#pearly_pairings

[pearlypairings]

Welcome to my page, I’m Pearly🦪 (updated 2/2/24)

A bit about me first, since I’m tumblr-illiterate, I’m a:

romantic at heart

happily married to my high school sweetheart

absolutely adore the opposites attract trope & lots of fluff and comfort

I write as Pearly_Pairings on AO3, typically for the Stranger Things fandom with occasional dives into Twin Peaks for shits and gigs.

Masterlist of fics below the line :)

On Tumblr:

Masterlist of 2024 Birthday Prompts event

ST pairings: hellcheer, photocheer, clarkelley, stali, platonic stobin

On AO3:

Stranger Things- Eddie x Chrissy

✨so much (for) stardust stardust-inspired || mild angst to fluffy ending || 5.5k one-shot 💐 In the Shade of Aurelias  chrissy-centric || fantasy/nobility au || WIP 9/? || updated 2/2/24 ⚰️ all good dates at the cemetery chrissy POV || heavy angst, happy ending || inspired by smallville || 3k one-shot 🍃 not a sound, but the wind  hurt/comfort || no vecna/upside down au || completed 6/6 || 19k wc 🎨 painting (a masterpiece):  established relationship || fluff/comfort; first apartment || 4k one-shot 📜 Dear Donna,  chrissy POV || penpal letter format || S4 fix-it || completed 15/15 || 8.5k wc 🧮 Meet Me at Our Spot  library meet-cute || no vecna-upside down, fast-burn || 10k one-shot 🌧️Open the Sky and Let Her Come Down  sleepover/crush confessional || angst to fluff, friends to lovers || completed 2/2 || 10k wc 🤘 Do or Die  S4 fix-it || canon typical violence || slow-burn, hurt/comfort || completed 16/16 || 61k wc 

Stranger Things- Jonathan x Chrissy

📸 there is a light that never goes out  jonathan-centric || no upside-down au, slow burn || completed 13/13 || 51k wc

photocheer tag for art and blurbs:)

Stranger Things Series 🧮

💌Letters from Max Mayfield : collection of letters written by Max to her family & the Party based on S4

Twin Peaks- Gen 🌄

☕Coffee and Contemplation ST x Twin Peaks || Agent Cooper POV || supernatural mystery || on hiatus; last updated 2.5.23 ❤️‍🔥 Twin Flames Divided laura & audrey || canon compliant, complicated friendship, angst || 2.5k one-shot

Thanks for reading and being so supportive of my writing :) every interaction has been absolutely delightful! Feel free to chat in my dms or ask inbox💕

xoxo

*this post will be updated as I go as fics are added or updated :)*

[pearlypairings]

awww it's my fluffy penpal fic!!

thanks for posting about this oldie, but a goodie<3

Dear Donna,

Author: @pearlypairings

Rating/Warning: Teen and up audience

Chapter Count: 15/15

Description:

Chrissy Cunningham, the queen of Hawkins, finds solace in writing her childhood penpal well beyond the norm into highschool.

Here's the collection of Chrissy's letters to her penpal Donna about the strange spring of 1986... and her new "friend" Eddie Munson that helped her get through it all.

Tags: Alternate universe- canon divergence, alternate universe- everyone lives/nobody dies, penpals au, letters, fluff, slow-burn, Eddie is a sweetie, outside POV, Chrissy POV, multiple chapters, status: completed

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

Questions : 2, 4, 6, 8 if u want to anwser

Of course I want to, and thank you for asking, anonymous friend! 😄

2. Do you read/reread your own fics?

Quite embarrassingly, yes, I do. Especially immediately before and after posting. I don’t know why!

4. How many WIPs do you have right now?

Only one actual WIP. I do also have a bunch of vague notes and half-formed ideas kicking around, though.

6. Are there any fics from others that you reread all the time?

There actually are quite a few, but my top three right now are:

not a sound, but the wind by pearly_pairings ( @pearlypairings ) such a beautiful vividly sweet story of two schmoopies realizing on a snowy day that they’ve fallen in love.

