our story 💫 (jopper fanfic) COMPLETED

the first date

"shit shit shit" hopper was looking around his closet everywhere, desperately trying to find something to wear. this was him and joyce's first date as girlfriend and boyfriend. finally! he wanted to dress up for her. gosh, he was so nervous! he had already bought a necklace for their first date, he bought it in 5th grade. god, he was just that desperate. ugh it's gonna make him look so stupid. hop just wanted her for so long so bad. so bad. and now, he finally had her. after 30 minutes of looking, he finally decided on an outfit.

"oh my god what do i wear, what do i wear?!" joyce said pacing back and forth around her room. "what about this one?" karen asked, coming out of the closet with a yellow dress. "ugh, i look terrible in yellow!" "well joyce, you have to decide on something! we've gone through about everything! are you sure you don't want the blue?" "yes, i told you, i look horrible in blue!" "red?" karen asked. "i look horrible in red!" "jesus joyce, what about black or purple?" "i look horrible in both of those!" joyce cried. she threw herself onto her bed. "joyce, you seriously have no idea how beautiful you are! you need to become more self confident!"

joyce groaned. "come on!" said karen, helping joyce up. "actually try them on, dont just look at them! here, try on the blue!" she handed the dress to her. "fine!" joyce said, acting like a child.she came out of the bathroom with the blue dress on. "see? terrible!" she said the same thing about every other dress she tried on after that. "this red one is the last one okay?" karen said as she handed it to her.

 joyce came out of the bathroom after about 5 minutes with her red dress on. she looked beautiful! "omg! you totally have to wear this, you look stunning!" joyce spun around "you really think so?" she asked excitedly. "i never lie to you!" then, joyce bursted into happiness. "it really looks good, doesn't it!" she said. she truly had confidence in herself. "yes! let's go do your hair! last time i did your hair you guys weren't even dating yet..." "yeah, that was 2 days ago." joyce said laughing. karen curled joyce's hair and pulled a part of it up. after she finished, karen handed a mirror to her and said "he's going to die when he sees you!" joyce looked at her watch. "well, i better go!" joyce squealed.

"just in time! have fun! and don't do anything gross...even though i know you will..." "shut up karen!" joyce said laughing as she shut the door. "use protection!" karen yelled laughing."wow, what a night this was going to be" joyce thought. ahhhhhh! she could barely believe it. this is all she ever wanted.

they had both agreed to go to a new restaurant called enzo's together. as joyce drove to enzo's, her heart was racing so fast. she couldn't even believe she was going out on a date with a guy she's known since she was about eight years old. it still seemed kind of weird and awkward for both of them, and she was so nervous, but she always knew this day would come at one point or another. i mean honestly, how could it not?

she pulled into the parking lot and saw hopper's car. she kind of was embarrassed that she was here second, but decided to just rub it off. she took several deep breaths before going inside. her palms were sweating, and she was so uncontrollably nervous. why was she like this? she's never like this! snap out of it joyce! after collecting herself, she finally got out of the car and walked inside.

"there she is" hopper muttered under his breath. she looked so so pretty. he could barley believe his eyes. she was just...stunning. hopper walked up to her "uh...h-hi joyce." "h-hi hop." it was like third grade again. they were so nervous to talk to one another they could barely speak! "you look...wow...you just look..." joyce stared at him, wondering what he was going to say. "absolutely...beautiful. you-you look beautiful." "hopper, stop, you're making me blush! you look incredibly handsome." she said smiling. he smiled back and kissed her.

the waiter showed them to their table and got them their drinks. after the waiter left, there was a long silence between the two of them. both of them didn't know what to say. "i-i feel kind of weird." joyce managed to finally say. "why's that?" hopper asked. "well, for one thing, this is a really fancy restaurant and we're just kids." she laughed. "and-and another reason is because i just-hopper...being here with you...it's just a little...weird and...funny, honestly. we're...boyfriend and girlfriend now! wow!" she laughed. he laughed too. "yeah, i understand. but if that little 8 year old boy knew he would be going out with joyce horowitz one day, he'd just...die!" joyce giggled. the waiter came over and asked what they wanted to order. "i'll have... spaghetti and meatballs." said joyce as she passed the menu back. "i'll get a steak." hopper said. when the waiter left, hopper took the necklace box out of his pocket. "joyce, this is for you." he said, pushing it over to the other side of the table. "really? aww, hopper." she opened the box. it was a sliver necklace with a heart. the letters jh were engraved on it. "jh. jim hopper, joyce horowitz." joyce smiled looking at it. "hopper, this is so sweet. thank you. so much." "of course joyce. you know, i bought it in the 5th grade." "oh my gosh, you did not!" "um i certainly did!" they both shared a laugh.

 "i got you something too." she said, grabbing a box from her purse. "you did? you didn't have to do that." he said. she gave the box to hopper. "it's a box of your favorite chocolates, from your favorite candy company." said joyce smiling. "your dad always took you there, right?" she asked. "y-yeah. yeah he did." hopper said with a laugh. "thank you joyce, that means a lot to me. i haven't had this chocolate since he...passed." there was a long pause between the two of them. "i love you." joyce said, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. "i love you too." (a/n: omg couple goals ahhhhh my parents)

as they left the restaurant, they both agreed to meet at hopper's house. when hopper got in his car, he opened the box and ate a peanut butter chocolate. gosh, it tastes exactly how he remembered. he turned the box over and saw a message that joyce had written. "you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. thank you for making me smile for so many wonderful years. i love you so much. xoxo, joyce. ❤️"

hopper was already home by the time joyce got there, so she knocked on the door. "hey joyce, long time no see haha! come on in." he said while opening the door. "hey hop." she said smiling. "is your mom home?" "nope, she's out with some friends." hopper said smiling. oh boy. her heart starting racing even faster they she thought humanly possibly. "so uh...what do you wanna...do?" she asked. "whatever you have in mind." he smirked. "well...uh...maybe uh..." she knew what she wanted to say. he knew too, and he tried to finish the sentence for her. "maybe we could just, go to my uh...room and uh..." before he could say anymore, joyce nodded quickly. they both wanted to say it, but neither wanted to say it out...loud. the second they both went into his bedroom, she blurted out: "hop, uh, this is kind of weird...i mean like...i want to but-" "i know. i know." he said. he always knew how to comfort her. 

"it's okay though, we both are...older now so...it's okay." they both didn't say anything for a few seconds. "you really wanna do this?" joyce asked. "since the 6th grade!" hopper laughed. joyce laid on the bed and so did hopper. they both looked at each other and then starting kissing. teenagers, right? when they finally broke the kiss, hopper asked "can i tell you something?" "anything." "when you laugh, you... whenever you laugh you crinkle your nose. and the first time i saw you laugh i noticed it. and every time i see you laugh now, i still notice it. and i've always love that about you. i couldn't wait till the right time to tell you, and this feels just...right." "hopper... that's so sweet." she smiled so big. "joyce i...you are the most incredible person i have ever met. and...i'm so happy to be with you. i love you." "oh hop, i love you too."

a/n: so yes, they did...it. it was just wayyyyy too awkward to write lol. but yes, they did do it after this. (with protection ofc lmaoooo)