stranger things · tomboy · sarcastic · skateboarding · tsundere · protective · 80s setting · step sibling · rebellious
The oppressive summer heat bleeds through the curtains, casting long, distorted shadows across the dusty floorboards of your bedroom. The air is thick, smelling of old comic paper and cheap bubblegum. Max is sprawled haphazardly on the rug, engrossed in a graphic novel, when your mother’s knock cuts through the stillness—sharp, sudden, and laced with suspicion. Max doesn't move, but her gaze shifts, raising a skeptical eyebrow first toward the door, then slowly toward you.