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send in a symbol i’ll answer the corresponding question about my muse!

[ 🫀 ] does your muse make decisions with their head or their heart? perhaps a bit of both?

[ 🏉 ] would you say your muse lives up to their potential? are they trying to, or could they care less?

[ 💥 ] is your muse protective of those they care for? if so, how do they show it?

[ 👓 ] does your muse tend to judge others, or are they more open-minded?

[ 💍 ] does your muse have trouble committing to others? are they comfortable being this way, or would they prefer to be different?

[ 🏛 ] does your muse have any strange interests? do they keep these interests to themselves, or are they comfortable sharing them with others?

[ 🧭 ] does your muse consider themselves a good person? why or why not?

[ 🚓 ] has your muse ever been arrested? if so, what for?

[ 🧬 ] how important is family to your muse?

[ 💀 ] does your muse tend to blame themselves or others?

[ 📖 ] does your muse keep a diary or journal? what do they, or would they, write in a journal?

[ 👻 ] what decisions have your muse made that they regret?

[ 🤱 ] does your muse want to have children? why or why not?

[ ⏰ ] does your muse tend to cling to the past, dream about the future, or look to the present?

[ 🚌 ] what haunts your muse? is there any event in your muse’s past that they can’t move past?

[ 🥀 ] what are your muse’s standards for a romantic partner? are they realistic? why do they have these standards?

[ 👊 ] does your muse favour nonviolence? will they be violent if needed? do they revel in violence?

[ 🩹 ] does your muse prefer to keep the peace or rock the boat? are they a mediator, or do they tend to make others upset?

[ 🌊 ] does your muse have any specific fears? is there a reason why they fear these things?

[ 🏭 ] is your muse happy with their job or career path? why or why not?

[ ✈️ ] does your muse like to travel? have they travelled in the past? where would they like to go?

[ ⚰️ ] does your muse believe in an afterlife? if so, what do they believe the afterlife would look like?

[ 🦁 ] is your muse cowardly, or courageous? what would it take for them to act heroically or selflessly?

[ 🔒 ] what are your muse’s most negative traits? how do these traits influence their lives? (ex. if a muse is aggressive, they may have trouble forming lasting friendships.)

[ ⛓ ] has your muse ever felt trapped? by what?

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falls es irgendwen interessiert. Ich habe auch einen Blog für Joyce Byers von Stranger Things mit einem Haufen Fics

Weiß nicht wieso aber Karin Gorniak und Joyce Byers same energy

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Saw your post! I can relate a 100%... All those ficlets. Oof. I thought I'd write more for @writingjoycebyers but I also feel burnt out af😩

Still, I have a Jopper question for you.

What do you think is one important friendship advice jopper gave each other? Or Hopper gave joyce?

I’m glad I’m not alone on this boat 😅Thanks for the question!

I headcanon that throughout her life, Joyce has struggled to keep close friends as a result of anxiety and a habit of periodically isolating herself. In high school, Hopper was the only friend she maintained a strong bond with, while most others grew apart from her. 

Hopper gives her some advice one night while she’s venting about her frustrations, about not knowing how to keep people around in her life. He tells her she should reach out to her old friends and explain why she withdrew, that she gets overwhelmed sometimes and needs to spend time alone to recover, that it’s never anything personal, and she wants to rekindle her friendships. 

Joyce replies, “I’m afraid they won’t understand.” 

With a shrug, Hopper tells her, “Then they aren’t worth keeping around. You deserve friends who get you. It’s not impossible. I do, after all.”

She ends up taking his advice and reaching out to a couple of those friends, who are happy to pick things up again where they left off. Hopper would hype her up whenever she was preparing to approach them. Communicating her apologies and her boundaries makes her feel a lot more secure in her relationships. 

And Joyce realizes just how much her best friend truly does understand her.

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Someone made this long ass prompt list. Which is amazing. And I'm taking it here for Joyce requests. Joyce x Jim is highly appreciated but other character relationships are also totally ok. Joyce or her kids or sth. Goooo!! ❤️

Prompt List #2

Welcome to my biggest prompt list ever

if you wanna request something from this list, just use the character and ‘ prompt 34 from prompt list #2′ thank u!

Theres like 200 so be wary

Angst

“I love you ! Is that what you wanted to hear ?”

