"Joyce? Could I speak with you for a moment Honey?" Mary questioned as she anxiously watched Greg and Jim load up her son's truck for their camping trip.

Joyce turned carefully from Hopper's side, already nervously biting her lip as she walked across the driveway and up the steps to join the older woman.

"Let's have a seat on the swing." Mary gestured behind them, wanting to keep their conversation private.

"Am I in trouble?" Joyce asked, her eyes dropping to her lap where she unconsciously started picking at her fingernails as the two slowly began to sway back and forth.

"Honey no, you're not in trouble." Mary sighed. "I just worry about you is all. I don't want you going on this trip because you feel obligated to please your friends, or Jim for that matter. If at any point you feel uncomfortable or want to come home you tell Jim, or contact me or Greg on the radio and we'll come get you, okay?"

Joyce lifted her head and gave Mary a silent nod, knowing she was still uneasy about her being around Benny, which was understandable, but Benny hadn't given her any reason since the incident to suspect he'd try anything again. All of his attention had been focused on Karen as of late and Joyce knew Hopper would protect her in the off chance something did actually happen.

"I promise, if anything starts to feel off I'll call on the radio. But I don't think it will. Jim and Karen will be there and they would both kick Benny's ass if he tried anything."

Mary smirked slightly and let the curse slide since they weren't technically in the house. Joyce watched as the best mother figure she'd ever had stood and looked out towards the old blue Chevy once more. Making sure neither of the men were looking, she quickly held out her hand, a small pocket knife sitting in her palm. "It's not much, but it will get the point across if you come into any kind of trouble." Mary whispered, placing the knife into Joyce's hands.

"I don't think I'll-"

"It's mainly for my piece of mind. I know nothing is going to happen to you, but my mama bear instincts are a little overloaded right now. Jim can fend for himself, but I worry about you."

Joyce carefully flipped the knife over and took in the carved details on the wooden handle.

"My mother gave it to me on my first trip with boys and I thought it would be nice to carry on the tradition to you. Then someday when you have a daughter and she gets her heart set on somebody, you can pass it on to her."

Joyce could barely contain the tears that were threatening to fall at the thought of one day having a daughter, especially with Hopper. It made her heart ache in a way that she wasn't used to.

The sound of that very person's voice suddenly carried across the yard and she quickly shoved the knife into her pocket. "Come on Joyce, we need to set up camp before it gets dark!"

Joyce looked over to Mary once more and quickly pulled her into a hug. When Mary's arms wrapped around her she felt loved, and finally acknowledged that she was accepted by this incredible woman. That she would always have a home here no matter what.

"Go on Darlin'. Have fun and please be careful. Don't take any shit from the boys either. Just because they have dicks doesn't make them smarter than you." Joyce had to hold back a laugh at Mary's statement and practically ran down the steps into Hopper's awaiting arms.

"Ready to go?" He asked and placed a kiss to the top of her head.

Joyce mumbled into his shirt and pulled away slightly at the feel of Greg's hand on her shoulder.

"Behave." Is all Greg said to the both of them before joining Mary on the front porch.

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The sight of Benny's black pickup truck greeted them when Hopper pulled off the main road and down the overgrown path that led to the quarry. As long as they didn't draw too much attention to themselves, they would be having a peaceful weekend full of campfire cooked hotdogs, drinking, swimming, and uninterrupted 'snuggles'.

Karen waved from where she was sitting on the tailgate of the truck with Benny standing between her legs as they rolled to a stop in front of them. "You guys ready for an awesome weekend?" She squealed as Joyce climbed out of Hopper's truck.

"I'm just ready to eat to be honest. Breakfast wore off a long time ago." Benny commented.

"When are you ever not ready to eat? I swear, you and Joyce both literally stuff your faces with everything and your body doesn't change at all." Karen laughed as she shifted in Benny's embrace to stand.

"What can I say, Joyce and I are gifted by the food gods." Benny joked and reluctantly let Karen get to her feet. "Thankfully no one else had the same idea to come down here this weekend. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a good party, but I just want it to be us. No drama, just food, swimming and drinking."

"Benny, are you going to follow me down the path or do you want to go first?" Hopper called out the window from inside his truck.

