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1. I Watched It Begin Again by joppersfemme

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, F/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Joyce Byers/Karen Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Background & Cameo Characters
   • Post-Season/Series 04
   • season 5
   • Living Together
   • Karen knows everything
   • Shes in her hairdresser era
   • Divorced besties turn into lovers
   • Hop comes back from the “dead”
   • Joyce is very torn
   • Domestic Bliss
   • Secret Relationship
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Cheating
   • Love Triangles
   • Smoking
   • Alcohol
   • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
   • Lesbian Sex
   • Vaginal Fingering
   • Vaginal Sex
   • Cunnilingus
   • Sex Toys
   • 69 (Sex Position)
   • Scissoring
   • Strap-Ons
   • Vibrators
   • Doggy Style
   • Joyren endgame dw
   • This is me redeeming myself after that one fic
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicidal Themes

   Summary

   Joyce is living the best life she can in an apocalypse. Her relationship with Karen is the best thing to come out of the scary times they’re living in. Everything is great between them until Hopper shows up from Russia.

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   Hopper never sent her the note and doll. He finally shows up in ‘87, confusing her and having her question her feelings about her relationship with Karen.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   59,695

   Chapters:

   10/10

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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