#JimBob buddy headcannon

[halvedmimi]

Had a thought: Joyce and Hopper went to school together. Bob and Joyce also went to school together. Both Bob and Hopper seem to have had high school crushes on The Joyce Byers ( or whatever her maiden name was). I really want to see the pair of them being woeful and commiserating together about her marrying Lonnie.

Maybe also both of them turning up to the local bar the night Lonnie moves out of town. Saluting their beers from across the room while they sit separately and hope she comes in for a drink and maybe picks one of them to sit with. She doesn't, she stays home with her boys but JimBob will take whatever hope is available.

Hopper would be sore about it when Joyce and Bob get together. But he'll be gracious about it and give Bob a congratulatory nod when he passed him in the grocery store.

Jim Hopper gives a short speech at Bob's funeral about how they ran in different circles at school but came together over common ground as adults. He was proud to call him a friend.

#JimBob buddy headcannon #stranger things #Bob Newby; superhero #Jim Hopper