"You can go down first and I'll follow. Just take it easy, my truck isn't as big as yours." Benny said and headed toward his driver side door. Taking the hint, Joyce climbed back into the cab of Hopper's truck and gave him a confused look.

"What are we doing, Hop? I thought we parked here and walked down?" Joyce asked as he slowly began to drive through a worn out trail that went over one of the numerous hills that covered the land around the quarry.

"I didn't bring the tent. Snakes and all those nasty ass bugs are out of hibernation this time of year and I would feel like complete shit if you got bit or couldn't sleep because you were scared something might crawl on you." Hopper commented as he adjusted his grip on the steering wheel. "We're going to be sleeping in the truck beds. We got poles to set up on the outside off the truck and enough tarps to make a cover. I brought the air mattress too so we wouldn't be uncomfortable. If for some reason bad weather comes up, we can sit in the cab until it passes instead of having to hike back a mile or be miserable in a cold tent that might leak."

"That's actually pretty smart, because we both know if I see a snake I am going to freak the fuck out." Joyce stated, trying to ignore the cold chill that ran up her arms at the thought.

Hopper couldn't help but laugh. "I've been known to make smart decisions every once in a while." He teased. "Not to mention this will be a lot faster to set up so we can cook dinner and maybe get a swim in before it gets dark."

The thought of swimming didn't really bother Joyce, she knew how to doggy paddle fairly well, it was the thought of being in a swimsuit in front of someone other than Hopper that made her anxious. The suit she had decided on back at the mall fit her perfectly, but showed off more skin than she was comfortable with. Had Hopper not insisted she looked amazing in it, she would have left it on the shelf in the store and happily swam in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.

As if he had read her mind, Hopper took his right hand off of the steering wheel and placed it on her knee. "You look incredible in that suit Joyce. Don't let your scars keep you from feeling beautiful."

"You might think it's beautiful, but I feel like a deformed troll when I look at them." She mumbled, resting her hand on top of his.

"And it's okay to feel like that Honey. Hopefully one day you'll grow to love yourself and your body as much as I do."

Joyce couldn't help the smile that graced her lips at the wonderful man sitting beside her and the way he always knew exactly what to say to give her the confidence she needed. She knew that one day she would be able to look in the mirror and actually love the person staring back at her. She just hoped that it didn't take forever.

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Setting up their makeshift tents didn't take long at all, especially with the captain and co-captain of the wrestling team shoving poles into the soft ground surrounding the waters edge, their trucks parked tailgate facing tailgate with about twenty feet in between.

"It's fucking hot out here." Benny complained as he pulled his now soaked shirt over his head. Joyce wrinkled her nose at the sight, but Karen practically purred beside her.

"Why don't you go jump in the water and cool off a bit Honey?" Karen suggested as she went to his side.

"Well hell, I don't want to go out there by myself."

"Who said you were going by yourself?" Karen laughed and dug through her bag on the truck's tailgate, pulling out a light blue bathing suit.

Benny threw his shirt onto the hood of his truck, his hands going for the belt buckle at his waist before Karen had the chance to drop down part of the tarp to hide behind. Joyce quickly averted her gaze, choosing instead to look for Hopper who was standing at the edge of the water, his shoes and socks already abandoned on the shore. She watched in fascination as he hesitantly stuck his big toe into the water and quickly pulled it back out again.

"The water is cold as fuck!" He called over his shoulder and reached down to grab his things. The words were barely out of his mouth before Benny quickly ran past him and into the crystal clear water in nothing but his boxers. Karen's squeal of excitement was short lived as soon as her calves were submerged.

"Holy shit it's freezing!" She whined, not wanting to venture out to Benny who was already shoulder deep.

"Come on a babe, it's not that bad. Just get in and you'll get used to it."

Joyce stayed seated in her chair, laughing at the way the other couple splashed and teased each other, knowing Hopper was going to make her get in sooner rather than later. When he approached her side, he already had a gleam of mischief in his eyes. "Wanna get changed and join them?"

"Did you bring extra blankets? I'm going to have a hard time getting warm once I'm out of the water." Joyce said, trying to delay the inevitable

"Way ahead of you Honey. I brought three blankets, a pair of my winter socks, and a sweatshirt." He beamed, knowing she wouldn't have an excuse now.

