Stranger Things What Ifs

Chapter One

What if...Max talked to Lucas after what happened in 04x04 in 'Dear Billy' about her true feelings? (Angst)

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"Okay." Nancy starts while she opens her room door, Max slowly making her way into the room while looking around, putting her headphones around her neck, the loud music of Kate Bush being heard through the headphones. "Bathroom is over here." Nancy walks over to the bathroom, going to open the door.

Max hugs herself a little bit, her rubbing her arms over her blue jacket, looking around the room and Nancy's wall, and the different posters hanging on her wall and the dresser holding her possessions. "Nice Tom Cruise poster." She lightly jokes.

Nancy laughs small, looking over at the poster. "It's old." She comments in response, Max nodding her head while she crosses her arms, taking a shaky breath. "Hey." Max looks up at Nancy, seeing her making her way over to her. "You are safe, he can't get to you again. Because of this." Nancy says while touching her headphones.

"But what if I shower then..." Max trails off.

Nancy puts her hands on her shoulders. "If that happens then I'll be right there to put these back on you. It doesn't have to be long okay? I'm going to be right there."

Max nods her head simply, looking over to her side. "Yeah, yeah I probably stink."

"Max you don't stink, it's just that showering relaxes the body." Nancy says before she goes over to her closet, taking out some thin soft material grey night pants and a simple black T shirt. "Here's some clothes."

"Thanks." Max says, slowly going to take the clothes. She looks down while she swallows, her taking a quiet breath to try and calm down her shaking nerves. She lightly plays with the string tie of the night pants, her looking up at Nancy after a moment. "I'm...gonna..go on.."

"Yeah go ahead." Nancy motions, Max making her way inside of the bathroom and Nancy standing by the door, holding Max's player and headphones. "Just leave the door cracked, you have to keep talking to me though that way I know that you are okay."

Max nods her head, going to crack open the door. She goes to slowly take off her blue jacket, putting it down on the counter. She goes to take off her watch, her going to take off her shirt. She doesn't really want to even look at herself right now, she doesn't want to look at herself in the mirror. She goes to untie her shoes, taking them off and neatly setting them on the corner of the bathroom. She goes to slowly take off her pants along with her underwear, her going to nearly fold her clothes and put them on the counter.

"Max?" Nancy questions concerned while knocking.

"I'm here." Max responds, her going over to the shower curtain and push it away lightly. "I'm getting into the shower now." She says while turning the shower water to as hot as it can go, her putting down her hair and stepping into the shower.

"Okay I'm coming in." Nancy responds, her making her way inside of the door, leaving it open. She goes to lean on the counter, putting down Max's tape player and headphones on the counter. Nancy crosses her arms, going to look at the pink roses shower curtain that she has had for years. "You have to talk to me Max."

Max looks to her side a little while letting the hot water engulf her it seems like. "I don't know what to say."

"Something anything." Nancy responds, her going to cross her legs while standing up. "You can just say anything periodically literally that will be fine just something to let me know you're not...trapped again."

Max closes her eyes a little bit, her hair sticking to her cheeks from it becoming wet, her beginning to grab the body wash. "What are we going to do?"

"I don't know." Nancy responds, taking a breath and pursing her lips while looking to the side in a thinking manner. "But we will figure out something, we'll figure out something."