Guidance Counseling by mrstater ( @khaleesa ) a coming of age story that will have you laughing, crying, and cheering at the end, even though you won’t want it to end.

the buzz by hangonsilvergirl ( @hangon-silvergirl ) guarantee you will NOT stop laughing throughout this entire modern-day texting fic!

If you’re a Hellcheer fan, anonymous, all three of those come highly recommended!

8. What project(s) are you currently working on?

I’ve got a bunch of vague ideas but I’ve only started actively outlining two - 1) a “prequel” featuring the love story of Eleven and Gareth (that’s the WIP) and 2) a short follow-up to With a Little Help From My Friends that will cover Chrissy’s pregnancy up until the birth of wee baby Munson.

Thank you so much for the fun questions! 😘

Ask me anything

[hellcheerforeverfan]

A list of my Favorite HellCheer Writings

Dear Donna by pearly_pairings

Old Haunts by a-strange-inkling

Five Drunks and A Cheerleader by PhoenixTalon

New Year’s 1990 by a_strange_inkling

Uncle Dustin by boomhauer

New Home by boomhauer

[dreamingofmaidensandmonsters]

Sorry if I'm bothering you with this, but I saw you commenting that you like Jon/Chrissy, so I wanted to know if you've read "there is a light that never goes out" by pearly_pairings? It's a very good story, and it's so cute to see them fall in love lol, and it's so well written

Hi, fellow jonchrissy fan!! I have not cause I don't really read fics for the ships I write. Sorry! But thank you for leaving a rec! I'm sharing this in case anyone is interested in reading a jonchrissy fic. Check it out, guys!

[pearlypairings]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Tagged by @pipergirl17- thank you darling!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Officially? 17! Unofficially inc my anon works, 22!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

225,303 which is wild to me!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I mainly write with Stranger Things (heavy on the Chrissy-centric fics with ships :P) and drop the occasional Twin Peaks one-shot.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Do or Die (first ever ST fic!)

not a sound but the wind (ST hellcheer)

Meet Me At Our Spot (ST hellcheer)

In an Envelope Marked: Harrington (ST Max & Steve friendship)

Open the Sky and Let Her Come Down (ST hellcheer)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I love chatting with readers and try to respond to comments as they come in (occasionally I fall behind depending on my work sched, but I always respond!).

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

My Twin Peaks fic Twin Flames Divided is very similar to its canon source, so has to be angsty and a little out there! Definitely angstier than my usual fics!

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

So far I think Dear Donna, (my hellcheer slow burn told through letters) has the happiest, tooth-rotting fluff around. But all of my Chrissy fics have happy endings :)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I would say no, not really! Thankfully, everyone's been super supportive in the comments and on tumblr:)

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Only once!! It's anon and was posted for Kinktober as like a little writer challenge for myself to see if I COULD do it. It was fun, but I'll leave the smut to the professionals lol.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I wrote on that's currently on hiatus, but had SO much fun with it! IT's a TP x ST crossover where Agent Cooper is brought into the midst of season 4's crazy supernatural murders. I'd love to get back into it, but I have other brainworms I want to work on now.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Don't think so!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also, no, but I'd be so into that!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not yet! But I'd love to be a co-conspirator with my main squeeze @1lostsoul0fishbowl someday when our schedules and inspo lines up to try it!

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Hellcheer has been my big one, but I'm starting to fall in love with some ST rarepairs lately...so we'll see if it stays that way.

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Hmm any unfinished WIPs of mine will be finished in their own time. I have a hard time admitting one might be unfinished, because my core perfectionism won't allow anything to be left undone!

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think my dialogue is a decent guiding factor in my writing! It's at least my favorite portion to write!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

In general, allowing more creativity to flow while I'm writing. I went to college with an emphasis on more direct, scientific writing....But now I'm trying to unlearn all the drills of no flowery language or complex sentences to write with better immersion and storytelling.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'm not confident enough to do that, unless I'm very knowledgeable in that language. But it's rare for me to inject that into the fics I write.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Twin Peaks technically!

