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Part 27 of Whumpril 2024 - Stranger Things edition
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2024-04-30
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because no-one else will

Summary:

Jim Hopper realizes that it's up to him to take care of Steve Harrington.

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Written for day 29. reluctant caretaker of Whumpril 2024.

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When Hopper sees Harrington’s beaten-in face and the way his eyes can’t quite track and how slow his responses are, he decides that he needs to take care of the kid, because no-one else will..

‘Don’... No… ‘m fine .’

The kid, and he is a kid still, never mind that he’s sixteen (seventeen? how old is he, really?), resists him, of course, why wouldn’t he? All his previous interactions with Hopper have been Jim coming to put a stop to his rowdy parties.

‘No, you aren’t. Come on.’

Harrington follows, subdued.

And that’s how Hopper gained a second kid… eventually.