Crackship Canoe: Jackie Hopper (The Story of Tracy Beaker) x Peter Beale (EastEnders)
Requested by Anonymous
• Peter and Jackie were in the same year at school and also a running club
• Ian disapproved of their friendship, due to Jackie being in care and her tendency to run away (Lucy liked her for that and demanded that Peter be her best friend)
• Peter and Jackie competed in PE and sports, both being incredibly athletic (Jackie wanted to win, but Peter just wanted to spend time with her and impress her)
• Ian continued to try and keep them away from each other, especially after the two of them and Jay snuck into a burned down house and got in trouble with the police (Shelley was NOT happy about that)
• (Side headcanon, people joke that Jay and Jackie could be twins)
• Dot and Jack (Jackie’s grandpa) were old friends from school. Dot went to Jack’s funeral, and Peter came along to support Jackie
• One night, Jackie did another runner and the care home phoned round the Beale house to see if she was there. Peter admitted she mentioned something about running away again. He stayed up all night, comforted by Jane, worried about her
• The night that Jack died, Tracy immediately phoned the Beales to tell Peter, and he begged Jane and Ian to drive him to the care home so he could wait with her
• After the camping trip disaster where Peter nearly drowned, Shelley drove Jackie to the hospital so that she could see him after she threatened to go on her own
• When they were all teenagers, Lucy and Jackie became jealous of how close Peter and Lauren were getting. Lucy constantly teased Jackie about her obvious feelings for Peter and ended up blurting them out to him one day out of spite
• Peter didn’t believe that Jackie had a crush on him, thinking they were just mates (despite having a massive crush on her himself)
• Whereas, Jackie thought Peter would never fancy her because of how tomboy-ish she was
