further apart // max mayfield x oc

1: v (dig dug)

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"the girl that looks to you, would you love her, the way that she loved you?"

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"oh you really fucked up this time..." felicity whispered, covering her eyes to avoid the bloody scene. "now isn't the time for a lecture, you've gotta help me!" her brother exclaimed, gesturing towards the hallway. "you owe me big time" she sighed, approaching the corner.

blood was spattered up the wall and small tufts of fur stuck to the floor. there was a hole in the plaster- d'artagnan was nowhere to be seen.

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"mews? mewsie?!" felicity called, crouching down and peering her head into the hedges. guilt twisted in her stomach seeing how upset her mother was and knowing the beloved cat wouldn't be coming back. "mom!" dustin called from in the house, causing felicity to whip her head around, scratching her face.  "what is it? have they found her?" claudia yelled, practically sprinting towards the door. "not exactly... but she has been seen!" he seamlessly lied, "wandering around near old cherry road."

"poor baby! what was she doing all the way over there? lissy, could you bike over?"
glaring at dustin, she grabbed her jacket.

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looking for a cat that doesn't actually exist proved harder than you'd think. felicity cycled lazily up and down the streets, softly calling out for mews and glancing into the shrubbery. she hadn't seen another kid all afternoon, until she turned the last corner and was suddenly jolted off of her bike by a flash of red hair.

"shit! i'm sorry i didn't see you!" max swore, retrieving her skateboard and turning to walk away. "it's ok, i wasn't paying much attention" felicity laughed, standing up and dusting her dress down. max turned, recognising her voice. "lis! i'm so sorry..."
"don't worry, i'm fine- see?" she said, gesturing down at her torso. "well, i didn't hurt you but your face is pretty scratched up?"
"long story... i've been looking for my cat- except not really- so probably a bramble?"
"come on, i can fix them." max said, grabbing her arm and leading her towards a house.

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felicity perched on the counter whilst max ran a cloth under the tap. carefully, she dabbed at the small cuts and opened up a first aid box. up close, you could see just how blue her eyes were and the subtle pink on her cheeks.
"this is gonna sting, i'm sorry" she muttered, pouting some antiseptic onto a cotton ball. felicity winced as it touched her skin, causing a strand of hair to fall across her eyes. without thinking, max brushed it behind her ear for her and hazel eyes met blue.

it seemed only natural then that max leaned gently in and for a brief second their lips grazed each other. a second brief enough that if you had blinked you might have missed it, but a second long enough for all the confusion clouding their minds to leave. there was no denying that felicity was falling for max.  and max was falling for the brown haired girl sat in front of her.
they pulled away, smiling. felicity swore she was dreaming.

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"i wanna tell you what happened last year. what mike doesn't want you to know"
"are you sure?" max asked, her fingers playing lightly with felicity's hair as she lay in her lap. "you need to know that if you tell anyone this you might get into loads of trouble. serious trouble. and you have to trust me"
"i do, i will. promise" max smiled reassuringly.

"ok..." felicity sighed, "when will went missing last year, he didn't just get lost in the woods or something. he got lost... somewhere else. this is gonna sound crazy but he went to another dimension. its called the upside d-down..."
she proceeded to tell the wide eyed girl everything that had happened, the strange girl they had met, hawkins lab, everything.

"...and that was the last time we saw her." she finished, suddenly aware of the tears on her cheeks. cautiously, she looked up to meet max's face. "this seems crazy. why should i believe you? this has to be made up- else why didn't you tell me this before?" she whispered. "i didn't want to drag you into it! look, i care about you a lot ok? and i'm not about to let you get eaten by a d-demogorgon!"

the harsh frown on max's face melted into a subtle smile. "you care about me?"
"of course i do! you're the closest friend i've ever really had, you make me so happy and i don't want to loose you like we lost el or will because i really like you! ...i mean... fuck-" she trailed off, blushing and visibly cringing.
"you... like me?"
"sorry! it's just you're so pretty and you care about me and you make me happy and then we literally just... i just thought-"
felicity was cut off with another kiss.

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830 words
kinda short chapter i know
-but i hope you enjoyed!!

this chapter is dedicated to Ltozier my adorable best fren (because she yelled at me to write it faster) <3

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