I shouldn't love you, but I can't help it

oh, how i wish you would notice me the way i noticed you! dustin henderson/henclair story by @reefing ongoing

- takes place after the events of season 4, but basically Vecna did die, but nothing else changed. Max is still on a coma, but her heart didn't stop so the fourth gate never opened. they had successfully closed the gates and we're in a normal life. Eddie is dead, so are Vecnas victims. Will and El along with their family has moved back to Hawkins, while Yuri and Dmitri have taken up loud residence at Murray's. sorry babes - - summer vacation - Dustin is still struggling with Eddie's death. he often has nightmares and wakes up startled in the middle of the night because of them. To cope he either sits on the radio with a groggy Suzie (which of whom has been reduced to a best friend after realizing they HIGHLY mixed platonic feelings with romantic) or staying up on the walkie talkie with an even grumpier Lucas or Mike. Lucas ofcourse visits Max frequently, and she has even been confirmed to possibly wake up soon. He brings her flowers every day, but as time goes on he loses the feelings he had for her. More than half the time he's the one stuck with calming down Dustin on the talkies or even biking over to his house in the middle of the night. Soon the two had started to catch feelings for one another. They spend more and more time together, and soon everyone in the remaining party is suspecting them of being a thing. of course they refuse, but as time goes on, they're more and more confused. The whole ordeal is sort of **Confusing**, you know?