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It started with something Karen said to her in the kitchen.
Well, not really. It actually started a few weeks beforehand, when Joyce first confided in Hopper that she thought Jonathan was acting strangely. They were in the tunnels, testing the network out against the map of Hawkins they’d spent the past month and a half drafting. Hop came to a full stop. When he turned to meet her gaze, he looked almost amused. “Well yeah,” he said, fond in the way that meant he was humoring her, “All that pot he’s been smoking will do that to a kid. I gotta say Joyce, I'm a little surprised you let him—"
But Joyce didn't hear the rest of the sentence. Pot? The word seemed to land with a clunk on the floor of the tunnel, where it sat heavily between them, impossible to ignore.
Now that the Byers are back in Hawkins, Joyce has started slowly putting the pieces together about her firstborn. On the eve of the end of the world, she wants to talk to her son about college.
Or, Jonathan and Joyce have a long overdue conversation.
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08 Apr 2026
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What do you think? Can’t think at all. Whatcha gonna do? Gonna live my life. How do you feel? I’m lonely.
jancy fic week DAY 2 — December 1987 - May 1989
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The only person [Nancy] felt she could really be herself around was Jonathan Byers.
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31 Mar 2026
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Vivianne Clarke and Steve Harrington have never liked each other.
Not as kids. Not in high school. Not now.
But when Hawkins starts to come apart at the seams, dislike proves to be a fragile thing, and some misunderstandings take years, monsters, and a great deal of grief to untangle.
A Stranger Things rewrite (Seasons 1-5).
Season 1 ✓
Season 2 ✓
Season 3 ✓
Season 4 ✓
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31 Mar 2026
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You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.jancy fic week 2026 DAY 1 — post-final battle
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When a teacher suggested Jonathan for a photograph contest being held, Jonathan didn’t think much of it, wouldn’t have even signed up if it weren’t for Will finding out and the chance of a cash prize.
However, somehow, he makes it past the first stages in Hawkins, forgetting about the tiny detail that this contest is one taking place all over the country, meaning he has photo shoots to organize, favors to ask, interactions to have and a big final prize that could possibly be his.
Why did he do this?
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OR, Jonathan enters a photography contest and winds up making friends and *le gasp* believing in himself?
Fic is finished, updates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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31 Mar 2026
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“Hey, can we talk?” She asks, putting her hand on Jonathan’s thigh.
“Yeah,” he answers, looking her in the eyes with that soft gaze she knows she never can be without.
“We’ll be right back,” she tells the others.
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She takes Jonathan by the hand and leads him around the corner of the church. Only when his fingers naturally interlace hers does she realize that broken up couples usually don't hold hands together.
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31 Mar 2026
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I Fought The Law by YankeeWithTheBrave (PaperConduit)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Mar 2026
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Jancy Fanfic Week Day 1: Post Final Battle
When the Upside Down is destroyed, all hell breaks loose as Jonathan and Nancy decide to go against the military’s orders
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31 Mar 2026
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Eliza Henderson has learned what it means to lose people and to grow up faster than she was meant to. So when Hawkins begins to unravel because of missing kids, a terrified girl with nowhere to go, and a nightmare lurking in the dark, she refuses to stand by. Instead, she chooses to step in to protect the ones she loves, no matter the cost.
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31 Mar 2026
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What if Jonathan and Nancy didn't have the opportunity to grow and reconnect down the line? What if their separation was tragically sealed by an untimely death? How would Nancy feel about the season 5 breakup under these circumstances?
A canon-divergent one-shot inspired by the Jancy breakup scene where Jonathan sacrifices himself to save Nancy and she is left wrecked in the aftermath.
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30 Mar 2026
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It's been four years since they all reunited for the younger kids' graduation and agreed to meet up in Philly. For most of those four years Nancy has been a friend, just a very good friend, but in the last couple of months the facade of friendship has started to fall and Jonathan has realised he has feelings for her again. He's been dealing with this by ignoring her, but now she's moving to New York and it seems like it won't be that possible to avoid her anymore. Which isn't ideal, when she's made it clear for many years that they will never be anything else than just best friends.
Or, After all the time, it turns out Jonathan is still a bit in love with Nancy, and he might be a bit of twat as he works out what to do about it.
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30 Mar 2026
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As she and Jonathan walk hand in hand to his car parked by the curb they notice another car parked behind it. And Mrs. Holland is already out of it and on her way towards them. Paper in hand and tears in her eyes. Mr. Holland behind her, his round face contorted with sorrow.
”Nancy, I- did you see the paper? I… sorry to ambush you like this I just had to-”
Mrs. Holland can’t finish the sentence as she bursts into tears, letting out anguishing cries.