“I love him/her, and I know that I shouldn’t.”

“Can you just shut your mouth ?”

“wHY DO YOU KEEP LYING TO ME ?”

“We both know that I should walk away, but I can’t.”

“Wait, he/she has a girlfriend/boyfriend ?“

“I lo—-” “No, please… Don’t say that. You love her/him, not me.”

"Could you just take this pain away ? It hurts, so much… Help me.”

“You’re safe here, I got you.”

“Don’t ask her out again, please… You’re killing me, every single time you ask that.”

“Look, he/she wants you, just make him/her happy.”

“If you go, I’ll know that you never loved me.”

“We never were just friends, and you know it.” “I know it, but you deserve someone better than me.”

“SHE WAS CRYING BECAUSE OF YOU!!!”

“You love me like I’m the person who actually deserves your love.” “But you are the only one who deserves it.”

“I know for a fact that you’re not “fine”.”

“You’re looking at me like.. you’re disgusted. What did I do? Just tell me what I did, please!”

“What happened between us?”

“Nothing has changed!” “Yes it has, and you know it.”

“Love isn’t supposed to hurt this badly.”

“You said you needed space. You were 5,000 miles away for a year, and you’re still unsure. I’m starting to think that an entire universe apart wouldn’t be enough space for you.”

“I remember when he/she/they used to look at me that way”

“I want you to list every lie you ever told me. Then I’ll forgive you.”

“I don’t hate you. I hate that after all of this, you’re still trying to lie to me”

“I can’t keep this secret for you anymore.”

“I’m sorry I’m not what you signed up for.”

“Why she/her/them? It could have been anybody, and you chose to betray me with her/him/them.”

“This will be the last time you lie to me.”

“You never loved me, did you?”

“You made me miserable and I still loved you.”

“Everytime something goes well, I momentarily forget how much I despise you.”

“We’re never going to have a happy ending, just remember that.”

“Don’t pretend like you’re not happy to see me like this.”

“Your mind must be a horrible place.”

“Hand me the gun and I’ll kill him myself.”

“And I thought you loved me.”

“ And I thought I loved you.”

“ Aren’t you even going to cry?”

“I didn’t expect you to wait forever. I just hoped…”

“Did you always know that you were going to leave?”

“If you cry, I’ll stay, and if I stay that will just give you another reason to hate me.”

“I’m addicted and at this point I don’t think anything could make me stop.”

”If you wanna know, then ask.”

“You never asked because you knew I wouldn’t tell you what you wanted to hear.”

“We grew apart, and at this point I’m glad.”

“Find somebody else to kiss your ass.”

“When are you going to stop clawing for something that’s never going to happen?”

“What you’re doing is going to kill you one day.”

“It was easier to believe that the you I knew was dead than deal with the fact that I still have to see you every day.”

“What you’re doing is going to kill you one day.”

Fluff

51. “You’re hair is really soft after you wash it.”

52. “Ssh. Stop fussing. I’m just braiding your hair.”

53. “You smell really nice.”

54. “Would it be all right if I borrowed your sweater? It smells like you.”

55. “I might have slept with your robe when you were gone.”

56. “If you steal the blankets, I am going to put my cold feet on you.”

57. “Here, let’s share the blanket.”

58. “You’re comfy.”

59.“You are very endearing when you are half-asleep.”

60.“But I want to hear you sing.”

61.“Don’t get up - I’ll do it.”

62.“Care to give me a back scratch?”

63.“I think I love you.”

64.“Your bed head is really cute.”

65.“How about a kiss?”

66.“You made this for me?”

67.Aw, you’re blushing.”

68. Uh oh, I know that look. What do you want?”

69. “Let me help you with that.”

70. “I don’t want to forget this moment.”

71.“Are you really flirting with me right now?”

72.“I like the way your hand fits in mine.”

73.“You have something in your hair, umm… Do you want me to get it out?”

74.“It’s nice that your voice was the first thing I heard today.”

75.“This movie is really scary, but you’re into it so I’m trying not to cover my face the whole time, but- WHAT IS THAT?”

76.“Wait, don’t pull away… Not yet.”

77.“Half the time I get too embarrassed to say anything”

78.“No, it’s fine.  I can wait until you’re done talking to them.”

