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1. The dead grow here by Kay_royal

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things - Fandom  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   02 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • References to Frankenstein
   • questionable actions
   • Mad Science
   • grave robbing
   • Awkwardness
   • Reanimation
   • Inspired by Frankenstein
   • Siblings
   • Dark
   • Mystery
   • still working on it
   • Originally Posted on Tumblr
   • Alternate Universe
   • the dead grow here
   • Comfort/Angst
   • Medical Trauma
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • No Smut
   • Protectiveness
   • Protective Siblings
   • Trauma

   Summary

   Max is losing it and decides to bring Billy back from the dead. She does shady things to do it and consequences are interesting, she didn’t think this through fully.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,086

   Chapters:

   3/30

   Kudos:

   4

   Hits:

   44