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1. The secrets between us by atherenz

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield's Parents
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Needs a Hug
   • Cheating Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield-centric
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Emotional Infidelity
   • My First AO3 Post
   • Cheating Max Mayfield

   Summary

   Max has been struggling ever since the Starcourt mall incident, refusing to admit it and rejecting all pity from the party. Will a little spat at the table cause a series of events to unfold? Or was it just fate to bring two bickering love birds together all along?

   Language:

   English

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   13,999

   Chapters:

   7/?

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