79.“No, like…. It’s just, I can’t believe you’re actually wearing my clothes.”

80.“You’re a big piece of inspiration for this, honestly.”

81.“I’ve been trying to get ready for like an hour and a half, because I know you’re going to look so good and I need to try and match up.”

82.“I wanted to say “I love you” for the first time without stuttering, but that failed.”

83.“My friends get so annoyed by how much I talk about how sometimes.”

84.“No, mom, don’t tell him/her I said that about him/her!”

85.“I can’t get over how a few months ago I wanted to learn your name and now you’re having breakfast with me in my sweater.”

86.“ You are so beautiful — So fucking beautiful. “

87.“And just WHERE do you think you’re putting your hands?”

88.“Wow, you look even better in the daylight.”

89.“I don’t remember ever having this many hickeys. But I don’t mind.”

90.“We could order pizza and just stay like this all day.”

91.“It was always you.”

92.I love you in every possible way.”

93.“I didn’t mean to love you so much.”

94.“Don’t you hurt a single hair on his/her/their head.”

95.“Duck, you idiot!”

96.“Hey. Pal. I’ve got a wand and I’m not afraid to use it.”

97.“Shh, you’re safe. I won’t let you go.”

98.“It’s not a double date. We’re just third and fourth wheeling.”

99.“Look, I know we don’t know each other that well, but I’m still worried about you. No one deserves to be alone.”

100.“I remember practicing how to ask you out in the mirror..”

Sarcasm

101.“Define normal.” 

102.“Do I get bonus points if I act like I care?” 

103.“Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English.” 

104.“Don’t look for any redeeming qualities. I don’t have any.” 

105.“It’s amazing how fast the world can go from bad to total shit storm.”

106.“I love you. You enormously stubborn pain in the ass.” 

107.“And you wonder why you’re still single.”

108.“Remind me to kill you. Please.” 

109.“That’s a little melodramatic, don’t you think?”

110.“She’s crazy. And just when you think you’ve reached the bottom of her craziness, there’s a crazy underground garage.” 

111.“She may seem like lollipops and rainbows but I bet behind close doors she’s latex and whips.”

112.“If my day gets any worse, I’m asking hell if they’re having an exchange program.” 

113.“Sorry. I don’t speak skank.” 

114.“My middle finger salutes you.” 

115.“I don’t have enough middle fingers to let you know how I feel.” 

116.Somebody’s cranky.” “Somebody needs to shut up.” 

117.“Oh darling. Go buy a brain.” 

118.“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” 

119.“All due respect, but that’s a bunch of crap.” 

120.“I am one of the few people in the world who can murder you and leave no forensic evidence behind.”

121.“Excuse me. I have to go make a scene.” 

122.“What did I tell you about calling her/him the devil?” “That it’s offensive to the devil?” 

123.“I heard that!” “You were supposed to!” 

124.“I need therapy after this.” 

125.“You didn’t get in trouble for lying. You got in trouble for lying badly.” 

126.“I turned out liking you a lot more that I originally planned.” 

127.“I think you’re weird.” “I think you’re boring.” 

128.“I’m afraid I’ve been thinking…” “A dangerous pastime.”

129.“Wow, there’s a big surprise. I think I’m going to have a heart attack and die from surprise.” 

130.“I’m gonna hit you so hard, it’ll make you ancestors dizzy.” 

131.“Sarcasm is the body’s natural reaction to stupidity.” 

132.“Well, excuse me, psychic wonder!” 

133.“Don’t look in her eyes, she might steal your soul.” 

134.“She’s hot, but she’s evil.” 

135.“Do I regret it? Yes. Would I do it again? Probably.” 

136.“I already know that I’m going to hell. At this point it’s really go big or go home.” 

137.“I’m not a damsel in distress. I’m a damsel doing damage.” 

138.“So stick that in your juice box and suck it.” 

139.“Never take life seriously. No one ever comes out alive anyway.” 

140.“Sometimes I question my sanity. Occasionally it replies.”

141.“Why should we date?” “Because we are attracted to each other.” “I am attracted to pie, but I do not feel the need to date pie.” 

142.“Neither one us is drunk enough for this conversation.” 

143.“You’re questioning my methods.” “I’m not questioning it, I’m saying it’s stupid.” 

