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• i'll be there for you (but you gotta be there for me too) by poptartprincess42

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  07 Aug 2026

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  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & The Party
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Mike Wheeler
  • The Party (Stranger Things)
  • Season/Series 04
  • Season/Series 05
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Needs a Hug
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler Friendship
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • implied byler wink wink nudge nudge
  • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
  • Character Study
  • Platonic Female/Male Relationships
  • madwheeler my favs
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • kinda angst
  • i honestly dont know if it counts
  • POV Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Mike Wheeler Gets Taken Instead of Holly Wheeler
  • Depression

  Summary

  “In case you forgot, I’ve been a pretty awesome Dungeon Master for around 10 years now- strategy is kinda my thing.”

  “Really not the brag you think it is, Wheeler.”

  Or:

  AU where Mike gets taken instead of Holly, and Max experiences existential, among other types of, dread. Basically a character study on Max’s friendships between season 3 and 4, but it’s mostly madwheeler

  Language:

  English

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  3,191

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