20. Favorite fic you've written?

That's like picking a favorite child! But back against the wall, today my favorite is there is a light that never goes out , my wip for jonathan x chrissy. It's moody, it's 80s cheesy, and it's cute :)

Tagging off the top of my head: @1lostsoul0fishbowl @hangon-silvergirl @erythromanc3r @a-strange-inkling and anyone who likes guac is welcome to answer and tag me as the source;)

[pearlypairings]

Update schedule for some current WIPs

Right now, I"m editing my extra long chapter update for In the Shade of Aurelias---- I hope to post that by Wednesday after the last redrafting !

Dear Donna, will have its final chapter posted this weekend which feels so bittersweet <3 I'll miss that little comforting penpalship for Chrissy and Donna, but it's certainly time to complete the work on a happy note.

Coffee and Contemplation & not a sound, but the wind have rough draft chapters and will wait to be posted until the end of next week/early March for me to do clean-up and re-edits.

Thank you for reading and staying in the loop with me. If you're bored and have any funny comments or fic questions, shoot me an ask :) they're always open! Thanks for all the patience

[pearlypairings]

Please accept this Sunday offering of photocheer💖

Ch 5/? || jonathan/chrissy || peak angst || 4k wc

[pearlypairings]

and I—oop!

hit me like a ray of sun

burning through my darkest night

you’re the only one that I want

think I’m addicted to your light

[pearlypairings]

chapter 6 posted!

chrissy and jonathan finally get to talk and open up about what's been holding them back lately.

[pearlypairings]

welcome to my page :)

I am Pearly_Pairings on AO3—typically I write fic for Stranger Things with the occasional dive into Twin Peaks for shits and gigs! I adore reading/writing tropes like opposites attract, tooth-rotting fluff, and tons of comfort. I've compiled most of of my fics, drabbles, and moodboards here :)

Updated 8/30/24 ✍️

Stranger Things- Eddie x Chrissy

✨so much (for) stardust stardust-inspired || mild angst to fluffy ending || 5.5k one-shot 💐 In the Shade of Aurelias  chrissy-centric || fantasy/nobility au || WIP 9/? || updated 2/2/24 ⚰️ all good dates at the cemetery chrissy POV || heavy angst, happy ending || inspired by that smallville cemetery scene || 3k one-shot 🍃 not a sound, but the wind  hurt/comfort || no vecna/upside down au || completed- 19k wc 🎨 painting (a masterpiece):  established relationship || fluff/comfort; first apartment || 4k one-shot 📜 Dear Donna,  chrissy POV || penpal letter format || canon divergent/fix-it|| completed- 8.5k wc 🧮 Meet Me at Our Spot  library meet-cute || no vecna-upside down, fast-burn || 10k one-shot 🌧️Open the Sky and Let Her Come Down  sleepover/crush confessional || pining, friends to lovers || completed- 10k wc 🤘 Do or Die  S4 fix-it || slow-burn, hurt/comfort || completed- 61k wc 

Stranger Things- Jonathan x Chrissy

📸 there is a light that never goes out  jonathan-centric || no upside-down au, slow burn || completed- 51k wc

active wip!💡 Let the Light In (sequel to TIAL ^^) chrissy-centric || still a slow burn baby, angsty, happy ending || wip ch 3/?|| 8/29/24

photocheer moodboards and blurbs:)

Stranger Things- Steve x Chrissy

🍸 The Coast is Clear - inspired by this post country club shenanigans || friends to lovers, mutual pining, fluffy first kiss || 5.5k one-shot

Stranger Things- Patrick x Chrissy

active wip!burnin' through the darkest night patrick-centric || next door neighbors, angst & a whole lot of pining babes || wip ch3/? || 6/25/24 patrick x chrissy moodboard

Stranger Things Series 🧮

Letters from Max Mayfield : collection of letters written by Max to her family & the Party based on canon S4 hellcheer word prompt series: drabbles and ficlets in response to monthly word/phrase prompts, like party crashing, tattoo, sewing

Coming Soon✨: charlie's angels au for Nancy, Chrissy and Robin 🔫💋🔊

☕Coffee and Contemplation ST x Twin Peaks || Agent Cooper POV || supernatural mystery || on hiatus; last updated 2.5.23 🔥🔥 Twin Flames Divided laura & audrey || canon compliant, complicated friendship, angst || 2.5k one-shot

Masterlist of 2024 Birthday Prompts tumblr event

various ST pairings: hellcheer, photocheer, clarkelley, stali, platonic stobin

12 days of birthday-themed prompts

drabbles, ficlets, and fics depending on the prompt :)

*will be updated as more is added!*

[pearlypairings]

Pssst.

