A/N: This is a really quick little one shot I whipped up the other day. I have something longer with Mileven coming up, so stay tuned!
Hopper came into the station late that morning. Really, they ought to be glad he came in at all, what with trips into the Upside freaking Down to find Will Byers, who they all thought had died in the quarry. At least he had a legitimate excuse, not that anyone but Joyce Byers and some teenagers and almost teenagers would back it up. Or that anyone would believe it.
"You're late again Hop," Flo chastised.
"I know," he grumbled, walking back to his office.
He sat back there pretending to do work for a while.
"Hop! There's a call from the middle school janitor. The salt's gone!"
Hopper groaned.
"They want you to go find out who took it," Flo informed him.
Hopper laughed at the pure irony of the situation. He grabbed his hat and jacket, which he had only just taken off, and hopped into his car. He'd have to make some sort of fake investigation that led to nowhere, but then, he probably would have to get used to that. And so the aftermath had begun.