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Love Me Back // Elmax Fanfiction

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Reads 254,720
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Parts 37
Time 4h 17m

Max has been feeling really odd around her best friend, El. She loves her more than she's ever loved anyone or anything, ever- as a friend, of course.

These feelings are crushing Max to pieces, and she doesn't know what to do about it.

*(Guys, they're not actually just going to be friends. They obviously like each other, they're gonna be soft lesbians, okay? Okay.)

!!MAJOR S3 SPOILERS!!

ALSO: HUUUGE TW ON THIS STORY. i'm mentally ill as hell i can't just write a happy story 😌 i've included tws before all of the chapters that i think need them, but if there's any chapter that you think should have another tw PLEASE let me know. 

(This Fanfiction takes place after season three, but Eleven and Will still live in Hawkins. Hopper is still dead, as is Billy. Eleven lives with Will and Joyce. The Party still hangs out; they are as close as ever.)

(There is also gonna be some Byler, but not whole chapters or anything like that)All Rights Reserved

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❝𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐒?❞ (𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦! 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫)

❝ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ, ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴍɪꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇ. ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʜᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ꜱʜᴇ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴀ ᴍɪꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ. ʟɪᴋᴇ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ.❞ 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 ! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! NOTE: I've been getting many different comments about how some bits of the story don't add up, but please don't be mad and lmk! I wrote this a while ago in a Google doc and I'm finally publishing now! so don't mind any mistakes because I recently edited a LOT, including storylines and names. Thanks!! Also, we're just gonna pretend in the story that Will is not gay entirely... but he is still in LGTBQ+ and also this takes place in seasons one to five once season five comes out! So this will be a long one! ;) 12-year-old Isabelle Parke recently just moved to Hawkins, Indiana, all the way from Nevada with her older brother after her mother passed away and her dad got a new job. He's working at a laboratory with his biomedical science degree called Hawkins Lab. When she goes to school and meets a group of four boys who have similar interests as her, they hit it off right away. Especially with Will Byers. They have lots in common, they're shy, love dungeons and dragons way more than the other three boys, and they both have a single parent. Not to mention, they both have older brothers who are in the same grade at Hawkins High School. This timeline follows all the way until season five so they will grow up together and help each other through both of their struggles with their past lives. She is described to have di