our story 💫 (jopper fanfic) COMPLETED

do you love miss byers?

later that day

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joyce pulled up to the high school. murray had told her that dr. owens had found out that hopper was alive and in russia. she still didn't know how to comprehend it. god, how was she gonna tell them. will and el came running out of the school, laughing and waving to their new friends. joyce smiled. will sat in the passenger seat and el got in the backseat.

 "hey mom." will said. "hi mom." said el. "hi guys! how was school today?" joyce asked. "it was okay i guess. ya know, it's school." will said with a tired look on his face. "did you do anything exciting today?" joyce asked with enthusiasm. "we had to dissect a frog. it's not exciting though." el said with a face. "oh. i never did that in school 'cause i told the teachers it was against my religion." joyce with a laugh. "really?" will asked. "yeah, i got a c though." she said. will and el laughed. "how was your day mom?" said will. "it-it was okay." joyce replied with a tiny smile. "hey mom, so leia asked me if i wanted to come over her house this saturday, is that okay with you? we're just gonna do makeovers and watch movies and gossip and stuff." el said. 

joyce had never had a daughter before, and she'd never been asked that question. she always wanted a daughter, but her body couldn't have another child after jonathon and will. she never imagined she'd be asked by her child to do makeovers and gossip. she thought she'd never have a daughter. and now she had el. 

"yeah, sweetie that's fine. i like leia. i love her name too." joyce said, smiling happily. "yeah, isn't it cool?! like princess leia!" el shouted. el recently started watching star wars with joyce, and that's all she talked about now. she would have little movie nights every saturday with just her and joyce. she loved joyce. so much. she knew her dad did too.

flashback

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"dad, do you love miss byers?" el once asked hopper. 

"miss byers? well uh...what makes you think that?" hopper had asked.

"i don't know...i just...i've seen the way you look at her and..." 

hopper laughed. "well she's one special woman, i'll tell you that much."

"yeah. she is."

there was a moment of silence between them.

"hey...hey dad?" el asked.

"yeah?""is joyce um...is joyce going to be my mother some day?"

hopper looked surprised el would even ask that. "well, you know...it would be nice. i-i would want that."

"but then...but then you guys would be married..."

"yeah. i guess." hopper laughed.

"would you want that?" el asked cautiously.

"would i want that? i mean..."

he took a long pause.

"yeah. yeah, i guess i would." he said softly.

"so...so you love miss byers?" el asked with a huge smile on her face.

"el..." hopper said with a laugh.

el gasped. "you do!!" she squealed as she hugged him tightly. she ran around the room and laughed loudly.

and from then on, el tried to get hop and joyce together as much as possible.

and now, she got her wish, joyce was finally her mother.

but hopper wasn't with her.