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*Cause they don’t know about the night in the hotel*
‘Do you still have yours?’ Nancy asks, grinning at him as she slams her hand on the motel bedside table.
‘Of course’ Jonathan promptly replies, smiling back at her. He too slams his hand down onto the table, lining his scar up with hers. He’s never been more in love with a person than he has now, and he feels as if she hasn’t either.
‘Yeah yeah, well mines bigger’ she laughs in his face, he’s so in love with her.
‘ congratulations’ he smiles sweetly at her, flashing her his teeth. Jonathan fights the urge to tell her that he loves her.
* they weren’t riding in the car when we both fell*
The car ride to Murray’s was silent but you could sense the tension in the air, after the smiles they shared in the hotel despite the fact they turned away from each other in the end. It’s clear that they both love each other, for fuck sake Nancy even said that she ‘waited for him’ whatever that means but he can’t deny the fact that she’s in love with him. He wants to tell her so much that she’s in love with him too, but she’s still technically with Steve right? Or wrong? He doesn’t know what happened there because his head is just entirely filled with Nancy Nancy Nancy.
* didn’t see the note on the Polaroid picture*
‘Jonathan!’ Nancy smiles at him, beaming from ear to ear. ‘Wait up!’
He turns around from his walk to the front door to face her, she seems to be holding some soft of gift. It’s neatly packaged in red wrapping paper with a green bow tied perfectly on top. It’s such a Nancy thing to do.
‘ yeah?’ He smiles back at her.
‘ I, uh got you something’ her arms extend and hold the gift out towards him, he leans in to grab it off her. He can smell the sickly sweet of her vanilla perfume, all Jonathan wants us to pull her in for a warm embrace as he tangles with her hair but he knows he can’t.
‘ thank you nance’ is all he can bring himself to say as she leans forward and gives him a simple but sweet kiss on the cheek. Jonathan can feel blush spread across his face while she pulls away. A smile wide on her face.
‘Merry Christmas’ she says, watching his blush fade away.
‘Merry Christmas Nancy’ he repeats, turning to walk out of the door, place his hand onto wills back.
* they don’t know how much I miss you*
‘Did someone order pizza?’ Nancy hears her mom say, as she turns to watch the yellow pizza van rush down her driveway. She reads the sign on it ‘surfer boy pizza’. This confuses her as she doesn’t believe that she’s seen this company around Hawkins before, it sounds similar to the pizza company that Jonathan’s friend works at back in California.
Her eyes continue to watch as the van pulls to a stop, the door slides open and 4 familiar figures emerge out of it. However, there is one that she doesn’t seem to recognise. Nancys mouth gapes as she sees her brother, will, eleven and.. and most importantly; Jonathan clamber out. They all stand in some heroic like position which she can’t help but giggle at. Yet she’s mostly overcome by shock, Jonathan, her Jonathan, is here in Hawkins. Not another moment passes as they’re running up to one another and he’s holding her in a tight embrace, lifting her up off of the ground. She squeezes him tightly as she doesn’t want to let him go, not anymore. Not again. She’s missed him so much.
Once he’s placed her gently back down onto the floor she can’t help herself but through her arms around his neck, digging her nails into his back. Jonathan grabs her hands and places them onto his elbows, he too places his own hands onto her elbows. He stares lovingly into her beautifuly blue eyes.
‘Are you okay?’ He mumbles, there’s concern, love, worry and fear in his voice all at the same time.
‘ yeah, yeah I’m okay’ she breathes out, still in complete shock that he’s here. ‘But Jonathan…’ she begins but he cuts her off.
‘I know, this isn’t an earthquake. I know, a lot more than you think’
‘How? We’ve been trying to all you and-’
‘I know I know, I’m sorry but we just couldn’t risk contact.
Nancys eyes scan his face as she watches his lips speak carefully. ‘Couldn’t risk Contact?’
‘It’s okay. I’ll tell you everything, okay?’
‘Okay’ a smile begins to form on her face.
‘I promise, but for now..’ his breathing is still heavy yet it becomes slightly more relaxed the more they talk. ‘I’m just glad you’re safe’
Nancy nods her head quickly,still staring at him as he leans forward placing one of his hands between her cheek and neck so that he can plant a hard kiss onto her forehead. Their breathing becomes more synced as it’s relaxing, so they lean in to share another tight hug. Jonathan’s right hand wraps around over her shoulder and the back of her neck as his left hand secures itself tightly to her waist. She does the same but throws both hands around his neck, she doesn’t ever ever want to let ago again. They share this moment together and it feels as if no one else is around them, although she can hear Steve walking away sighing with robin; it’s not her problem though that he can’t move on.