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so make the friendship bracelets

Summary:

madmax: i tetxing and skatign rn
madmax: ill be ther so0n

farrahfawcetthair: MAX NO
farrahfawcetthair: DO NOT TEXT AND SKATE

madmax: wahtre u gon do? gorund me?

farrahfawcetthair: YES

madmax: tyr me

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this is your generic stranger things texting fic. its funny, its silly, it deals with serious topic occasionally, i blast all my headcanons on the characters because that's what chatfics are for

(this is a version of my previously written fic but with a work skin added to it to make it look like real texts)

Notes:

i think most everything is explained in the beginning or throughout. this is actually a repost type thing of one of my fics that is already up, i wanted to test out using a work skin for the first time to make it look like real texts so thats why i reuploaded it

i am working on the formatting for the other three chapters but until i get those posted here... they are up for the other fic

I'm not sure if everyone shows up in the first chapter but here are everybody's usernames/nicknames and also will is the blue texts

bikewheels – Mike
boysdontcry – Will
dustbunny – Dustin
lukeypoo – Lucas
eggoenthusiast – El
madmax – Max
nancydrewwithagun – Nancy
rockinrobin – Robin
farrahfawcetthair – Steve
edwardthebanished – Eddie
smokeyourleafygreens – Jonathan
brochachos – Argyle

Chapter Text

party n pseudo parent chat

dustbunny
arcade rides anybody?
my mom is aksing
farrahfawcetthair
i never said that?....
dustbunny
no
you didn’t
momma claudia
lukeypoo
your mom is an icon
also who changed my username?
imma fight
dustbunny

i might be guilty
eggoenthusiast
Hopper and Joyce are on a date so Will and I will take your mom up on the offer, Dustin.
madmax
el, sweets
you dont have to use proper punctuation or capitalization when youre texting
dustbunny
she said that works, she’ll pick you up soon
also max is right
grammar in the chat is like my femininity
buried
lukeypoo
press f to pay your respects
dustbunny
no
i murdered that bitch
lukeypoo
nvm no f’s in the chat
can we f to my masculinity?
i wanna bury some of it
lukeypoo
wait will, did you just come out?
have I never mentioned that I’m transfemme?
dustbunny
no, that’s common knowledge will
as long as its still he/she pronouns
lukeypoo
am i the only one who didn’t know this?
madmax
yes
eggoenthusiast
yes
bikewheels
yes
nancydrewwithagun
yes
rockinrobin
yes
smokeyourleafygreens
yes
farrahfawcetthair
yes
madmax
also f
eggoenthusiast
f
bikewheels
f
dustbunny
f
nancydrewwithagun
f
rockinrobin
f
smokeyourleafygreens
f
lukeypoo
f
farrahfawcetthair
f
thanks
I wore those purple vans to school yesterday
and a couple kids made some comments about they were girls shoes and how I should just be a girl
and then I could date guys
but thanks for the validation
bikewheels
need me to come over?
no, dust and his mom just pcieked el and I up
*picked
dustbunny
we made el sit in the fromt with mom so i could give will a hug
dust is a good friend
bikewheels
give him an extra hug for me dustin
nancydrewwithagun
is anyone else seeing this
rockinrobin
dude dm me cause I see it too

dm between nancydrewwithagun and rockinrobin

nancydrewwithagun
so you noticed that my idiot brother mike is madly inlove with will
rockinrobin
im gay and i have eyes so yeah
nancydrewwithagun
same
but bi
rockinrobin
wait you like girls
nancydrewwithagun
ive dated girls
rockinrobin
barb right?
freshman yr?
nancydrewwithagun
yeah
yaknow
id be up to date a girl again
since jon and I broke up
rockinrobin
wait srs
IM SINGLE
nancydrewwithagun
that’s what i was implying
rockinrobin
wait like srs
cause I don’t always get the social clues and implied sutff
the tism
nancydrewwithagun
yes
robin bobbin buckley would you go on a date with me
rockinrobin
yes

party n pseudo parent chat

rockinrobin
MNBVCDE#$%YUIOKJH
farrahfawcetthair
rob you good
rockinrobin
yes
no
maybe
nancydrewwithagun
hes fine
just excited
rockinrobin
yes
freakin out
nan’s right
farrahfawcetthair
ok
dustbunny
hey guys
will el and i are here
where are you
lukeypoo
my mom just pulled in the parking lot
bikewheels
nancy is starting the car right now
madmax
i tetxing and skatign rn
ill be ther so0n
farrahfawcetthair
MAX NO
DO NOT TEXT AND SKATE
madmax
wahtre u gon do? gorund me?
farrahfawcetthair
YES
madmax
tyr me
farrahfawcetthair
YOUNG LADY I WILL
madmax
im not a lady
farrahfawcetthair
sorry
YOUNG CHILD I WILL
dustbunny
we stan steeb for the correcting her misgendering
bikewheels
yeah
also max what pronouns today
madmax
they/she
also hurry up and get here
yeah mike
were waiting on you
rockinrobin
have fun at the arcade!
eggoenthusiast
Thanks Robin!

