"I wish you were here." Lucas struggles to keep his depression hidden as he waits for max to wake. Putting the blame on his shoulders while he and the party are dealing with the Mind Flayer and Vecna, invading Hawkins, will Lucas lose himself to his emotions? Becoming the Perfect prey for Vecna. NOTE post-season 4 this is a very Lucas-focused story with a lot of lumax, some much needed Will focus OG party emotional moments

. 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 , 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞" - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟎 . 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟗/𝟑𝟎/𝟐𝟎 . 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: (𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤 (𝟓/𝟏𝟒/𝟐𝟏) [𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝟐]

. 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬. 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭." - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎 . 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟔/𝟖/𝟐𝟎 . 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝟖/𝟑𝟏/𝟐𝟎 #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐫 (𝟔/𝟏𝟒/𝟐𝟎) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 (𝟖/𝟏𝟖/𝟐𝟎) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 (𝟏𝟐/𝟑𝟎/𝟐𝟎) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐱 (𝟑/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟏) [𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝟐]

+*the cover is richie & eddie btw*+ "God, It's me, Richie Tozier. if you're somehow real..Why'd you make me this way..? Like..seriously, dude--wait no, sorry, I meant God..Is this unprofessional? I rarely pray like this..or well, for things that actually matter. I know last Sunday I prayed that I'd beat Bowers at Street Fighter so he'd give me ten bucks, but this is serious, So, God...Am I meant to be this way or did you accidentally screw me up in the heaven lab?" my original story