She wraps Barb’s mom up in a hug as she comes up to her. Now her resolve breaks. They cry in each other’s arms. She cries for Barb, for the greatest friend anyone could have, for the girl who should’ve gotten out of this town off to an Ivy League where she’d flourish, who died in the most horrible way you can die. She cries for sweet Mrs. and Mr. Holland who was robbed of their brilliant daughter, who never gets to see all the great things Barb would’ve gone on to do.
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30 Mar 2026
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Nancy reached out, brushing Steve’s hair from his face. She had to keep reminding herself that he wasn’t hers anymore.
She’d ended that, tonight actually. Though, if she was honest, it had ended a long time ago.
His words from earlier tonight echoed in her ears.
"I may be a pretty shitty boyfriend…"
Yeah, she thought, you were. Sometimes. But I wasn’t much better.
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Or, Nancy takes a turn hiding someone in the basement.
Split POV Nancy and Jonathan
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- Part 1 of How Soon is Now?
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The warriors of Hawkins go on and find their lives after it finally ends
Various post-epilogue/post final battle fics with a variety of pairings
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1 - Hawkins, Spring 1990
2 - Post Season 5 AU, Hawkins, 1990
3 - New York, January 1996
5 - New York, Spring 1992
7 - Boston, September 1993
9 - Hawkins, November 1986 - May 1989
10 - Season 5 AU, November 5, 1987
12 - Boston, June 1990
13 - Boston, April - October 2004
14 & 15 - Hawkins & Boston - May 1989 & February 1997
16 - New York & Boston, 1990-1994Ronance
4 - Season 5 AU, Spring 1987
6- Hawkins & Philadelphia, Summer 1989
8 - New York, 1993
11 - Various, March - November 1996Stonathan
4 - Season 5 AU, Spring 1987
6- Hawkins & Philadelphia, Summer 1989
8 - New York, 1993
11 - Various, March - November 1996Bookmarked by softattachment
30 Mar 2026
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While developing photos for the school newspaper, Jonathan’s kitten Rocket sneaks into the darkroom and leaves tiny paw prints on the prints Nancy urgently needs.
Jonathan fears he’s ruined everything, but Nancy finds beauty in the imperfection — and in him.
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30 Mar 2026
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New York, May 1992
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30 Mar 2026
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Tonight, Tonight, The Highway's Bright [OLD VERSION AND OUTTAKES] by maddie_grove
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 May 2025
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A year after the unexplained disappearance of her best friend, Nancy Wheeler is consumed with guilt and bent on quiet self-destruction. Then a strange incident sends her on a new course and inspires her to reach out to a boy she used to sort of know.
Author's Note 10/18/2023: This is an earlier version of this story that has been discontinued. Please see the new version, which has been reworked and will be updated.
Author's Note 5/3/2025: I have extensively edited chapters seven and eight from the new version ("Tonight, Tonight, the Highway's Bright") and posted the old versions of those chapters here. Please see the new version for the updated chapters. These outtakes will probably only be interesting (or, for that matter, comprehensible) if you've already read the new version and idk you like seeing how the fic-sausage gets made.
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- Part 2 of Tonight, Tonight
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30 Mar 2026
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Good Breaks Are Few, Few Skies Are Blue by maddie_grove
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Mar 2025
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Of all the misfortunes that had befallen Jonathan Byers in 1928, having to drop out of school was easily the least. He’d never admit it to Will, who had a decent shot at graduating from high school and making something of himself, but trading in the jeers of his classmates and the pitying glances of his teachers for the indifference of most Melvald’s shoppers had been an enormous relief. A few more years of school, he told himself, wouldn’t have guaranteed a way out of Hawkins, anyway. He could educate himself just fine with his books and camera, and he didn’t need much company. He certainly had no reason to go to a party mainly attended by people he’d been glad to forget after sixth grade.
Nancy had asked him, of course, but she’d only been teasing.
Jonathan's point of view for the first chapter of Drive All Night.
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- Part 2 of Drive All Night
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30 Mar 2026
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Put This Silence in My Heart in a Better Place by maddie_grove
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jul 2024
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Jonathan Byers disappeared on November 6, 1983. Barbara Holland disappeared on November 8, 1983.
Jonathan came home. Barb never did.
Nancy tries to make sense of it all.
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30 Mar 2026
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-it all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises, a change is better than a rest, silly beggars can't be choosers
He should be happy. Will is safe, his family is whole, the gate is closed, they saved the day, he got the girl. He should be happy.So why does he feel like he wants to scream?
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30 Mar 2026