"You promise you'll do whatever it takes to get me warm tonight?" She giggled and followed him over to his truck, his hands quickly digging into their bag to find her red swimsuit.

"You put this on and get in the water with me, and I'll do anything you want Darlin'." He smiled coyly.

Joyce smirked and hopped up onto the tailgate, taking the suit from him. She unbuttoned her jeans and slid them down her legs, tossing them beside the air mattress before lifting her shirt over her head. The tarp wasn't high enough for her to properly stand straight, having to slouch slightly, but it gave her the privacy and space she needed to comfortably undress.

Hopper continued standing on the ground, using the small bit of tarp he'd purposely left hanging over the edge of the truck to hide behind as he stripped down to his boxers. Once his trunks were on over his hips, he looked up to see Joyce struggling to tie her top and crawled onto the tailgate, propping himself up on his knees.

"Turn around." He said and she held the suit to her chest, doing as instructed. Carefully taking the strings in his hands, he tied them together behind her neck and placed his lips to the soft skin just below her ear. "There, now hurry up." He chuckled, laying a light slap to her ass as he leaned back onto his heels.

Joyce let out a small yelp and spun around with a fake scowl. "You're lucky I'm even wearing this thing. Don't rush me."

Hopper grabbed a hold of her hips and jerked her forward, making her gasp at the sudden movement. He dipped his head and kissed her stomach as his fingers wrapped around the elastic of her panties. "You're welcome to wear nothing if you'd like, but I don't exactly want Benny or Karen getting an eyeful of this." Tugging on the thin cotton, Hopper immediately froze at the sight before him, a pathetic whine catching in his throat. "Fuck baby."

Hopper wasn't stupid, he knew Joyce kept things maintained below the waist and that girls shaved their bikini lines, but this was the first time he'd ever seen her completely bare and it left him speechless. A hand came into his line of view and he flicked his eyes up to meet hers as she slid her panties the rest of the way down her legs.

"Hop, you've seen me naked countless times. Pick your jaw back up and let me get dressed before they come looking for us." She complained and reached for the bottom half of her swimsuit just as he dug his fingers into her thighs and pushed her onto the air mattress, his head quickly dipping between her legs.

Joyce couldn't help but moan when his tongue swiped through her folds, the feeling going straight to her toes, but she knew they didn't have time to get carried away and grabbed a fist full of his hair. "Honey no...we can't."

Hopper only moved enough for her to hear him speak, not reacting at all to the painful grip she had on him. "I'll make it quick." He panted and immediately went back to sucking on her clit.

"No...fuck, stop." Joyce whimpered, her voice heavy with desire, which only made Hopper more conflicted. Her body was screaming with pleasure to the point he could practically feel her buzzing beneath his fingertips, but he reluctantly lifted his head with a pout and let her go.

Taking a second to catch her breath, Joyce shifted into a sitting position and looked down at him, noticing his lip sticking out. "Honey don't be upset, we have all night to continue this."

Sliding further up the mattress, Hopper placed his hand on the side of her neck, his thumb brushing over the hollow of her throat. "You can't show me something like that and not expect me to react like this." He growled and wrapped his fingers around her wrist to bring her hand to the front of his swimming trunks. "I'm so fucking hard right now. Why would you keep that from me?"

Joyce chewed on the inside of her cheek and squeezed him gently, his hips unconsciously thrusting against her palm. "I wanted it to be a sur-"

"Are you two going to join us sometime this decade?" Karen's voice interrupted them, causing Joyce to startle and jerk her hand away.

Hopper sighed and let her go, once again sitting back on his knees. "Promise me I'll get to see all of you tonight?" He pleaded, watching as she pulled her bikini bottoms up and over her hips.

"I promise, but only if you behave." She replied with a wink, her hand lightly smacking against his cheek as she walked past him and jumped down off the tailgate to the dirt below.

For the second time in a matter of minutes, Joyce had to tell Hopper to pick up his jaw.

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"I don't want to do this anymore. Go on without me, I'll guard the camp." Joyce whined from her spot on the shore. One dip of her foot in the freezing water and she knew she wasn't going to enjoy herself.

"Oh come on Joyce, it's not that bad once you get in, I promise." Karen called from her perch on Benny's shoulders.

