I guess what I'm trying to say is yes, I like my fictional relationships a little off the beaten path, a little rugged, a little (or a lot) broken but at the end of the day what I really love is how these characters interplay and relate.

Some may say I'm a gluten for toxic masculinity, others may say I need all things tormented. I ship what I ship and no one deserves to be belittled or shunned for that.

Off my soap box now.

All credit to the .gif makers.

Fandom: Stranger Things

Pairing: Joyce Byers/Jim Hopper, Hopper-Byers Fam

Rating: T

Summary: A chance encounter in their apartment complex brings Hopper and his two girls fully into the orbit of their neighbors Joyce Byers and her two boys, and neither of them anticipate the spiral of events that follow.

Notes: I'm so happy I finally get to share this fic with you! I've had so much fun writing it, and I hope you all enjoy reading it! Title is from Hello My Old Heart by The Oh Hellos.

Stay with me tonight - Jopper Big Bang 2019

Summary:   However, when he opened the door and was about to leave for good, she found the courage to ask him one last question. "Can you stay with me tonight?" 

Joyce and Hopper spend five nights together before they fall in love with each other. A lot of shared feelings, tears, hugs and cigarettes.

I can't believe that I can finally share what I've been working on for the past four months. It was challenging at times, but I loved every second of it. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing this.

However, before we start, I would like to thank some people who supported me on my journey:

@toart  for creating beautiful fanart inspired by this fanfiction, @julanar6  for proof-reading and corrections, and @matrakcsi for giving me ideas and being the biggest motivation to write! I'm very grateful to all of you and you can consider yourselves co-creators of this fanfiction.  :)

By the way, Merry Christmas! This is my gift to the Jopper fandom, I hope you like it <3

let me introduce you to the world of fanfiction of this talent human being who i was so lucky to know @andcontemplation

working with you was a pleasure, you know it! thanks to @jopperbigbang for sorting us that way cause we are the match made in heaven

as a following artist i made a cover for this wonderful story, and i really hope you like it

enjoy your reading!

love, mary

Artwork for i want to find a home (i want to share it with you) - a jopper fic by @hopperjoyces

A chance encounter in their apartment complex brings Hopper and his two girls fully into the orbit of their neighbors Joyce Byers and her two boys, and neither of them anticipate the spiral of events that follow.

Rated: T+

Banner #2 for Pазрушенной by @rlags13, a @jopperbigbang story

you know, the memories bring back memories, bring back you

here’s my attempt to make an illustration for @littlemisscrosspatch’s fanfic for a wonderful @jopperbigbang project

i honestly had so much fun participating in it!

thank you all for everything!

Rating: E Words: 34k Ch:15/15 - complete

AN: This is your fair warning! There is no standard happy-ending to this story and it can get kind of dark and weird sometimes. I have tried to tag as best I could for triggers, but if you feel I have missed something, please send me a dm or an ask on my tumblr here. Also, this work didn't get a chance to be thoroughly beta'd since I had to deal with a major power outage at home this last week so there is a chance it may get another update in the near future so I can fix a few things. Thank you to @starmaammke for offering to beta for me -- I'm sorry I couldn't get it to you in time!

There are a few inspirations for this story: the music -- there's a whole playlist of songs that inspired this story. Find it here! 

Movies -- A Ghost Story; Ghost (mmm Patrick Swayze); Donnie Darko; the Shape of Water, among others (let's see if you find the references!) 

And the book -- the Time Traveller's Wife.

Yes, there is time travel and the plot gets a bit twisted so if you have any questions, please ask me about it as I may have glossed over something!

I'll be honest, this fic kind of snuck up on me. I never intended it to be so dark when I first started planning it, but I've always enjoyed pretty much anything beautiful and sad, so I suppose it makes sense how this happened. I may or may not have plans to continue it in another fic (*evil grin*), but I will be diving back into my other series before I continue this one.

Thank you to @palmviolet for putting this Big Bang together!

THANK YOU @snowchicago99​ for everything ❤︎

And thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy (even with all the angst lol)