party n pseudo parent chat

bikewheels
can someone shoot me?
madmax
duoble suicide pls
bikewheels
ill take you up on it
smokeyourleafygreens
no
farrahfawcetthair
i second htat
bikewheels
but mommmmmm
madmax
its wida testing day
farrahfawcetthair
i approve the death sentences
rockinrobin
i never thought id ever see steev agree to death
but here we are
smokeyourleafygreens
why may i ask do yall hate this
madmax
well it s ELL testing
bikewheels
and we both know english
farrahfawcetthair
but the govrnment thinks kids need to englsh test
every fucking year
it was one of the best parts abotu graduating
not haveing to take that stupid test
smokeyourleafygreens
dude
thats that thing you complained about last year
i remember
farrahfawcetthair
yeah its the worst
rockinrobin
whyd you have to take it?
also why do you kids have to take it
farrahfawcetthair
oh im adopted
internationally
from france
wheni was like six
so like i speak french
bc i learned to talk b4 i left
madmax
me too kinda
i wasnt adopted, immigration
rockinrobin
oh i didn’t knwo that
madmax
actually steve and i are cousins
farrahfawcetthair
its true
bioloigally
nancydrewwithagun
my mom can’t have kids so were all adopted
bikewheels
im the onlyinternatiln one that wasnt a english speaking conty
nancydrewwithagun
its the big family secret tho so nobody can say anything
rockinrobin
your secret is safe with me
mike is super cool cause he can still speak russin
farrahfawcetthair
why didn’t we know this back when we were trying to figure out that russian code??
dustin!
dustbunny
that wouldve been a good idea
hey mike, next time we find a secret russian code, will you help us translate it?
bikewheels
sure, id be happy to help
i need a more practical use for this special skill
dustbunny
there you go steve!
(high five mike!)
bikewheels
(high five back to you dust!)
edwardthebanished
so steve...
is steve really your name?
madmax
NO!
farrahfawcetthair
max if you tell them mine, ill tell them yours
madmax
my franch name is maxence
its a boys name but its cool
and ill tell you steves
max isn’t that your zoomer’s name?
madmax
yeah
thats so cool that you go t to name your charcater after your name
eggoenthusiast
thats a pretty name max
lukeypoo
^^
madmax
thx guys
edwardthebanished
so what’s steves
rockinrobin
i wannw know
farrahfawcetthair
max i will pay you like fifty bucks to not tell them
madmax
i dont need money
Étienne
thats hisname
edwardthebanished
thank you max
i will find a way to repay you
ill offer you fifty bucks that i stole from steve
madmax
its fine
well, i have to go, stupid testing time
bikewheels
time to go get tested on a language that ive known forver and speak fluently
we can go get ice cream after school if that makes you feel better mike
bikewheels
sounds like a date will
dustbunny
i think everyne sees it
rockinrobin
everyone has seen it

party n pseudo parent chat

s anyone awake?
dustbunny
iam
can you ft?
dustbunny
sure lemme call you

“Hey what’s up Will?” Dustin asked.

“I can’t sleep without getting a nightmare and I didn’t feel like waking Mom or Jonathan. I just need someone to talk to for now,” Will explained.

“Do you want me to listen or do you wanna have a full on conversation?” Dustin asked, yawning.

“Umm, well. There’s something I need to tell you,” Will said.

“Okay.”

“I have a crush on Mike,” Will said.

“That’s obvious Will,” Dustin snarked.

“Seriously?” Will said, sighing and rolling over in his bed.

“Yeah. Painfully obvious. You two flirt all the time,” Dustin said.

“Well, I don’t know if he likes me, but it would be fun to go on a date,” Will said.

“Ask him out. I honestly thought that you two went on a date the other day,” Dustin said.

“Really?” Will asked.

“Yeah, but Lucas and I were talking and he told me that Mike told him that he has a crush on you but doesn’t want to ask you out,” Dustin rambled.

