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post–Season 3 AU where Hopper survives Starcourt, this is a story about panic and relief, about years of almosts and words left unsaid. After the chaos fades and the kids are safe, Joyce and Hopper are left alone with everything they nearly lost
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Some love stories are a straight line. Theirs is a map of detours—war and loss, marriages and monsters, years spent surviving instead of living. In two mirrors of the same life, Hopper and Joyce carry the same history differently: he calls it guilt, she calls it endurance, but both of them call it home. And when the world finally stops ending, they find a shoreline where grief can sit beside joy without drowning it.
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* AU Story somewhere set after season 3.
* The Upside Down never happened
* Season 3 energy, because detective Byers
has a special place in my ❤️She only meant to ring up receipts at Melvald’s, but Joyce Byers stumbles into a case that drags old wounds—and old love—back into the light. Paired with Jim Hopper under coded names and borrowed courage, they circle danger, desire, and everything they never dared to confess. As the case tightens and Joyce is taken, Hopper is forced to face a truth he’s buried for years: some loves don’t fade, they wait—quietly, fiercely—until survival turns into devotion.
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A quiet Hawkins AU (no Upside Down, no monsters) where Joyce and Hopper circle each other for months - until longing finally breaks restraint. Touch becomes language, “Hop” becomes a promise, and Jim Hopper unravels completely, finding safety, softness, and home in Joyce
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On the morning of her wedding, Joyce Byers disappears down the shoreline, carrying a grief she can’t quite name. Jim Hopper finds her where the ocean keeps its secrets, and they share a cigarette and a truth that has lingered too long in the space between them. When the ceremony finally begins, love and loss stand side by side. And just before the vows are spoken, the impossible returns—turning a moment of mourning into something resembling grace.
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Coming from the cold, buried under heat by Jeanette_Persefone
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 May 2025
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This is a sequel to my first fic: Feel Like There’s Oceans Between You and Me.
After confessing their feelings for each other, Hopper prepares a special night at the cabin: flowers, dinner, wine, and more than one dessert. More confessions are shared, and a few fantasies come to light. Neither of them is about to miss the new chance that life is finally giving them.
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- Part 2 of Never Let Me Go
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13 Jan 2026
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Joyce and Hopper revisit old relationships and memories at their 10 year high school reunion.
Staring down at the steps below, the one place she remembered vividly from her formative years, she realized it hadn’t changed much at all. Sure, there was some new graffiti, a few more cracks but other than that it was ever the same as ten years ago. Looking at it from that angle, Joyce felt the same too; a few cracks in the facade, some new scars, but not much else had changed. There were even times she forgot that she was closing in on thirty now… she certainly didn’t feel any older than her teenage self. Funny how time could fly like that.
(Re-uploaded with a few edits and chapter breaks 05/29/19)
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- Part 3 of Time in a Bottle
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30 Sep 2023
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On the way home from Russia, in the isolation of a remote Alaskan cabin, Joyce and Hopper finally have time to face what they’ve survived… and what it’s left them with. Love after war isn’t easy, especially with a new storm brewing.
With no kids, no mission, and no distractions, they’re stuck with each other. And as they stumble into something that feels like home -- cold cabin nights, keeping the fire going and finding each other all over again -- they begin to imagine what life could look like after the fight.
But when danger follows them across the Bering Strait, it turns out the battle isn’t over like they thought...
A slow-burn reunion fic that fills in the missing days between Russia and Hawkins. Canon divergence with domestic intimacy, a little Cold War espionage, and slice-of-life survival at the end of the world. Oh, and a whole lotta smut.
They survived Kamchatka but can they weather the storm?
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28 Sep 2023
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Joyce and Hopper ring in the decade together at the Hideaway and one thing leads to another...
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She reached for his jacket collar and pulled him down towards her, a dangerous, saccharine smile on her lips. She smelled of spiced rum and cinnamon schnapps — almost good enough to eat. It warmed his blood and sent his heart racing as she stood on her tiptoes and drew him in closer.
“Joyce,” Hopper warned. “We really shouldn’t be doing this again…”
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31 Mar 2023
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A series of Jopper one shots!
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18 Mar 2023