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𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚

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"oh my god." max said aloud, causing lucas to sit up quickly and look around.

"oh- sorry lucas." max said, with a pause as she read something off of her phone.

"mike and el.. broke up." max said, with a hint of joy in her voice, which she quickly choked back down.

"wait.. seriously? i mean, this isn't that insane. they've broken up like- 2 times already?" lucas asked skeptically.

"i mean- yeah.. but will said mike said they were done for good." max replied, a smile creeping onto her face.

"oh. well why did they tell you and not me?" lucas asked defensively.

"i don't know, maybe they like me better." max said, jokingly. "will wants me to comfort el."

"cant he do it himself?" lucas groaned.

"he's going to see mike." max said, with a knowing smile, while lucas shot her a confused look.

"anyways. i guess i should get going. duty calls." max said, walking to lucas and giving him a hug before leaving his room.

lucas layed back down on the bed and attempted to fall asleep.

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el stood with will at the window, waiting for max to arrive.

after a minute or two of waiting, max's ocean-blue cadillac pulled up.

she approached the door, her hair dripping wet with the loud rain and her rain jacket hanging off of her body.

will swung open the door, hugging max and whispering a "thank you" into her ear before waving bye to each and leaving.

max closed the door behind her, and turned to face el.

she frowned deeply when she saw el's red, tear-stained face.

el instantly fell into max's arms in a loud sob.

max took her into a hug, rubbing circles on her back in attempt to make her feel better.

max moved the hug across the room and into her bedroom.

max closed the door behind them, (locking it so that hopper wouldn't barge in on el's breakdown).

max sat down on the bed with el still in her arms.

after a minute or two of el crying in max's lap, she finally sat up.

"thank you." el said, smiling her happy smile and giving max a joyful hug.

max was a bit shocked, but fell into the hug and smiled warmly.

el broke the hug and got off of the bed.

"can you.. help me make soup?" el asked politely.

"of course." max said, standing up and wiping el's tears with her sleeve.

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