TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD
HELLO GANG! If you, like me, are a Byers(-Hopper) family stan and you, like me, are feeling sad about Joyce forgetting she's even got a son named *looks at smudged writing on hand* Johnathon? Jonathon? BOY do I have the fic for you! Chapter two is now up and the story is now complete. Please do mind the new tags because this part is mental health and breakdown heavy.
This fic arose from the uncontrollable and demanding mental urge to write the heart-to-heart I have wanted to see between Joyce and Jonathan for the last three seasons, fueled by my additional rage at how they were both treated during the final season. Ultimately it's a love letter to the Byers and I hope it brings you the same kind of catharsis for these characters while reading that I got from writing it.
Here's a tiny preview from chapter 2:
“Jonathan, if you tell me you’re fine one more time, I swear to god…I have let a lot slip by me over the years, but I am still your mother, and I know my son. You are not fine. I am telling you all this because this,” she gestured back towards the cabin, “this war—it’s ending tomorrow. And at the end of it, I need you to start living for you. Not for me, and not for your brother.”
