//excuse me but Jim and joyce would be 77 in present day wtf. My babies are oldies 🥺
1974. Two thirty two year olds with two kids. Jonathan Barrett Hopper, 9, and Jackson William Hopper, 3. Jackson liked to be called Will. (I just had to stick with the J theme) They were a perfect family. As perfect as a family can be.
"Please stop" Jonathan said as he shut the door on Will's face. Will stomped his feet and started crying. "Woah there, buddy" Joyce said as she bent down to his height. "What happened?" Will dramatically put his head in her shoulder and cried. "Jonathan won't play with me" Joyce knew he was exaggerating but she still had to deal with the situation. Even though she'd had the worst day at work already.
"Jonathan"she called at his door. He opened it and saw Will crying. "I didn't even do anything." Joyce mouthed 'I know' and then continued to say "Just apologize to your brother." Jonathan shaked his head. "Why'd you always have to side with him? He's probably your favorite, and you probably love him more"
"Hey, not true, I just need a simple apology" Joyce said as Will continued to cry his lungs out. "Not gonna happen" Jonathan answered. Joyce really started to get mad. "Watch your tone" Jonathan immediately rolled his eyes and yelled "Dad!"
Hopper walked over to the situation. "Woah. Crying baby, mom, and kid. We've got a dilemma." Joyce stood up with Will in her arms. "Not a joking situation, love" "Will's not a baby! Stop treating him like one." Jonathan said while crossing his arms.
"Hey, Jonathan, I don't know if you forgot who runs things around here, but that's me and mom. You, buddy have to do whatever we say, because we definitely know what's best. So no more attitude, no more disrespecting mom.You owe her an apology"
Jonathan nodded, looked up at Joyce and said "Sorry, mommy, I didn't mean to ruin your day" he ran back to his room and played his record player. That broke her heart, that he felt that way. "Mommy, can I play with Jonathan now?" Will said with a smile. "No, buddy. I think daddy and I can play with you. I think Jonathan will get a bit of alone time"
"Hey, Willie, can you go pick some toys that we can all play with?" Jim smiled at his youngest. Will nodded and hopped to his room. Joyce hugged Jim ever so tightly. "Baby, I don't think I want any more kids. Is that bad?" Joyce frowned. Jim shook his head. "I don't think that's bad, I think that's perfectly normal"
"Do you want more?" Joyce said while blowing her hair out of her face. "A girl. If she looks like you." Joyce laughed. "Maybe when the boys are older. Because for now, Jonathan has me worried, and Will's overreacting a lot."
"Why does Jonathan have you worried?" He said while walking to the couch with her in his hands. "He's just been quiet, today he exploded and I think it's because he's jealous. My baby boy is jealous. I absolutely hate it."
"Well maybe you can bring him out here and we can have fun the four of us, and we can give him a bot more attention." Jim said as he kissed Joyce's forehead.
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Jonathan was in a much better mood. He was playing with his race cars, with Joyce. "Mommy, you can be the red car, daddy is the yellow one, Will is the blue one, and I get the black one" he said as he gave Joyce her toy car. "Really? You want to play with your brother?" She smiled at his kindness.
"Yes!" He squeezed her face. "I love you, mommy!" Joyce felt her heart burst. "I love you too, sweet boy" Jonathan gave Jim and Will toy cars. "Now we can all play" He smiled at his little brother.
"BROOOOOM" Will smiled. Jima and Joyce laughed. "INCOMING!" Jonathan crashed his car against Will's. Will entered into a giggle fit. "Imcomin" Will copied Jonathan. Joyce and Jim watched in awe of their two boys, it wasn't always happy and perfect, but they sure as hell had great moments.
"Mommy play with us" Will said while tugging on her shirt. Jonathan smiled "Dad, can you play too?" Jim and Joyce nodded. "Anything for our, babies" she smiled as she played with the cars. "Broom" Jim laughed.
Joyce, Jonathan, and Will were playing together. Joyce pushed around the cars, and she blew her hair out of her face. That always melted Jim's heart. "You guys are the cutest" Jim softly smiled.
A/N/this is the worst one but I suck at writing domestic ships. Let me know if you want a version where they don't have kids
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FanfictionJames Hopper and Joyce Horowitz's developing friendship. They have the same initials and I love them for that.