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held close all the time, knowin’ (this was all for you.) by sweetmourninglamb11
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
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Summary
”She was alone now. She has been alone for a long time. But at least with Max, the hole in her chest seemed to fill with a burning warmth.
She wondered if Max was cold, laying comatose with thin blankets surrounding her frail body— if the cold seeped into her bones, like it did to Jane. She tethered to her best friend’s easy joy. The way her eyes seemed to crinkle at anything— teasing and warm.
Jane’s love was like a wound. Desperate, painful, and bleeding. She cared so much, it almost emptied her fully. Without Max, everything hurt. She’d cry at nothing, spending some days just trying to give herself that same warmth her best friend once did.
The warmth never came— not when she needed it.”
Or: if Max had woken up during the 18-month time skip