144.“Wow, somebody needs a Happy Meal.” 

145.“I didn’t do it!” “Then why are you laughing?” “Because whoever did it is a freaking genius.” 

146.“Idiots. I’m surrounded by idiots.” 

147.“You couldn’t handle me even if I came with instructions.

148.“Obviously you have mistaken me for somebody who gives a shit.” 

149.“Rule number one: don’t bother sucking up. I already hate you, that’s not going to change.” 

150.“You make no sense to me.” “Welcome to my life.” 

Drama

151.“Can you stop thinking about yourself for once?”

152.“Can you stop thinking about yourself for once?” 

153.“Don’t think I forgot about what you did last time.”

154.“I know you lied to me.”

155.“I’m not even sorry.”

156.“You backstabber!” 157.“I never want to see you again.” 158.“You never mattered to me.”

159.“I knew this was a bad idea.”

160.“Rot in hell.”

161.“It was supposed to be a secret!”

162.“No one loves me.” 163.“He/she/they is/are so petty…” 164.“You made me cry.” 165.“I don’t know who you are anymore.” 166.“How DARE you?!” 167.“I know you’re not talking to me…” 168.“I SAW you with him/her/them!”

169.“Just leave me alone.”

170.“What did you do?!” 171.“I told everyone that I didn’t want to talk but I’m actually dying for attention.”

172. “Just admit that was extra…”

173.“I forgive, but I don’t forget.” 174.“Did you see what he/she/they was/were wearing?” 175.“So what if I had sex with your ex?” 176.“There’s something I have to tell you…” 177.“I can’t do this anymore.” 178.“You weren’t there for me when I needed you the most.” 179.“I never loved you.” 180.“It’s too late.”

181.“Quit ignoring me.”

182. “Don’t you get it? It’s because I love you!”

183.“I love you. I’m sorry.”

184.“I don’t want to be friends.”

185.“Can we please pretend I never said that?”

186.“Friendzoned again.”

187.“You should’ve loved me when you had the chance.”

188.“Fuck you for toying with my emotions like that.”

189.“I was there for you when no one else was!”

190.“Alright – I can tell a ‘no’ when I hear it.”

191.“I’m sorry I acted so creepy.”

192.“Fuck. It’s like what they say – nice guys finish last…”

193.“I’m tired of keeping this secret. Even if you don’t love me back.”

194. “I knew that’d be your answer. That’s why I never told you before.”

195.“When I said I loved you, I meant it.”

196.“Is there any part of you, deep down, that might love me back?”

197.“You were the one that left all those notes for me?”

198.“You’re in a relationship with another person – you know this can’t end well.”

199.“We agreed this was just physical!”

200.“I love you. I know you don’t love me, so don’t say it back.”

Ahhh im sorry that was so long, but if you read all the way to here, your a real one.

Again i write for all Hp characters! Feel free to use these prompts as ur own

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One topic I'd like to read more are two: Hop jealous but tries hard to deny it, but badly. And a confrontation between Hop and Lonnie. Because it is right that he is punished by our sheriff!

Okay, I’m back. Please leave some love! I need motivation, input, random chats, whatever.. I mean, just in case anyone is still following my page and writing. I haven’t written in so long! Also sorry - I’m out of writing practice! Currently rewatching stranger things!

This is the second part to this pregnancy ficlet here!

The light at Melvald‘s general store is bright, too bright, stinging. Joyce hasn‘t felt like herself for the past few weeks, the feeling of joy and curiosity, the little secret inside of her - it has all turned into some kind of nervous anxiety about what the future holds. She stands in front of a shelf packed with baby supplies, a million kinds of pacifiers staring at her as her thoughts wander off. Will she be able to do this?

„Come here, babe!“, a voice yells through the store and that’s it - she‘s back to reality, back from her inside to the outside world, a world full of bright neon lights, grocieries and the rough voice of a man.

„What is it?“ she asks as she crosses the aisles to meet the man, dressed in jeans and a black leather jacket, his hair greasy and his shoes dirty.

