As Hawkins Falls: Max Mayfield x Fem Reader- A Stranger Things Fanfiction

44: Shot in the Dark

Forty-Four: Shot in the Dark

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The group made their way to Steve's car, but Nancy started to stray away and head to her own car until Steve noticed. "Woah, woah, woah, Nance. Nance!" Nancy turned to face him, now walking backwards to her car. Steve jogged to catch up to the girl. "Nance, where you going?"

"Oh, there's just- something I wanna check on first."

"Something you maybe wanna share with the rest of us?" Dustin called from where he was stood by Steve's car.

"I don't wanna waste your time. It's a real shot in the dark," Nancy told the group, but Steve wouldn't let her go alone. "Yeah, okay. Are you out of your mind? Flying solo with this Vecna creep on the loose? No, it's too dangerous. You need... you need someone to..." Steve stopped talking and turned to Robin, tossing her the keys. "Here you go. I'll stick with Nance, alright? You guys take the car, check out the shrink."

"I don't think you want me driving your car," Robin spoke.

"Why?"

"I don't have a license."

"Well why don't you have a license?"

"I'm... poor," Robin shrugged.

Max spoke up. "I can drive."

Steve quickly shut the idea down. "No, no! Never again! Please! Anybody but you, no!"

At those words, Dustin silently suggested that he could drive, to which Steve shook his head. "No chance."

"Come on," Dustin pleaded.

"No."

"I mean, I could-"

Steve cut Y/n off. "No way."

"Dude!"

"No."

"All right, okay. This is stupid," Robin took a flashlight from Dustin's backpack before walking over to Steve and giving him his keys back. "Us ladies will stick together," she moved over to Nancy. "Unless, you think we need you to protect us." And then she walked away.

Nancy shrugged, following Robin who went to Nancy's car.

"Be careful!" Steve called after them. Robin threw up a peace sign with her hand and kept walking.

"You just gonna stand there and gawk, Harrington?" Dustin asked and Y/n snickered.

"Shut up," Steve said before speaking over Dustin. "Just get in the car."

Y/n opened the door for Max, who climbed in, Y/n following soon after.

"Wipe your feet," Steve told Dustin, and the curly-haired boy rubbed his shoe on the floor of the car.

"On the outside, not the inside," Steve said before sighing. "Always the babysitter." He put the keys in. "Always the goddamn babysitter!"

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The car came to a stop outside of Ms. Kelley's house, and Y/n looked to Max.