Hey.

Hey you...

I did something, mmm, kinda out of the ordinary for my usual writing routine. AKA started a fic that's not hellcheer for once😅 forgive me Father Eddie, for I have sinned—

jonathan x chrissy | wip : 6k wc | slowburn, angst, eventual fluff | ch 2/?

summary: a photography commission from the unofficial Queen of Hawkins for her boyfriend sends introverted Jonathan Byers on a reluctant journey, discovering not all cheerleaders are the same. Some are very observant, thoughtful, and even full of self-doubt and responsibility like him...

read below the line for a preview :)

Jonathan carefully plucked the latest batch of photos from the first wash bin. The darkroom was bathed in red with the faint hum of the safelights burrowing into the background, Jonathan’s focus undeterred by the constant buzzing. Whenever he pulled those heavy darkroom curtains closed, he drifted into another world, a state of perfect flow for his work.

Last weekend he’d spent over 6 hours stalking through the woods, hoping to find the perfect overcast shadows over Skull Rock or a fawn grazing on the new growth at the edge of the pines. Instead, Jonathan had stumbled upon the ruins of a Hawkins High party, practically apocalyptic in nature with the way cans, bottles, and clothes were left strewn about the brush and the earth floor.

He had nearly rushed through the littered party ruins until a glint of the noon sun caught his eye. Under the cover of a weedy fern, a dainty gold necklace glimmered in the light, half-covered in patches of dirt and surrounded by a heavy shoe print, a thick-soled sneaker by the looks of the imprint. It was almost too poetic; the year of his graduation stuck out from under the dirt, bathed in a golden light, while the chain buckled under the dirt and grime of the life around it, like dismal foreshadowing.

Minutes ticked on as he adjusted his camera’s lens for a close-up, leaning back on his left foot to get the angle just right for the flare above the "86" pendant. He snapped two just in case—keeping his fingers crossed that he captured the foreboding atmosphere. There was something magnetic about it.

The rest of the afternoon he shot about a dozen more photos, including a rabbit poking its head out from its burrow which the older Hawkins folk would adore, a family of mossy stones congregating by a snaking vine, and a majestic hawk, brownish in color, opening its wide wingspan from its perch on the pine tree.

Not his best nature photography by his own scale, but there had to be something usable for the Hawkins Post, who always seemed in need of decent local photography to accompany their articles. He’d already been featured twice this past summer from his photos of the town fair and the downtown block party.

Jonathan had to wait until today to process the film; Tuesdays were when Mrs. Franklin unlocked the school’s darkroom for the school newspaper, The Weekly Streak, and the yearbook club. Jonathan had joined both groups in order to utilize the room for free and made sure to at least do the bare minimum for each club meeting. Mrs. Franklin turned a blind eye whenever he brought in his own film to develop, casually complimenting his artsy photos of sad, empty parking lots, once even slipping him a Lincoln to tuck a portrait of a distant stranger at Lover’s Lake into her spiral agenda.

Being a senior meant he only had one more year to take advantage of free film developing, a perk he never took for granted, since his part-time job at the Hawk barely covered the extra groceries at home—let alone stuff for Jonathan’s expensive hobby. Film added up pretty quickly, so whatever change was left over from his paycheck, he scrimped and saved until he could buy another 33mm cartridge from Melvald’s. The supplies for developing were way more than that and harder to conserve. With that somber idea in mind, he took care in transferring the first three photos from the prep solution to the next chemical mixture, not wasting a single scrap of this opportunity.

Some days he wondered if the acrid fumes helped or hindered him, the chemicals seeping into the air with a heavy, almost-metallic smell. As a freshman, it used to burn his nose, his eyes, any of the sensitive sources for sensation. Three years of experience later, he barely noticed any odor, having drifted with the humming of the safelights into the background of his awareness.

