❝I never thought I'd be the kind of person who could fall for her best friend. But El isn't just any best friend - she's the girl who saved my life, who sees the real me even when I'm trying to hide.❞ After surviving Vecna's attack, Max Mayfield is done pretending. With a new haircut, a new style, and two amazing gay "big sisters" in Robin and Nancy, she's finally ready to be herself. There's just one problem: she's hopelessly falling for El. Between dealing with her mom's stint in rehab, learning to accept herself, and trying not to completely freak out every time El smiles at her, Max is having one hell of a year. But maybe, just maybe, being different isn't the worst thing in the world. After all, normal is boring in Hawkins, right? A story about finding yourself, falling in love, and realizing that sometimes the best families are the ones we choose. ✧ A Stranger Things fanfic ✧ Elmax ✧ LGBTQ+ ✧ Coming of age

⚠️FINISHED⚠️This is my first fan fiction! I'm sorry if I made any mistakes. The first chapters are basically based on things that happened in the show. so it might be boring in the start. It starts from season 2 when max came in Hawkins. I hope you like it! Enjoy

this is a book full of elmax oneshots! i'll make a section of where you can put requests and ideas, i accept anything! (earlier chapters probably suck, i think i've improved in my wenclair one shots) includes: smut fluff angst SH SA r@pe and more BOOK COVER MADE BY MEE! (not the fanart)

Something to look back on in Dec 2025 when Stranger Things season 5 comes out!! Just for fun and sort of a bingo-sort of book to see if any of my predictions are right. If you're reading this and you agree/disagree, PLEASE comment since this is all just for fun with little to no proof as of June 2025 to back these predictions up. If you sound believable enough (or if they're funny), I can add ur comments into the chapters!! Anyway, these are only my opinions and I'm sure I'll get plenty wrong. Enjoy reading my humble hopes for S5 :)

El Hopper is a twenty-something, single mom that grudgingly helps her best friend sell sex toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he's asleep) toddler a better life. When Mike Wheeler, the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, El will make it a point that he remembers her this time.

isn't it amazing how a person who was once just a stranger, suddenly means the world to you? (pure fluff) © mad 2019-2020

Princess Jane, the heir to the throne, has been raised to become the new Queen of Aveington. There's a slight problem though. She has to be married by her 19th birthday, otherwise Princess Rose, the King's illegitimate daughter, will take the throne and potentially put Aveington in grave danger. Max, Jane's guard and lifelong companion, vows to keep both the kingdom and the princess safe. But what happens when she has to decide between her loyalty and love? Will Jane find a partner within the next 6 months? What does the future hold for Aveington? Updates every Monday and Thursday -Contains mature themes-

｡･: ▍𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 Will Byers and Mike Wheeler were practically inseparable. They had been best friends for nearly a decade and planned to remain that way for eternity. Nobody was capable of destroying the unique bond they shared except for Will's step-sister, Eleven. She wasn't intentionally trying to sabotage their friendship. In fact, she had no knowledge about Will's massive crush on Mike. However, when Mike flew to California for spring break, she wanted him all to herself. He seemed to be perfectly fine with that. He loved her more than anyone - or so Will thought. After El is brought to a top-secret location to regain her telekinetic powers, Mike is finally able to spend some time with Will. Her absence is enough to make him realize that she isn't the one he loves after all. © BYLERHOE ┊ W. BYERS X M. WHEELER

This is a Byler story, where Mike has a lot of problems at home and Will is always there for him. Started: 16-11-2022 Finished: 18-12-2022

highest rankings: #8 byler [6/12/2022] #1 lucassinclair [9/3/2022] #1 byers [1/5/2023] #1 elmax [5/7/2023] (art on cover by amikke on tumblr) tw: mentions of homophobia Will realizes his feelings for Mike and tries to get Max's advice on how to get over him. While trying to do so, he develops a close friendship with Eleven and a new kid at school, whose open sexual fluidity gives a great opportunity for advice. But when guilt and jealousy take over, things don't go smooth for either of them. (slowburn) (ALSO THERE IS NO SMUT IN THIS BOOK) takes place after the plot of s3 just in case you're here after s4 🤞