Max peaks her head out and you send her a sheepish smile and a wave as her eyes go wide. Glancing behind her to ensure Billy was still occupied she quickly steps out on the porch.