"Easy for you to say, you're not even in the water!" Joyce yelled back.

It took less than two seconds for Benny to duck his head and throw Karen off his shoulders in front of him. "There, she's in the water. Now come on, don't be a spoil sport!" Benny grinned.

Karen resurfaced and laid a snack to his chest. "I was almost dry asshole!"

"Ow! What's your point? You'd have to get wet when you got out anyway. Did you expect me to levitate your ass to shore?" Benny countered.

"The sooner you're in, the sooner you'll get used to it." Hopper said from behind Joyce, drawing her attention away from Karen and Benny's playful banter.

"I think I'm go- hey! Put me down!" Joyce screamed in protest as she found herself leaving the safety of the shore, Hopper's strong arms flinging her over his shoulder.

"Whew! You guys weren't kidding about it being chilly." He said to the others as the water met his knee caps.

"James Kenneth Hopper you put me down right this instant or so help me I'll-" Joyce's words were immediately silenced as her body dropped into the quarry, her head getting completely submerged. Thankfully she had enough time to grab her nose before she went under, the feeling of a million ice cubes surrounding her as she kicked her legs and resurfaced with a gasp.

"You told me to put you down! I was just doing what you said!" Hopper laughed, moving deeper into the water as she slowly waded over to him with a glare.

With strength she didn't know she had, Joyce climbed up his body, ignoring the heat that spread through her stomach as she wrapped her legs around his waist and his hands found their way to her ass.

"You're not behaving Jim." She whispered into his ear. "I guess you really don't want to taste me later."

Hopper audibly groaned in response and pulled her tighter against him. "I promise I'll be good." He murmured into her neck, his lips brushing over her pulse.

"Fine, but you owe me."

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The afternoon passed in a blur of Marco Polo, games of chicken and just floating around in the crystal clear water until the sun started to set. True to the statement first one in, last one out, Karen had to practically beg Benny to come to shore. They still hadn't made a campfire, or dinner for that matter and she was starving.

"Babe come on! You won't be able to see if there are any snakes in there with you!" Karen whined from where she was standing, a starch white towel wrapped around her body.

"That's the point! I don't want to see them bite me!"

"Benny you get out of that water right now!" Karen yelled, stomping her foot on the wet sand for good measure.

Hopper rolled his eyes at Benny being his usual stubborn self and continued gathering sticks to start a fire since Joyce hadn't been lying about how cold she was once they went to change. Even with his socks, a sweater and sweatpants, he could still see her shivering from where he was knelt down beside the old circle of stones that had been there for years.

"You going to be okay, Joy?" He asked as he placed more kindling on the fire to get it burning the way he wanted.

"I'll be fine once I warm up."

"Hopefully eating will help. Can you hand me the cooler and those clothes hangers?"

Joyce wasted no time in getting to her feet, the mere thought of food making her stomach growl.

"Holy shit Joyce, was that your stomach or a bear in the woods?" Benny laughed as he finally joined them and ran a towel through his hair.

"Real funny. I know you're starving too."

"Naturally. I would have been on my second meal of the evening by now."

"If you help me straighten these hangers, we'll be eating in no time." Hopper said and held out his hand for them to each take one.

"What do we need these for?" Karen asked as she tried and failed to straighten hers.

"You have much to learn about camping young grasshopper." Benny joked and took the hanger from her. Joyce didn't miss the 'hmph' that came from Karen as she leaned in closer to see exactly what her boyfriend was doing.

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Dinner was a huge success by camping standards, the only casualty being a single hotdog which lost it's life to the sand of the beach as it fell from Hopper's fingers.

"I'm glad your mom was able to get ketchup and mustard packets from Patsy's. I never would have thought about that." Benny commented as he leaned back in his chair, patting his stomach.

"She's a smart woman. She managed to keep my ass alive somehow after all." Hopper laughed and turned his head at the sound of Joyce coming back from the truck to crawl into his lap. His arm automatically wrapped around her waist, his hand resting on her hip.

With everyone finally seated and a beer in each of their hands, Hopper shifted in his seat to get comfortable and pointed at Karen. "You go first."

"Why me?" Karen asked with her brow raised.