„Can you carry this?“, he asks as he looks down on her. He‘s not tall for a man, but she‘s small and has not been eating well or been able to keep in any decent food those past four and a half months. In fact, she‘s skinnier than ever - except for her belly that keeps growing, a vicious circle. In the beginning, when it had just been between herself and the little creature inside of her, it had felt powerful, but now she often found herself thinking that it was taking something away from her, energy, sleep, weight, her whole fucking self.

„Uhm, yeah.“, she says and is not even sure if she‘s able to as the man is handing her a sixpack of beer.

„I don‘t think she should, Byers.“, says another, much darker voice from the other end of the aisle. The store is not even empty, there are a few customers walking around and still she immediately sees him, turns her head around before Lonnie Byers can push the sixpack into her arms. He knows.

Well, she thinks, of course he knows. For a second her thoughts trail off to that one moment last month when she bumped into him in front of the store they were just standing in. Joyce feels a strange kind of nausea creeping up on her and she cannot really tell the reason - her sudden disgust for Lonnie Byers, the presence of Jim Hopper or the baby inside of her.

„Don‘t think that‘s any of your business, Hopper.“, Lonnie snaps, his voice low as Jim Hopper walks over to them. Jim is much taller than Lonnie, wearing jeans and a white shirt and Joyce can even see his muscles underneath. Suddenly, she feels safe because she knows that Lonnie‘s aggression is bubbling up but here, in public, in front of Jim Hopper he‘d never dare to fight because he knows all too well that he‘s got no chance, no chance against a man so much taller, a man with true self confidence. Lonnie was a different kind of man, out of control on the inside and put together in public, at least enough to keep some kind of normal appearences.

„Carry it yourself or put it away, Byers.“, Hopper says and he has not yet taken a single look at Joyce. It makes her even more nervous as she starts to feel like a bystander, a bystander in her own life. Joyce can‘t know it‘s not because he does not want to, does not know that he‘d love to look at her in all ways possible, but that he just can‘t because he would not bear to really see her again, so small and beautiful, carrying the traces of another life under her shirt. Summer was slowly beginning and by now, it was too warm for sweaters, pullovers or jackets, so Joyce was wearing a plain blue shirt and damn, she really could not hide it anymore. She could not hide it and he could not stand that.

Moments pass as the three of them just stand there, Jim staring at Lonnie, Lonnie staring at Jim and Joyce staring at the two of them. Then suddenly, Lonnie breaks the silence. „Alright, Sheriff.“, he whispers ironically, a scoff in his voice as he moves and walks past Jim. Joyce still stands there, it takes her a few seconds to react. „Bye, Jim. Gotta go.“, she whispers, raises her head and looks him in the eyes for less than a second.

„See you.“, he answers as she walks down the aisle, steps behind Lonnie. He can‘t stand it.

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Aw wow! I don’t even know what to say 🥰 you’re one of my favorite writers too!!

Stand By Me

Rating: T+ Summary: Joyce and Jim have been best friends their whole lives, but one hot summer in 1965 is about to turn their whole world upside down…

“Why don’t you take Chrissy Carpenter? Weren’t you supposed to be asking her to Prom anyway?”

He deeply regretted telling Joyce that. It was just something dumb he said weeks ago when he started fooling around with Chrissy to make Joyce jealous. Which just happened to be around the same time she started seeing Lonnie and Hopper realized he was jealous himself.

“Yeah,” he admitted reluctantly, sliding down to the floor to sit next to her.

Joyce looked at him, expectantly. “And? Did you?”

“No, but I will,” he stuttered. “I will. I’m just leaving my options open for now…” he leaned up against Joyce’s locker, looking right at her, wishing she’d pick up what he was putting down already. But she didn’t seem to notice.

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Anyone else have a boring day and wanna chat about Joyce or … just chat? Dm me or send aks.

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I am about to start writing again!

Send me ideas if you want :)

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can you maybe write about hopper comforting joyce after an argument with lonnie or another partner when they were younger?

Sure ✨ here we go

This is a prelude to this ficlet here: pregnant joyce 1

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She sits on a bench in front of his house, or rather in front of his parents‘ house. He had come back from the army and been trying to find a decent job, thinking about moving to the city one day, making little effort to find our buy a home. The air was fresh and cold, early spring.

That’s when she sees him walking down the road, his tall figure just a shadow in the dark night. She doesn’t say a word as he comes closer, only whispers „Hi, Jim.“ the moment he’s about to enter his parents‘ property.

