deathly ends - elmax short story

the beginning of it all.

         
            𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

el and max were together for two years already. even when el went to California, that didn't stop them from calling, sending letters and visiting eachother. they were in love. only their friends knew, but they were ok with that. no one else had to know.

before el left, her and max would always stay in the cabin, have sleepovers, and sneakily kiss, giggling and blushing a lot.
they were so happy. everything was perfect for them, they finally escaped from the monsters, they started dating, they were always hanging out with the party, and nothing could separate them.

they were soulmates, no one could convince them otherwise.

until, it all changed. max wasn't feeling like herself anymore. without el, she felt numb. alone. sad. it didn't matter that she got to talk to her girlfriend from time to time, she wanted her to always be by her side. she started feeling bad. really bad.

she was always paranoid, "what if she loves someone else? what if i m not good enough for her? what if she doesn't even like me anymore? "

what if. the question was always in there. in her head. torturing her and making her feel like she was going insane. with el not being near her, and her brother's death, she felt hollow. she felt like all of it was her fault.

she needed someone to be with her. she needed el. of course, she had lucas, dustin, and mike, which were great friends, but they weren't 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

she didn't know why she felt so guilty about billy dying. she was never close to him. all her life  she loathed him, he made her life hell. but yet, now she's feeling guilty of it. of his death. the murder that happened in the summer of 1985.

however, she wasn't doing good. she was going to therapy now, and she was worse than ever. everyone could see it. lucas always tried talking to her, but nothing changed. all that she wanted, that she 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥, was el. and el wasn't here. so what was the point of this shit anyway?

what they didn't know, was what it will happen next.

vecna.

that awful, horrible son of a bitch that destroyed her life.

when she first got possessed, all the thoughts that she had about how she wished she was dead, were now gone. she wanted to live. she wanted to continue her life. and she wanted her girlfriend back. she wanted to live for 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

so she did. she survived. but at what cost? all she felt was fear. constant fear. what if she'll get possessed again? what if she'll die this time?

"nothing will happen to you, max. i promise. you'll be fine. " lucas reassured her, even though he wasn't really sure of the accuracy of his words.

everyone was there for her, trying to protect her, and she appreciated it, but it was so 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. she just wished everything will go back to normal soon.

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meanwhile, el wasn't feeling good either. with brenner near her, she was scared.

everything was so 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺. all the memories she got back were terrifying, and they only made her feel even more traumatized. she didn't exactly know why she was doing this, but she hoped it was for the best. if doing this meant getting her powers back, she will do anything.

without her powers, she felt.. unwhole. she felt meaningless. because, without her powers, what was she? she was just 𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘦. a freak. she was.. nothing.

she missed max. and will. and jonathan. and hopper. she missed... everyone. she just wanted to be with them again.

what if... she'll never get to see them again? "no. that will not happen. you're okay. you'll be 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. " she thought.

everything was definitely not 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 though. and she knew it. but she chose to avoid it.

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both girls were struggling, and missing eachother, but what could they do? life was unfair, and definitely didn't want them to be happy.

while will, mike, jonathan and argyle were trying to find el, the others, in hawkins, were making a plan to defeat vecna. to 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 him.

will it be successful? they didn't know, but they hoped so.

max was in a corner, zoned out of the conversation they were having.

lucas approached her, and with a knowing look, he asked "do you miss her? "

"huh?" the redhead snapped out of her trance, confused.

"do you miss her? el? "

max sighed.

"of course i do. everyone does."

"you know what i meant, max. " lucas said

max's cheeks flushed a bit, but still managed to blabber out "y-yea.. she's.. i miss her a lot. i really lover her, lucas. "

"i know.. but you'll be able to see her. eventually. now come on, we still gotta kill that bastard. "

max smiled a bit. "yeah. i m coming. "

a/n : hey guys :) new story!! hope you'll like it! it will be a short fanfic, i don't think it will be more than 3 chapters, even though i m not sure yet. anyway, this is a story for larrysriverroad 's comp! so i hope it's alright<3 vote and leave a comment if you think i should continue!