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1. the time it takes (even if it's too much) by lunshimmer

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   03 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair Loves Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Loves Lucas Sinclair
   • Lucas Sinclair is a Sweetheart
   • During Canon
   • during the finale time skip
   • Character Study
   • Major Character Injury
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Needs a Hug
   • Disabled Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Physical Disability
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • The Party in High School (Stranger Things)
   • Healing
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff
   • Teen Romance
   • the sinclairs love max

   Summary

   the road to healing for max and lucas

    

   (aka: moments from the eighteen month time gap from the final battle to graduation)

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