„Joyce!“, he says and looks surprised. „You? here?“

„yeah, I…“, she stutters, trying to find her words, but it’s not as easy as this. She didn’t even understand it herself, couldn’t really explain why she had left her flat and walked half the town just to sit in front of Jim Hopper‘s childhood home for over an hour.

„Do you wanna come in?“, he just asks. „Want a beer?“

She doesn’t answer the questions but follows him slowly as they cross his parents‘ frontyard and enter the house. They sneak through the hallway and into the empty and dark kitchen. He doesn’t switch on the lights. They sit down at the old, wooden kitchen table together.

„Where’s Lonnie?“, he asks, assuming she should be with her boyfriend instead of him. Ever since that one, complicated night six weeks ago he had always just seen her with him, at the grocery store, the pub, the gas station. Always Lonnie Byers, except for that one single night.

„Bar.“, she says with a sigh.

„And you?“, he keeps asking. He hasn’t been much of a talker lately, not since he’d been at war. But he still wants to find out.

„I’m here. Wasn’t feeling too well, so I left.“

„What is it?“

„Nausea.“

„Did Byers try to get you drunk?“

„Nah. I… didn’t drink. But he did. You know him.“

Hopper just shrugs his shoulders and looks at her. The room is dark but she looks pale.

„So just nausea.“, she repeats, and there was a tone in her voice that tried to tell more, that wanted to talk, even if she wasn’t really sure about what.

„Hm.“

„Probably some bad chicken or something.“, she mumbles, more to herself than to Hopper.

Chicken. Who was she trying to fool?

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Oh yay!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it ❤

I had an awful start to my week (and now facing 24+ hours power outage. Eep!) So seeing this just made my week. Thank you!

PS - that line was my fav too 😍😘

Old Friends, New Lives

Joyce Byers saw a ghost. Right there in the produce section of the supermarket. 

Across the display of crated oranges, hovering over the bulk bins, Jim Hopper had caught her eye. She stopped in her tracks and gasped. It was clear by the shock written all over her face that she wasn’t expecting to see him.

“What are you doing here?” 

The words tumbled out of her before she bit down on her bottom lip so hard, there was no way she didn’t taste blood, and her eyes went wide. She blinked once, twice, and gave her head a little shake. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing – was it really him?

“Getting groceries for my mom,” Hopper gave a half shrug. “What does it look like?”

He waved the list at her as if to convince her that yes – he was indeed real, and it wasn’t really a big deal. Not like she hadn’t seen him in just a smidge over two years. 

843 days to be precise… not like either of them was keeping count.

 A smirk tugged the corners of his mouth at the sight of her floundering above the mixed nuts, but he fought it. She was still so cute when she was flustered, and to be honest, he was enjoying making her squirm—just a bit. 

Joyce just shook her head impatiently.

“No, I meant, what are you doing here? At home. We weren’t expecting you…”

Hopper glanced at his list and grabbed a box of oranges for his basket.

“I’m on R n’ R. Uncle Sam let me come home for a few weeks before my next tour.”

Joyce continued to shake her head, moving from impatience into disbelief. Or maybe hurt? Anger. Sadness.

She blinked back what looked like tears and nearly choked on her next words.

“And you didn’t think to call? Or write?”

“Well, I was going to…” Hopper shrugged again, wondering how much longer he could keep up this charade of not-giving-a-fuck. Then he reminded himself that he kinda had a reason to be distant and cold with her. 

“So why didn’t you?” she asked.

Joyce shifted her weight, and even though he couldn’t see it, he knew she had her hands on her hips behind the display. He couldn’t meet her gaze, so he glanced around the store, at the walnuts on sale, at a young family passing by pushing their baby in a shopping cart. Looking anywhere but at her.

“Didn’t think it was right to hit up someone else old lady at Christmastime,” he muttered after a second.

Joyce sighed deeply, and it drew his attention back to her. 

She was staring at him, in earnest or exasperation, he couldn’t tell. Her eyes drifted over him as if taking in his image just in case it was the last time she might see him again. It didn’t feel like much had changed since they’d seen each other last. Sure, his messy, dirty blonde mop was now cropped high and tight, and the old button-down flannel he’d got from his closet didn’t quite fit him like it used to just a few years ago back in high school. He’d bulked up from his time in the army and lost some of that boyish charm and innocence somewhere along the way to the jungles of Vietnam, and maybe she could see that too. 

