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1. i don't see her, but i see her (and i know it isn't real, but i fake it anyway) by WeHearTheWilderness

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   16 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper & Dustin Henderson & Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield's Parents
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Lucas Sinclair's Parents
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Needs a Hug
   • Bisexual Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship
   • Disabled Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair Loves Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Good Friend Lucas Sinclair
   • Protective Lucas Sinclair
   • Lucas Sinclair is a Sweetheart
   • Good Significant Other Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Loves Lucas Sinclair
   • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Needs a Hug
   • Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Protective Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper is a Sweetheart
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Title from a Penelope Scott Song
   • No Beta We Die Like Jane Hopper (Possibly)
   • Tags May Change
   • Fix-It
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • This Author Does Not Use AI

   Summary

   Max Mayfield is alive. Sometimes she wishes she wasn't.
   Jane Hopper is dead. Max wishes she wasn't. All the time.
   When Jane and Max's relationship seemed off, Max didn't realize why until it was too late. Now, she's left to pick up the pieces all while learning how to walk again.

   OR: Fixing season 5 Elmax, the epilogue, and everything in between the two.
   (trigger warnings are at the end of each chapter)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,997

   Chapters:

   4/11

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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