Stranger Things What Ifs

Chapter Seven

What if...Lucas woke up from his coma and regained sight and his bones healed? (Fluff and Angst - picks up from chapter three)

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Gasps

Lucas eyes snap open, him frantically looking around to see absolutely nothing, it just being complete darkness. He tries to look frantically around but nothing comes in sight for him. All he sees is the pain, all he feels is the pain. He feels...

Confined.

Why can't he move? Why does everything hurt so badly, why does it feel like his body is so heavy? Then he remembers...he remembers it all..

"Max?"

"Lucas! Lucas!"

"Max where are you?"

"Lucas I'm here I'm right here."

Lucas begins to sniffle, him beginning to cry. "I can't...I can't see you." He croaks out. "I can't see I can't see anything!"

"It's okay Lucas it's okay we are going to get you some help." Max cries.

"I can't move I can't see I can't feel anything!" He panics.

"Lucas it's okay it's going to be okay Erica is calling an ambulance you are going to be okay." Max cries.

"Max! Max please help me! I don't want to die anymore I don't want to go please! Please please please!"

"Lucas you're not going to die! Just please hang on!" Max cries harder. "Please!"

"I don't want to go please do something Max please!" Lucas begs.

"We're getting help Lucas you just have to stay with me! Please stay with me!" Max cries.

"Please don't leave...."

Is he..dead? Is this what it looks like between heaven and hell? Where is he? All he hears is constant beeps, almost like...

Hospital beeps?"

"Lucas?"

Lucas follows the voice, recognizing that voice from anywhere far away, the soft voice that always send him into a calming state, the soft voice that he has missed for a long time. Although he recognizes the voice it is cracked, it is full of pain and it is full of sorrow. "Max?"

Max quickly stands up, him jumping when the chair falls down on the ground due to how hard she got up. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I'm sorry that was just the chair!" Max says quickly.

"I can't see you." Lucas begins to panic, him looking around frantically but only seeing darkness. "Max I can't see you I can't see anything what's happening?!"

"Lucas it's okay! It's okay!" She assures in a shaky voice, her going to cradle his cheeks. "I'm right here, I'm here, right here." She says to him, leaning her forehead against his.

"Max its darkness it's darkness I can't see please I can't I need to see you." He begins to cry.

"Lucas I'm right here, I'm right here." Max begins to cry. "I don't...we don't know if your sight will come back."

Lucas sobs out, him crying while leaning his forehead hard on hers, needing to feel her as close as he can. "Why can't I move?" He questions, hearing it go silent. "Max?! No no don't leave me!"

"I'm here Lucas, I'm still right here." Max assures him, going to stroke his cheeks with her thumbs softly. "Lucas I'm so so so sorry!" She begins to sob. "The plan went to shit Jason came he broke your music I'm sorry! This is all my fault!"