Benny nudged her shoulder playfully. "Just go." He insisted.

Karen rolled her eyes. "Alright, fine." She thought for a second and looked over at Joyce. "Truth or dare?"

Joyce was a little surprised she'd been chosen first and decided to keep it simple since she'd never played before. "Truth."

Karen took a sip of her beer and crossed her legs. "Have you and Jim really known each other since you were little?" She asked.

Joyce leaned back into Hopper's chest, looking between everyone before speaking. "Well yeah, why would I lie about that?" She laughed. "We met at church when I was three and since we were neighbors, we spent a lot of time with each other. With everything going on at school and my life, it just wasn't ideal for us to be together until now. But yeah, we've been best friends since the moment we first met." A blush covered her cheeks when she finished.

Karen smiled, and of course Benny let out an exaggerated "Aww." which caused Hopper to kick him in the shin.

Joyce giggled and shook her head at their childish behavior. "So now I just ask anyone?" Hopper gave her a nod and she bit her lip. "Benny, truth or dare?"

"Dare." He answered without hesitation, a smirk playing at his lips.

"I dare you to open a new beer and chug it." Joyce said and took a sip of her own, quickly learning she didn't care at all for the bitter liquid.

"Oooo." Hopper mocked and watched as Benny reached down to grab a new can out of the cardboard case at his feet.

Benny popped the top and stood, tipping his head back and chugging the entire beer in a few quick gulps before tossing the can down and flexing his muscles like he'd just won some sort of competition.

"Alright big man, sit down and stop making a fool of yourself." Karen teased.

"Jim." Benny called as he moved his chair closer to Karen and plopped down." Truth or dare?"

Hopper knew Benny well enough at this point to know if he chose dare he'd make him do something ridiculous. "Truth." He said, swallowing down the rest of his beer and tossing the can with Benny's near the fire.

Benny rubbed his hands together and leaned forward slightly. "Have you and Joyce had sex yet?"

Joyce's face instantly turned red and Hopper rubbed his hand over her thigh. She didn't need to be embarrassed, this was something people their age gossiped about all the time, and she was giving Benny exactly what he wanted by asking such a personal question. He wanted to make them uncomfortable, but Hopper wasn't going to fall into his trap.

"If you must know, yes." Hopper said with confidence as he opened up another beer and set it in the drink holder that his chair came equipped with.

"Well congrats, it's good to know you're finally not a virgin anymore." He joked and flinched at Karen lightly pinching his side. "Ow."

"Be nice." Karen said with a laugh, giving Joyce a sympathetic look.

Joyce just grinned and shifted in Hopper's lap with her legs tossed over the arm of the chair and the side of her head resting against his shoulder. She finished the contents of her own beer and threw the can into the growing pile on the ground.

"Truth or dare Benny?" Hopper asked as he idly played with Joyce's hair that was running down her back.

"Again?" Benny huffed. "Fine, dare."

Hopper squeezed Joyce's leg where his other hand was resting near her ass before he spoke. "I dare you to strip naked and jump into the quarry."

Joyce's mouth fell open and Benny's eyebrows raised to his hairline. "Come on Jim, I just now started to feel my toes again."

"Sorry, rules are rules." His lips curled into a smirk around the can he was currently drinking from.

"Paybacks a bitch." Karen laughed, already feeling a little tipsy from the four beers she'd had since dinner.

"Shit…" With a huff, Benny stood and pulled his shirt over his head, tossing it onto the back of his chair before tugging on the strings of his gym shorts. They dropped to his feet so fast Joyce didn't have a chance to turn her head and her hand came to her mouth to hide her gasp. Benny attempted to cover himself with his hands when everyone's eyes were suddenly on him. "I hate all of you."

Hopper wasn't phased in the least at Benny being naked, having seen enough of him during their years of wrestling together, but he did get a thrill out of watching Joyce react to seeing their friends pale ass disappear into the night as the sound of him splashing against the water echoed off the rocks around them. In a way, Joyce was still pretty sheltered when it came to things like this, and it made him happy that he was getting to share these experiences with her.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck." Benny cursed as he came running back up the small hill soaking wet with his hands still covering himself. He grabbed a towel hanging off the tree where they were drying and wrapped it around his waist before sitting back down in his chair, his hands coming out to warm up by the fire. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

Karen grabbed another towel, laying it around his shoulders so he didn't freeze to death and placed a kiss on his cheek. "At least you got to show off that cute butt of yours."

