Stranger_Lumax
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A year after winning the Championship, Lucas has an opportunity to make it to the big-leagues, but being under the spotlight of college basketball isn't an easy task.
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- Part 2 of College
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The Best (Worst) Years of Our Lives by Stranger_Lumax
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Aug 2022
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Everyday is the same, until one morning Lucas wakes up late, and his whole schedule is screwed up for the rest of the day. He’s assigned to do a project with someone new instead of Dustin like he’d planned, and they don’t get off to a great start.
Found Family College AU.
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- Part 1 of College
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Eleven visits Max in the void and ultimately goes into her mind to try to find a memory strong enough to defeat Vecna.
AKA that one scene from the Vol 2 trailer we’re all theorizing for.
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- Part 3 of Season 4 Oneshots
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What if Max and Lucas’s stories were reversed? What if Max was the one with a happy family on Maple Street? With a little brother and parents that loved each other? What if Lucas’ was the mysterious new kid with a story a little more complicated than it seems? What if Mike and Max are childhood best friends? Everything would change.
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Max falls into a trance while visiting Billy in the cemetery and relives Starcourt.
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- Part 1 of Season 4 Oneshots
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There was another pause before a strangled sob cut the air. "I'm alive," Mike managed.
"Are you crying?"
"What- no!" Mike bit back angrily, furiously trying to scrub the tears off his face with the back of his hand. Max started to scoot under the stall again, this time ignoring Mike's protest. "The floor's gross, dude," he mumbled, trying to shield his face inadvertently.
"Yeah, well, I don't care. I already have a bunch of bullshit all over me, so," she glanced at his face. She could tell he’d definitely been crying. His eyes were glossed over and red, and he was still making his sad attempt to cover his face. “Talk to me, Wheeler.”
“I- ugh, I don’t know. You and Lucas have something good. And I have it too, I mean, I have El, and I’m happy with that, I like her, but...” He stopped quickly before he said something he would really regret. He knew that for a moment he had looked surprised at his own words, and all he could do was hope that Max hadn’t picked up on it. “No, nevermind. It’s stupid. I’m fine.”
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Instead of Robin and Steve at Starcourt, it’s Max and Mike.
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22 Feb 2026
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made from love with far to go by cherylbombshells for whalebone
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Feb 2026
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In the aftermath of Vecna’s defeat, Lucas and Max’s relationship grows stronger as they experience a bunch of firsts together.
Or, another pre-Epilogue fic.
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15 Feb 2026
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meet me at the beach house by arcadesintheneighbourhood
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Feb 2026
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“Lucas, what do you think?” Mike directs his question to his oldest, most trusted friend. Was he just clinging onto childish hope, or was this a mission worth tackling?
“I think we should have helped El when we had the chance,” Lucas answers honestly, guilt cracking at the edges of his voice. “And now we have one.”
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What if the party was grieving El more deeply than what was shown in the epilogue? What if they didn't just believe, they knew? What if they had one last mission, to bring their mage home?
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The party travels around the world to find El, and they finally do.
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27 Jan 2026
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Max and Lucas had played around with the idea of her taking him back to see California for a long time. During her grueling months of physiotherapy and school catch-up, the idea kept coming up as a dreamy, yet unrealistic goal for once all the work was finally done. It was Lucas who seriously brought up the idea for the first time during their Senior year. Because what if they just went?
Now after months of planning, and their hard-earned high school diplomas collected, the trip was officially on. Their bags were packed, the car engine was rumbling beneath them, the sun was shining, poppy music playing on the car-radio. Max was so ready to leave their cursed town in the rear-view mirror for the next three weeks. And if all went well, one day they might not have to return at all. For Lucas, California had always seemed like a distant, faraway place, and now it was about to become real. Their futures were quickly becoming real too, and taking the big step into the unknown terrified and thrilled him all at once. But as long as they were together, they could face anything.***
A Lumax California Roadtrip Fic
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21 Jan 2026
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Going from Vecna’s to her own memories, Max had thought it would be easier to stomach.
She had forgotten, for a moment, that there was a reason why Vecna had marked her in the first place.
(Or, a retrospect of Max Mayfield: from the Creel House attic to meeting Holly.)
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06 Jan 2026