She was staring into his soul now. As much as he might’ve been hurt, she was hurt too, maybe even worse. If that was even possible.

“We’re still friends, Hop,” she said, finally.

“Are we?”

Joyce nodded, her cheeks flushed. She looked down for a long moment, and when she raised her head again, he swore she looked just a little bit guilty.

“Yeah,” she said. “We are.”

Then she stepped around the bulk bin, out from behind the crates of Christmas oranges and into the open where he could see now why she might feel guilty. Just a bit.

Hopper knew about the wedding. He didn’t know about this…

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Just a quick update:

I HAVENT WATCHED VOLUME TWO YET AND I I AM FUCKING OVERWHELMED JOPPER IS ENDGAME AND ONCE IVE WATCHED IT I AM GONNA BE BACK AND TYPE THE HELL OUTTA THIS BLOG

thanks.

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What's your favorite episode of each season? Favorite Joyce moment of each season?

Okay, that’s a hard one! So I decided on some fav scenes, cause I have more in petto.

Season 1

For season one I am gonna say her fight with Lonnie. Just because I am so interested in their backstory and how her character changed through being with him. Also I think it shows her motherly instincts quite well.

Season 2

Okay so I know this is a hopper x Joyce account here. BUT. My favourite Joyce-Moment of season 2 is her dancing with Bob in her living room listening to Kenny Rodgers. I can’t help it. It’s sweet. Ryder‘s acting, the mix between stiffness and comfort, amazing. And well, Bob was a good character. But what struck my attention about this scene was how I felt Joyce was so twisted between wanting to leave and wanting to stay and I felt like it was always kinda a Jopper moment too. Like when she said it’s not that easy to just move away it occurred to me that it was because she would not move away from Hop. But well. Calls for speculation.

Season 3

Okay that is easy. Episode one, their talk about the heart to heart at Melvald‘s. I love how she educates him in this serious yet funny way and I find it a bit flirty too. Dunno why. But honestly it is so hard to say, I like a lot of her scenes in season 3!!!

Season 4

Well that is an obvious one, isn’t it?

(Though I also liked the scene in which she asks „what is wrong with you guys? I love Joyce’s funny side.)

[writingjoycebyers]

If I just wrote hopper x Joyce x the kids family bliss… would that be boring? Any ideas? I love angst so much but now that they’re like all kiss kiss kiss what is there to be angsty about ??? Ahhh fluff! I love fluff.

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Top 9! (And I only have 9 otps, so this is great! Also these are in order of when I started shipping them)

Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks

Jacques Snicket and Olivia Caliban

Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein

Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper

Luke Danes and Lorelai Gilmore

Ben Wyatt and Leslie Knope

Chidi Anagonye and Eleanor Shellstrop

Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff

Monica Geller and Chandler Bing

I don’t ship some of them now as much as I did when they first became an otp, but they all hold a special place in my heart. tagging (no pressure): @amysosamybeloved @allthecheesesticks @writingjoycebyers @gay-and-tiredaf @ownedbyportwellandmileven @wishfulthinkinglove @lucbian @natasha-barton @arms-and-arrows

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POST YOUR TOP 9 OTP'S AND CHALLENGE 9 OTHERS TO DO THE SAME 💖

Lucas Scott + Peyton Sawyer (One Tree Hill)

Piper Halliwell + Leo Wyatt (Charmed)

Stiles Stilinski + Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf)

Beth Dutton + Rip Wheeler (Yellowstone)

Glenn Rhee + Maggie Greene (The Walking Dead)

Wade Walker + Allison Vernon-Williams (Cry-Baby)

Rick O'Connell + Evy Carnahan (The Mummy)

Jack Dawson + Rose DeWitt-Bukater (Titanic)

Ed Warren + Lorraine Warren (The Conjuring)

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[writingjoycebyers]

I am not usually someone who draws or paints but this happened today out of nowhere. It is not special neither am I gifted when it comes to drawing. it‘s just pure fun and a whole lot of boredom. anyways please tag me if you use it!

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Reblogs would make me so happy