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title: Grade School Marriage*
oc name: Claudia Balker*
oc nickname: Didi*
face claim: Anna Sophia Robb*
love interest: Dustin Henderson
timeline: s1 - 3+
status: open - takensummary
In which Dustin Henderson married Claudia Balked in 4th with nothing more than a ring pop, Mike as the priest, and Lucas as the ring-bearer.
plot
Claudia and Dustin have been married from years, even though it wasn't a real wedding. They've always loved each just a little more than normal, so they got married with a ring pop. They never started 'dating' though, they don't act like an actual couple most of the time, even though it's obvious they both want to. Claudia had been planning to kiss him for a week, but on the night she planned to do it, their best friend went missing.
The vanishing of Will Byers left a hole in the party, one they were determined to fill themselves. They set out into the woods one night to search for him, and instead found a girl in a hospital dress, who would help them greatly after that.
They spend a week searching for their friend, and when they finally find him, they lose El, and that wasn't even the rest of it. A year later the monster that caused them all so much pain reappears, not satisfied with the mark he left last time. Now they have to fight him again before he takes their friend for good, and maybe they'll be lucky enough to find someone else they lost.
*canons*
~Dustin being the person who gave Claudia her nickname because he couldn't pronounce her name when he was younger.
~Didi defending El anytime Lucas says something bad about her.
~Dustin casually calling Didi his wife every once in a while, and Didi calling him her husband
~Didi kissing Dustin in the cafeteria because she doesn't know what could happen
~Them not talking about the kiss after that and basically pretending it didn't happen
~Dustin and Didi completely confusing Max by calling each other Husband and wife
~Didi being with Dustin when he gets Steve Harrington to help him find Dart
~Steve giving both of them relationship advice, while neither of them knew that they were thinking of each other
~Dustin kissing Did I while they were dancing at the snow ball, and them being an actual couple after that (who still calls each other husband and wife)
~Didi being the most excited to see Dustin when he comes back from camp
~Didi being a member of Scoops Troop