Actions

Work Header

Rating:
Archive Warning:
Categories:
Fandom:
Relationships:
Characters:
Additional Tags:
Language:
English
Collections:
Don't_Judge_me
Stats:
Published:
2022-08-05
Updated:
2023-04-09
Words:
22,377
Chapters:
30/?
Comments:
201
Kudos:
676
Bookmarks:
73
Hits:
13,214

(yet another) stranger things texting fic!

Summary:

so i've been writing this since vol 1 came out and i think i've got to a point where i'm not gonna lose motivation. i haven't read any other stranger things texting fics specifically because i didn't want to subconsciously copy them, so if this is similar to any other stranger things texting fics you've read, i promise it wasn't on purpose.

all the characters are a year older than they were in season 4. would this technically mean that robin and nancy and etc should be in college?? yes. we're just gonna pretend that they all ended up going to college online or in hawkins.

also billy isn't here because he's racist. like we're just gonna pretend that he never existed

(ON HAITUS)

Notes:

summary: chrissy is a matchmaker. robin is an (unintentional) matchmaker. eddie is a gay mess. nancy and jonathan just want to watch clueless.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: chapter one

Chapter Text

usernames for the start of the fic:

eddie: too cool for nicknames apparently

robin: would kiss a muppet

nancy: nance

jonathan: jonathan

chrissy: chris

too cool for nicknames apparently has created a group.

too cool for nicknames apparently has added would kiss a muppet, nance, jonathan and chris

too cool for nicknames apparently has named the group movie night

 

movie night (8:14 PM)

would kiss a muppet: Why do we need a separate movie night chat? 

too cool for nicknames apparently: the kids were mad at us for planning our movie nights in the group chat so

too cool for nicknames apparently: on the plus side now we can talk about them behind their backs

nance: “now” like we weren’t already doing that

jonathan: I can’t believe we never had a group chat without the kids

would kiss a muppet: We really need to get more friends that aren’t in high school

chris: um excuse me

would kiss a muppet: sjkdflks SORRY but you don’t count you’re a senior

chris: you’re forgiven!! <3

too cool for nicknames apparently: wouldn’t it be great if we used this chat for its intended purpose?

too cool for nicknames apparently: what movie do you guys want to watch

nance: i nominate clueless

would kiss a muppet: YES

chris: i love clueless!! 

jonathan: Ugh, as if

jonathan: But yes i would like to watch it

too cool for nicknames apparently: sick reference jonathan

too cool for nicknames apparently: yeah sure i’ll watch clueless

chris: great so should we rent it from family video?

too cool for nicknames apparently: what why family video that’s so random

chris: is it

chris: is it random eddie

too cool for nicknames apparently: um. yes? clueless is on netflix we don’t need to rent it

would kiss a muppet: Actually they took it off Netflix

nance: literally what is with netflix getting rid of all the good movies

jonathan: hey at least they still have Tall Girl /j

nance: I DIDN'T SEE THE /J AT FIRST I WAS ABOUT TO SCREAM

jonathan: ahahhaha

too cool for nicknames apparently: i can just rent clueless from amazon or smth

chris: family video is a lot cheaper

chris: plus wouldn’t you rather support where robin works??

too cool for nicknames apparently: hmmm

too cool for nicknames apparently: no

would kiss a muppet: You'd rather support Jeffery Bezos than my job?

too cool for nicknames apparently: ok i do hate jeffery bezos

too cool for nicknames apparently: but whatever i’m not going to family video

chris: i vote that eddie should have to go to family video

 

chris has created a group

chris has added nance, would kiss a muppet and jonathan

 

would kiss a muppet, nance, chris and jonathan (8:17 PM)

chris: vote for eddie to go to family video please

 

movie night (8:17 PM)

jonathan: i agree eddie should have to go to family video

nance: me too

would kiss a muppet: ^^^

too cool for nicknames apparently:

too cool for nicknames apparently: fine.

 

too cool for nicknames apparently to chris (8:18 PM)

too cool for nicknames apparently: why

chris: you know exactly why

too cool for nicknames apparently: i really shouldn’t have told you about my stupid crush on robin’s dumb coworker

chris: oh like you’re not secretly really happy to see him

too cool for nicknames apparently: i don’t know what you’re talking about.

chris: uh huh

chris: family video closes in like 30 minutes btw you should go now

too cool for nicknames apparently: you’re so mean

chris: <3

 

too cool for nicknames apparently to chris (8:41 PM)

too cool for nicknames apparently: AGHHHH

chris: ?

too cool for nicknames apparently: that was SO AWKWARD

too cool for nicknames apparently: i kept stammering and repeating myself and blushing like an IDIOT

too cool for nicknames apparently: and at one point i actually forgot the name of the movie like my mind just went blank

too cool for nicknames apparently: he probably thinks im a loser

chris: you are a loser

too cool for nicknames apparently: wow thanks

chris: in all seriousness tho i’m sure he doesn’t think that you’re a loser

too cool for nicknames apparently: wasn’t he like super popular when we were in school? 

chris: so? 

too cool for nicknames apparently: so he’s probably judging me right now

chris: ok look 

chris: as someone who works at a clothing store i can tell you that he probably doesn’t even remember you. he probably talks to like fifty customers a day, right? i guarantee he isn’t judging you 

too cool for nicknames apparently: thank you 

chris: yw!! <3

 

movie night (8:53 PM)

jonathan: eddie when do we come over to your house?

too cool for nicknames apparently: is 9:15 good?

would kiss a muppet: Yeah its good but hey i have a question to ask you guys

too cool for nicknames apparently: i don’t like the sound of that

would kiss a muppet: Uh so you guys know my coworker Steve?

too cool for nicknames apparently: yeah i know him

 

chris to too cool for nicknames apparently (8:54 PM)

chris: you answered alarmingly fast

too cool for nicknames apparently: shut up

movie night (8:54 PM)

nance: uh we used to date so yes i know him

jonathan: i punched him in the face a couple years ago

would kiss a muppet: Oh my god

would kiss a muppet: Should I not ask what I’m about to ask then

jonathan: it’s cool we’re on good terms now

would kiss a muppet: Ok that’s good

would kiss a muppet: I’m not even mad at you for punching him because he probably deserved it back then honestly

would kiss a muppet: BUT he’s super nice now

would kiss a muppet: Don’t tell him I said that

would kiss a muppet: And I was wondering if maybe I could invite him to our movie night?