With the last slosh of the bath, Jonathan nearly jumped with the classroom light suddenly poking through the slit of the door creaking opening. If these photos were ruined, he’d have to start the painstakingly lengthy process all over again from the negatives. Fred Benson, another senior in the journalism club, had a habit of ignoring the “in use: keep out” sign and incidentally destroying all of Jonathan’s hardwork with his objectionable entrances.

Jonathan sighed, almost a groan by its volume, in exasperation. He didn’t have the energy to deal with Fred’s incessant questions right now; he always seemed to have special requests for his articles at the last minute. And while he claimed to prefer Jonathan’s work to the other student photographers, it never stopped him from making Jonathan retake photos of the same art class gallery or demanding another professional headshot for his college portfolio.

He covered the bins and snuck past the curtain protecting the developing photos, narrowing his eyes at the unwelcome thorn in his side. “Fr–”

“I’m sorry,” The voice that interrupted was sweet, meek even. Definitely not Fred’s weasley intonation and that caught Jonathan off guard. “Fred said it was okay to come in, but I should have waited—you look busy.”

Chrissy Cunningham shrunk her frame, her arms crossed over her cheer sweater, with the dip of her head showing off the blonde bangs perfectly coiffed over her brows......

More in the link:)

[pearlypairings]

May I offer my fic that fits like....90% of this ???

okay but jonathan having a crush on chrissy bc he has to take all these pics of the cheerleaders for the newspaper and yearbook and stuff and seeing how nice she is but she’s popular and well off and he’s a weirdo and poor so he doesn’t think she’d even give him a chance so he just stares at her a lot and pines

meanwhile chrissy has a crush on jonathan because he’s so sweet and kind and such a good older brother and she saw one of his more artsy photos once when the art teacher plastered some student work on a wall and thought it was really pretty but she doesn’t think he’d ever like her bc she’s can’t imagine anyone liking her so she just stares at him a lot and pines

[pearlypairings]

....yeah I hellcheer'ed this!

the fandom needed more "awkward teens introducing their dead loved ones to their love interest"😅 

enjoy:)

[pearlypairings]

First time writing and posting from Eddie's POV 🙈

Lemme know how off I did with this day of hellcheer trying to deal with Laura's bullshit in a healthy, but still adorably fun way💞

[pearlypairings]

Sweet lil' intro

Welcome to my page, I’m Pearly🦪 (updated 8/27/23)

I haven’t been on tumblr for very long, so I’m still learning the ropes of tumblr culture (ahh, I’m old I’m sorry >.<). But here’s my best attempt at an intro about me and my works:

💎 Romantic at heart

💎 Happily married to my high school sweetheart

💎 Absolutely adore the opposites attract trope and lots of fluff and comfort

I’m Pearly_Pairings on AO3 and mainly write Hellcheer for Stranger Things with the occasional dives into Twin Peaks for shits and gigs.

📓My WIPs

📸 there is a light that never goes out (jonathan x chrissy, no supernatural au slow burn, updated 8.27.23)

💐 In the Shade of Aurelias (chrissy-centric hellcheer AU, fantasy/nobility, updated 7.30.23)

☕Coffee and Contemplation (ST x Twin Peaks crossover, supernatural mystery, on hiatus last updated 2.5.23)

📜My Completed Works include:

🍃 not a sound, but the wind (hellcheer, happy ending hurt/comfort, 6 chapters)

📜painting (a masterpiece): (established hellcheer, fluff/comfort first apartment, one-shot)

📜Dear Donna, (hellcheer-centric, penpal letter format)

📜Do or Die (hellcheer, S4 fix-it fic, multi-ch)

📜Open the Sky and Let Her Come Down (hellcheer, sleepover fluff, two-shot)

📜Meet Me at Our Spot (hellcheer, Hawkins library AU, one-shot)

🧮My Series:

💌Letters from Max Mayfield (collection of letters from Max to her family/the Party)

*Will update this post as I go and it’s not fully inclusive of all my works just the main ones at the moment! 

Thanks for reading and being so supportive of my modest efforts :) all the interactions have been absolutely delightful!💕

xoxo