"Ok, that's uncalled for." Hopper chuckled, his empty beer can crashing into another as he threw it away. He was pretty sure he was finished drinking for the night, already feeling his head swimming. "I have to admit, I'm surprised you actually did it." He said, leaning forward enough to give Benny a fist bump of respect.

Benny took a second to dry off his hair and upper body before slipping his shirt back on. "Karen, truth or dare?"

Karen turned in her chair to hang the towel that wasn't wrapped around Benny's waist back on the tree. "Dare."

"I dare you to make out with Joyce for at least two minutes." Benny said with a smirk.

Hopper felt Joyce tense in his lap and watched as she whipped her head around to stare at Benny. "Wait, what?" She asked, slightly confused as to why she had been included in the dare.

"You pig." Karen wrinkled her nose and Benny held up his hands.

"After what I just had to do, this is nothing."

Hopper stroked Joyce's thigh to get her to relax a little bit. "It's alright." He whispered into her ear where no one else would hear and silently met Benny's eyes, a conversation forming between them without words.

Karen stood with a sigh and made her way over to where Joyce was still cuddled up in Jim's lap and bent down so she was leaning over them. "Are you ok with this?" She asked. The rules of the game were clear, she had to do the dare, but she wanted to make sure Joyce was at least somewhat on board before shoving a tongue down her throat.

Joyce gave her a nod and reached up to cup her cheek as she closed the gap between them and tentatively pressed her lips to Karen's. Small fingers curled into Joyce's hair, her tongue finding its way passed her parted lips with ease as they slowly sucked and licked one another. Karen was careful and delicate in the way she moved and her lips were too soft, which was something Joyce wasn't at all used to.

The two minutes were quickly coming to an end and everything had been going just fine inside of Joyce's head, until she felt Hopper's fingers digging into her hip and noticed him growing hard against her ass. The combination of her boyfriend touching her while she made out with a girl, and the fact he was getting turned on by it, suddenly had her confused at the feeling coursing through her.

Thankfully Karen pulled away before she could start overthinking and Joyce quickly buried her face against Hopper's chest to hide her flushed expression.

"Happy?" Karen asked, looking at Benny who was almost drooling on himself.

"Oh yeah." He replied, resting his hand on her leg when she returned to her seat beside him.

Karen intertwined their fingers together and looked across the fire at Jim. "Your girl's a damn fine kisser. If I didn't like men I might just try to steal her away from you." She said with a wink.

Hopper chuckled and kissed the top of Joyce's head. "Trust me, I know." Pulling her tighter against him, he shifted his hips to readjust his erection under her as discreetly as possible. "I'm sorry." He apologized, keeping his voice low as Benny and Karen spoke among themselves for a minute. He wasn't really sure if she was bothered by the way his body had reacted to watching the two of them together.

Joyce lifted her head to kiss his chin and purposely pressed her ass into him. "If you knew how wet I was, you wouldn't be apologizing."

"Fuck." Hopper breathed, a grin spreading across her face.

"Alright lovebirds, are we still playing?" Karen asked, interrupting them.

Joyce cleared her throat and turned slightly in Hopper's lap. "Yep."

"Jim, Truth or Dare?" Karen asked, stroking her thumb over Benny's hand.

Hopper paused for a second to think and looked over at Benny, then back to Karen. "Dare." He figured he'd look like a wuss if he chose truth again, especially after what just happened.

"I dare you to stand up." Karen said with a mischievous look on her face.

Hopper groaned in annoyance and glared at Joyce when she started laughing. "You're supposed to be on my side." He teased and pinched just above her knee, causing her to laugh harder.

"Karen, no one wants to see Jim's boner." Benny added, taking a sip of his beer.

"I'm just curious if the rumors are true." Karen said with a shrug. "Come on Jim, get up."

Benny chuckled then. "Pretty sure he's already up."

"What rumors?" Joyce asked confused as she climbed out of his lap.

Hopper adjusted himself before getting to his feet, somewhat thankful he'd changed clothes after they went swimming and wasn't still wearing his trunks.

