#zoomher

        he  stood  in  the  open  driver's  side  door  of  his  car,  staring  over  the  hood  at  the  pre-teen.  his  expression  the  mirror  image  of  a  parent  at  their  wits  end  with  their  sassy  child.  why  did  he  agree  to  drive  these  shits  around?  he  wasn't  even  getting  PAID  for  the  headache  he  had  to  go  through  on  a  nearly  daily  basis.  there  must  have  been  some  unresolved  issue  underlining  this,  but  steve  quickly  shook  his  head  of  the  thought  because  he  was  dangerously  close  to  thinking  like  his  mother.  "would  you  get  in  the  car?  i  will  leave  a  kid  on  the  street,  don't  think  i  won't."  he  pointed  at  max  with  a  stern  look  then  climbed  in  himself.  buckling  his  seatbelt,  he  rolled  his  eyes  and  spread  his  hands  over  the  steering  wheel,  taking  in  a  calming  breath.  "unbelievable."

       lucas waved toward max in the hallway. he weaved through the crowd to catch up to her. he tapped her lightly on the shoulder, motioning her to take off the headphones. ever since high school it had been weird. lucas could feel the distance between them growing but he couldn’t figure out why it was happening. or what he would be able to do to stop it. lucas shoved his hand in his pockets. “so i was thinking that maybe we could get ice-cream after school today.” he leaned back on his heels, “talk about classes and everything. dustin and mike said they might stop by too - they just had to talk to eddie about the campaign.” 

❝ sinclair seems like the only choice outta' the three who wouldn't immediately flip shit if we were stuck in an elevator , so i gotta go with him . henderson ? i love the kid , but on a roadtrip i'd end up throwing him out the window . so he's my apocalypse buddy . plus , we've already kinda established that already . bein' stuck in traffic with wheeler'd be no problem , gives us plenty of time to clean up his music taste . ❞

❝ first , 'm gonna befriend el 'cause , well , she's already been adopted 'n quite frankly , her dad could and would beat the shit outta' me . second , i'm gonna adopt will . i mean , let's face it , we'd craft the most badass campaigns . besides , somebody's gotta take the bowl 'n scissors away from his mom . 'n third . . . ignore red , i guess . which would be hard since we're neighbors but . . . ❞

carter & max.   @zoomher.  ( board )

❛ so ? you with me ? i never took MAD MAX for a quitter. ❜

             ‘ yes,  my  favorite  redheaded  step  child, ’   hand  lifts  to  pat  max  on  the  head.   ‘ what  can  i  do  for  you? ’

him and max had never been close ,      not really .      not in the way he was with the others .      HE HAD LEFT HAWKINS TOO SOON ,      been too in his own head when still there .      he’d never really given her a chance .      on the other hand ,      there was nothing quite like shared trauma to bring people together .        (      now ,   they shared their own bond .    one only shared by those whose mind had been invaded by the sharpened claws of the upside down .      )        “       i can’t tell you it gets better ,      but i can tell you that you're not alone .      you know that ,      right ?      lucas would go to war for you without a second thought ,      and back in california ,      el used to talk about you all the time .      you’re her best friend .        ”     he looks at her now and he sees himself ,     THE YOUNG BOY      that never left castle byers .