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1. Will the Wise, Mad Max, and Elle Jane Hopper by brianRyanBio

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   23 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • past Eleven/Mike Wheeler - Relationship
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Found Family
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper Hates Mike Wheeler
   • Will Max and El become best friends
   • Minor Mike Wheeler bashing
   • Minor Lucas Sinclair bashing
   • Its just because they are boyfriends and boyfriends suck
   • El learns to be her own person
   • season 3 episode 2
   • Canon Divergent
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Deserves Nice Things
   • Will Byers Deserves Nice Things

   Summary

   A rewrite of Season 3 Episode 2 and the season that follows.
   El dumps Mike Wheeler. But before her and Max can leave on the bus Max hears Lucas brush off Will.
   So what does she do? She brings Will along on their adventure.
   From there sparks a close trio of friends. It also helps that it sends Mike and Lucas into a frenzy.

   or

   Max decides that her Will and El are going to be friends. Oh, and Lucas and Mike suck.

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   English

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