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Jim Hopper ([personal profile] something_incredible) wrote2022-08-12 01:55 pm
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The school year starts up again soon and Hopper is standing in the kitchen of the townhouse, looking down at a package of papers he'd just shaken out of an envelope addressed to him. Curriculum, books, school supplies, schedule, all things he's pretty sure Eleven should already have, but she hasn't shown him yet.

Probably a good thing the school mailed him a copy of all this, too.

"Shit," he says as he stares down at the list. The supply list is long, so is the list of books, and Hopper knows schools are underfunded in the present day, but he doesn't remember ever needing so much stuff just to go to school. Maybe he just hadn't been paying attention, though. Maybe this is all normal and he's just finally getting to live it.

But Beverly hadn't had such a long list either. He's fairly sure about that.

"Hey, El!" he calls up the stairs, his voice booming. "C'mon down here."

He has the day off, she's just been in her room, he figures they can probably knock most of this off the list in one day if they do it properly.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-08-12 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
She's not in trouble. She can tell, because she didn't do anything wrong, but also because of the way he calls up. He's good at making his voice loud and strong, but that doesn't always mean bad things. The cat still startles, though, and she strokes a hand down his back to his crooked little tail.

"It's okay, Dustin," she tells him, and scratches behind his ear before pushing up from her bed to go downstairs. She fixes Hopper with an expectant, curious look.

Then she sees the scattering of lists and she makes a face before she can school her expression neutral again.

"Oh."
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-08-19 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
"No," she says to his first question. She'd been told she would get a list of supplies before the school year started, but not what would be on it, or when to expect it. Seeing it laid out reminds her of the summer reading she was supposed to be doing.

She doesn't even own the book she needs for that, and summer is now almost over.

"Right now?" she asks. She'll have to change, and make sure she has her money. The cat needs a new toy, anyway.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-08-23 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
She does like shopping, even if only because it shows her all sorts of new things. But shopping with Hopper is not going to be anything like shopping with Max or Beverly, or even Stan, she suspects. The promise of lunch makes her smile, though, and she nods.

"I need to go change," she says. She's still wearing the softer lounge pants she'd pulled on fresh out of bed earlier that morning.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-08-28 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
El nods and runs upstairs to get changed and grab her things. She's tying her hair off in a scrunchie on her way back down. Dustin-the-cat is following close behind; he's always careful to keep away from feet, even Hopper's, so Eleven isn't afraid of him tripping her up. Once on flat footing, he darts ahead and jumps into the little stand where his food dish sits, crooked tail lashing excitedly.

Eleven looks at the bowl. "You had breakfast already," she points out. He narrows his eyes at her and meows, and El rolls her eyes. "No. The vet said too much food is bad for your heart." He meows again, a longer, drawn out sound, and Eleven sighs. "One treat," she says, holding up a finger. She fishes the treat bag out from the plastic, shoe-box-sized container that holds the cat supplies. He jumps down and tangles around her legs, then jumps back up onto the stand, then jumps back down again in his impatience. El tosses the single treat kibble to the side, letting it scatter across the floor and making him chase after it.

That done, she puts the treats away, latches the lid, then turns to Hopper innocently.

"I'm ready."
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-09-05 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I will have Bev take me shopping for clothes," Eleven agrees, in a tone meant to brook no arguments. She remembers how much her wardrobe changed, after she went to the mall with Max. She'd shifted into bright colors and bold prints, and she still wears those when she can find them. It isn't at all like the faded, oversized flannels and jeans that Hopper had her wear, that Mike seemed perfectly fine with.

"So we should get supplies." Maybe she should have Stan take her shopping for school supplies, actually. He'll know not only what she needs, but what will be best to keep her organized.

But she doesn't mind going with Hopper, either.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-09-05 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"You wear the same thing every day," El points out, amused. It isn't exactly the same thing, just the same type of thing, and she knows that, but it's still fun to tease him back.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-09-08 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
She grins at him when he pushes at her head, and she cuffs at his arm before climbing into the passenger seat.

"Okay. Can I get fun notebooks?" She'd seen kids last year with notebooks with vibrantly printed covers, or others with enormous stickers layered across them.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-09-11 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Unicorns?" she echoes, amused, and shakes her head. "No, with patterns and colors on them. I will know what I want when I see it." She sounds confident when she says it, but she's not entirely sure that's true.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-09-23 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
She rolls her eyes, but she's grinning.

"We can get one of those for you to write your notes in," she decides. "Since you seem to like it so much."
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-02 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleven can't hold any level of seriousness when he says that. She bursts into laughter, looking at him like he's crazy, maybe, but she loves him so much all the same.

"Then pen can have a pom-pom on the top," she says, as sagely as she can while giggling madly.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-03 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleven laughs as she tries to picture him holding such a pen, never mind working with it — never mind letting the metallic sparkles catch the light to irritate the eyes of criminals. She settles a little as she watches him, still grinning.

"Do you like being police?" she asks.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-06 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I want to help people," she says, looking ahead. Her powers help with that, but she doesn't always need them. Hopper doesn't have any powers, and he helps people all the time. El wants to be able to do that, too. "Can I be police? When I'm older."
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-11 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Last year, my teacher said I needed to figure it out," she explains. "That I need to prepare for college and have a plan." She frowns. "It is never too early," she recites.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-16 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"When did you decide?" she asks, looking over at him. "When did you know what you wanted to do?" It occurs to her, kind of suddenly, that she doesn't really know how old Hopper is. He's a grownup, that's all she really knows. How long has it been since he was in school? How old was he when he became a papa?
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-18 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Rougher than Hawkins?" she asks. "How come?"

She thinks she can guess, though. Finding Kali in the city had been easy enough for her, but she hadn't been afraid. She could protect herself, and she knew where she was going. It was the how to get there that had been hard; the city was enormous, with corners and alleys and shadows that stretched forever. She wonders if New York was similar.
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-24 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"People... can be monsters," she agrees. Papa was a human monster. He'd done all of those things to Mama, just to make Eleven who she is. She frowns, looking at Hopper. "But doesn't that mean I should stop them, if I can?"
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-25 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleven thinks she understands what he means. She might have been to the Upside Down, she might have fought the demogorgon, and demodogs, and Papa and his orderlies... but even despite that, she's never seen the sorts of things Hopper has. She can't imagine what they could be, how bad they could be.

He's trying to protect her.

"But maybe I can stop it from happening," she reasons. "So then, nobody has to see it."
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[personal profile] eggos 2022-10-29 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like write on bright pink kitten starfish notebooks with glittery purple pens," she teases with a grin. That's an interesting thought, though. She knows, of course: she can do the things she wants. She's not just a superhero. But she doesn't know what she wants to do, other than help people.

Maybe she will look into those other jobs Hopper told her about. A lawyer, or a social worker, or a shelter worker. Maybe she can do good that way.