“Well, thanks Dust. I’m gonna ask him out now,”

party n pseudo parent chat

madmax
fuck the patriarchy
keychain on the ground
madmax
we were always skipping town
I was thinking on the drive down
any time now
hes gonna say its love
you never called it what it was
rockinrobin
til we were dead
and gone
and buried
check the pulse
madmax
and come back swearing
it’s the same
after three months in the grave
rockinrobin
and you wonder where it went to
edwardthebanished
wtf is this
I hate it
madmax
lemme skip ahead
AND YOU CALL ME UP AGAIN JUST TO BREAK ME LIKE A PROMISE
SO CASUALLY CRUEL IN THE NAME OF BEING HONEST
rockinrobin
IM A CRUMPLED UP PIECE OF PAPER LYING HERE
eggoenthusiast
max?
madmax
remember the movie we watched the other day?
eggoenthusiast
yeah
what does that have to do with htis
madmax
this is the song from the movie
You wAtched the alL tOo WelL short filM wiTHout me????
madmax
srry
I had to ulture el
you wanna come over and watch it tonight
i wish
i have a migraine and an earache and astomache and my hips hurt
im literally laying in bed like a sac f potatoes bc I hurt so much
rockinrobin
should we be concerned?
no
ive tried to take my meds like three times and I keep vomiting it up
ill try again later but I dont want to waste toomany
ther expesnisev
live love luagh chronic ilness
bikewheels
can i ome over and keep you ompany
yeah fs
also does your c key not work mikey
bikewheels
I donrt think it does willt

party n pseudo parent chat

im in my mary’s song (oh my my my) era
nancydrewwithagun
I FUCKING KNEW IT
bikewheels
HGFDSW34RTYHJ
no more mirrorball era
nancydrewwithagun
will im giving you a hug for evr thingking you were in your mirrorball era
madmax
^
its oka friends
also I TOOK MY MEDS WITHOUT THROWIN UP!!!!!!
madmax
YAY WILL
did mike help with that
bikewheels
fuck you max
and yes
yes i did
he just rubbed my back itl it kicjd in
so I didn’t trhow up
I stil hurt like sufckin hell
n km probably gonne throw up m dinnar later
but I dnt hrut as mcuhe rn
rockinrobin
good 4 u will
srry if im oversteppin its the tism
but you mentioned chronic illnaess ealrer
oh no probalm
ihon estly enohy talkin aboutit
so I have fibromyalgia n neuropathy in my legs n just a causal fatigue disroder n I get migraines oten
plus im hard of hearinf cause my dsd usd to hit mes
and I HAVE THE TISM TOO
almsot all of us have the tism
madmax
i major leaugue have the tism
bikewheels
me and my little sister, holly, habe the tism
holly has high support needs and I have v lowsupport needs
don let him lie to you
mike shud have higher support needs thaen he does but internalized abelims
dustbunny
my “theyre talking about the tism” sense is tingling
I have the tism
also congrats on the relationship and takin your meds will
I feel like a proud dad
I feel like a prouf dad of myself
bikewheels
you are my favorite person on this earth
youre mine too
rockinrobin
we shud make a sep tism chat
madmax
ill make it

the tism club

madmax
so its me, dust, mike, will, robin
I would ass steve but I don’t want to out his tism
dustbunny
didnt you lit just out him
madmax
fuck
fuking autism
im a fuckin idiot
forget evrythig ive eber fucking said
dustbunny
madmax no
youre not an idiot
we love you
madmax
this week has been a fuck of a week
and its cooe chrasing down it the past liek five mins
iam coemin over now
bikewheels
ill come over too
if you want me to
dustbunny
same
madmax
if you want to sit here at watch me have a mental breakdown
goforit
but im not gnna be fun to hangout with
all the lihtg are off n I cant take my haedphoens off
im cool with that
lights n snds are overrrraterd
rockinrobin
do you kids need me to pick oy up?
ill coem too
dustbunny
max im bringing snacks whats safe rn
madmax
ummm…
I haevnt eaten anythin todsay
so im not usre
maybe a smoothie from the placeon main
dustbunny
strwaberry right
madmax
yeah
please dotn try to pt the protein powder init
it screws up the texturs
thast so ture
ill brign gummiworms
I hope thoseare still safe
cuse tgats all ive eaten in the pastweek
AND MY VITAMINS AND PROTEIN PILLS SO TAHT I DON’T DIE
don’t worry gusy
madmax
those gummiworns are good
can you bring the magazine i let u borow to
rep right?
madmax
yeah
rockinrobin
im pullin up to yor hosue
is the door unlcoeks
madmax
my mms home
shell get it
bikewheels
is it just me or shuld we addsteve now
cause even if its an acciden that weknwo
we stil knwo
rockinrobin
i will add him
rockinrobin added farrahfawcetthair to the chat
madmax
ididn’t mean to tellem
srry steve
farrahfawcetthair
what?
oh isee now
doesnt matter kid
I dont care if ya mention it
madmax
ok
i stiil feelb ad
farrahfawcetthair
noproblemo
aslo do you want me to comeover too
madmax
if u want
no pressur