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“We shall see if her family will be able to marry her off on the first season, like her mother was.” — The Morning Chronicle
In the eyes of the Ton, the Maldonado name is a sinking ship. With her father’s string of mistresses exposed in every gossip rag from Mayfair to Cheapside, Joyce Anne Maldonado’s debut should have been a quiet retreat to the country. Instead, she is stepping into the Wheeler ballroom with a sharp chin, an even sharper tongue, and a reputation for being entirely too "interesting" for a lady of her standing.
James Hopper, the Duke of Edinburgh, has returned from the Americas with no interest in the marriage market and even less interest in the father he refused to bury. He is a man of few words and formidable shadows, the perfect "prude" to anchor the season.
He wants peace. She can’t stop talking. And in a season defined by what people whisper behind fans, the Duke and the Debutante are about to give the papers something truly scandalous to write about.
A Jopper fic set in the Bridgerton Universe.
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11 Mar 2026
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There’s something about Joyce, the way she smiles at him that makes him forget all the shit in his life for just a moment, the way she laughs at his jokes even when they’re awful that makes him want to keep making her laugh forever. Hopper can’t tear his eyes away from her when she’s in the same room as him, can’t bear to look at anything else even for a second, because that’s a second less he gets to look at her.
It’s soppy, and sort of pathetic, and it’s a miracle that she hasn’t caught on yet, with the amount of time they’ve been spending together lately. He tries so hard not to be obvious, but he really is obvious, always has been when he’s got a thing for a woman. He probably should have learned the art of subtlety by now, but hey, they call it an art for a reason: it takes a long fucking time to master, and it really isn’t for everyone. Especially not for Jim Hopper when he opens the door to Joyce Byers, flushed from the cold, beaming up at him from beneath her scarf and hat.
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10 Mar 2026
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all along there was an invisible string, tying you to me. by simping_supreme
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Oct 2023
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Jim Hopper comes home after the fires of the Starcourt Mall. Joyce Byers spends the rest of the summer getting up the nerve to ask him out (or get under him. Whatever comes first.)
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10 Mar 2026
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Jim happens upon some interesting photographs of Joyce and completely misreads the situation. Joyce responds to his misunderstanding with more misunderstanding.
Basically Trope-a-palooza with sex.
Credit to evendanstevens for the scorching moodboard. Love it!
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10 Mar 2026
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"Then there's dessert."
"You gotta have dessert."
"Gotta have dessert."OR
Joyce was always going to be his dessert.
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