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• talk to me (in your own made-up language) by Andywrittes

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  • F/M, M/M
  • Complete Work

  10 Jul 2026

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  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Argyle (Stranger Things)
  • Claudia Henderson
  • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
  • Jason Carver
  • Chrissy Cunningham
  • Heather Holloway
  • Stacey Albright
  • Chance (Stranger Things)
  • Patrick McKinney
  • Bob Newby (Stranger Things)
  • Steve Harrington
  • Eddie Munson
  • Andy Harper (Stranger Things)
  • Slow Burn
  • Pen Pals
  • Eventual Smut
  • Step-Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Dustin Henderson is a Sweetheart
  • POV Multiple
  • Post-Season/Series 04
  • Vecna is Defeated (Stranger Things)
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler Break Up
  • Angst and Fluff and Smut
  • First Time Blow Jobs
  • Loss of Virginity
  • Dry Humping
  • Orgasm Delay
  • Masturbation
  • Mutual Pining
  • Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson Acting as Dustin Henderson's Parental Figures
  • Eddie Munson Lives
  • Song: Talk talk (Charli XCX)
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Making Out
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Bullying
  • Author Is Not Religious
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Religious nonsense (affectionate-ish)
  • Making fun of church dynamics
  • Dead Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Underage Drinking
  • Jane hopper loves ABBA
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Love Triangle
  • Henderhop will be endgame
  • but she will be with Troy temporarily
  • Pride and Prejudice References
  • Mean Girls References
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Jane gets a taste of popularity
  • There is slut shaming and misogyny directed at Jane
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Jane cheats on Troy but they’ve only been together for like a day so whatever
  • Cheating is bad I don’t condone it but fuck Troy
  • A ton of angst be prepared
  • Pushing it down and praying HARD
  • The plot of this story is heavy
  • Instead of porn with plot it’s plot with porn
  • Background Byler
  • Recreational drug use but it’s only weed

  Summary

  Jane and Dustin are both longing for love, TRUE love.
  Hopeless romantics in their own ways, they become pen pals during Jane’s time in Lenora.

  When she returns to Hawkins after 3 years in Lenora, they must face each other, as Jane begins to explore what she wants after Mike, and Dustin, heartbroken after Suzie, is convinced no one will ever love him again.

  Or

  Jane becomes popular when returning to Hawkins, Troy asks her out before Dustin could gather the courage to do so, losing his chance. A ton of stuff happens in the middle, I can’t condense it accurately, just know that Jane gets a job at a church alongside Troy and she attends ballet classes, Dustin works at RadioShack and is Corroded Coffin’s backup.

  Language:

  English

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