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Nancy and Rose stand with Flo at the Police Station as she was getting ice for Jonathan's hand.
"Do you think we'll be out of here soon?" Nancy asks, grabbing some ice for Rose's hand as well.
"You, yes. Them, no." she answers, looking at the blonde. "Her, not for legal reason but because the Chief won't enjoy seeing her in here, and your boy, he assaulted a police officer."
"Well how long are you gonna keep him." she asks.
"You and your boyfriend have big plans, do you?" Flo asks as Rose stifles a laugh.
"He's not my boyfriend." Nancy says.
"I think you better tell him that." she says.
"What?" Nancy asks.
"Only love makes you that crazy, sweetheart." Flo says, handing her the ice. "And that damn stupid."
"Thanks Flo." Nancy says, walking back to where Jonathan was cuffed.
Rose stays by the women and the older looks at her.
"Now why'd you do it?" she asks.
"He compared him to Lonnie." she mutters. "Called him a screw-up. I know that's not a good reason but-"
"But you were protecting your family." she says. "He'll understand that. But the assaulting a police officer..."
"To be fair." she says quietly. "Callahan kinda asked to get elbowed in the nose trying to grab him like that."
Flo laughs and sends her back to her friends, her family.
TIME SKIP
"What did you do?" Hopper asks, waking Rose up from her recharge nap while Joyce is arguing with Callahan for Jonathan wearing cuffs.
"Punched Harrington." she answers.
"Take them off!" Joyce's yelling stops their conversation.
"You heard her, take 'em off." Hop says.
"Chief, I get everyone's emotional here, but there's something you need to see." Powell says.
The three officers walk out of the station and Joyce looks at her adoptive daughter.
"Rose..." she starts to say.
"It's about to get a lot worse." the girl mutters, Nancy looking over to her.
"What do you..." she starts to ask.
The officers walk back in with the box from the surplus store and put it on the table for Joyce to look through.
"Oh." Nancy says.
"What is all this?" she asks.
"Why don't you ask your children?" Hopper says. "We found it in your son's car?"
"What?" she says, looking over to Jonathan.
"Why are you going through my car?" he asks.
"Not the question you should be asking right now Jon." Rose mutters, Hopper looking at her.
"I wanna see you in my office." he says.
"You won't believe me." Jonathan says.
"Why don't you give me a try?"
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Every Rose Has Its Thorns (Harrington x OC)
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