Karen's eyes went wide at the sight of his impressive erection straining against the front of his jeans and quickly shifted her attention to Joyce. "You let him put that thing inside of you?!"

"Christ Karen!" Joyce hissed, a heat of embarrassment rushing to her ears. "Do people seriously gossip about the size of your dick?" She asked Hopper who sighed and sank back down into his chair.

"He's the most popular guy in school Joyce, of course people do. Especially after seeing him and the rest of the wrestling team in those tight ass uniforms." Karen answered for him, wiggling her eyebrows playfully.

Joyce scrunched her face at the thought of her boyfriend's dick being such a hot topic for conversation around school even though she should have expected it. If she was imagining what was hidden underneath his clothes for all these years, why would she think others wouldn't do the same?

"Alight Benny, truth or dare?" Hopper asked as he pulled Joyce back down into his lap, trying to draw the conversation away from his boner and the situation he could tell was making her uncomfortable.

"Truth." Benny slurred slightly as he took another gulp from the blue can in his hand.

"Is it true that you've had a crush on Karen since freshman year and were just too scared to tell her?"

"Well yeah, but you already knew that. You would always pick on me for wanting to go see her at the diner during summer break."

"You came to the diner all those times just to see me?" Karen questioned with a fondness in her eyes.

"Of course I did honey, I didn't put on ten pounds that summer for nothing."

"I thought it was just because you loved the peach cobbler." Karen laughed.

"I loved something there, but it wasn't the cobbler." Benny smiled and leaned in to place a kiss on her cheek before nodding his chin toward Joyce. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare." Joyce replied automatically, not wanting to be the coward of the group.

"I dare you to go into the woods by yourself and stay there until I call you back." Benny finished, an evil grin on his face.

"Absolutely not. It's different for me and you, but I don't want the girls going off by themselves." Hopper replied, his grip on Joyce's hip tightening.

"It's okay Hop, nothing is going to happen. We're the only people out here." Joyce insisted.

"That's not the point. I don't want you going alone."

"I have to pee, so I'm going either way. Might as well take the dare with me." Joyce stated as she unsteadily climbed to her feet. "I'll be back as soon as I'm called for, okay?"

Hopper nodded and reluctantly let her go, watching until she disappeared into the darkness behind the treeline.

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"Dude, she's going to be fine. She literally went to take a piss. You know as well as I do if something scares her, she's going to scream and you'll take off running to save the day." Benny commented as he adjusted Karen in his lap.

Hopper knew she'd barely been gone three minutes, but he was already anxious. It seemed every time she was out of his sight something bad happened.

The trio sat in silence for a few more minutes before Karen nudged Benny with her elbow. "Call her back. I don't like this."

Hopper shot Karen a grateful glance that she was the one to ask for her return.

"Alright Joyce, you can come back now!" Benny's sudden yell startled Karen, earning him yet another light slap to his arm.

"Jesus, warn me next time for fucks sake!" Karen scolded.

Hopper intently listened for the sound of movement in the woods, barely able to hide the gut feeling that something wasn't right when she hadn't returned immediately.

"Joyce come on back, this isn't funny!" Karen shouted as she threw her now empty can to the ground.

Hopper quickly got to his feet, unable to sit still any longer when she was out there alone and anything could have happened to her. He stopped by his truck to grab the flashlight he had laying in the bed near the tailgate and headed off into the woods, Benny and Karen following close behind.

"Joyce! Where are you?! Honey please answer me!" Hopper called out into the darkness ahead of them, his flashlight only doing so much.

"What was that?" Karen asked, pointing to Jim's right.

Hopper flicked his flashlight to his side, immediately illuminating Joyce's shoulders. "Joyce, what's going on? Are you okay?" He questioned, taking a hesitant step toward her. When she didn't turn at the sound of his voice, he began to panic and crossed the uneven ground in three long strides, tentatively reaching out to touch her arm.

"Hon-"

"Boo!" Joyce screamed and turned to grab Hopper's shoulders, causing him and everyone else to jump out of their skin.

"Jesus Christ Joyce! What the fuck!?" Karen screamed from Benny's side. The scowl covering her face was exactly how Hopper felt on the inside, and the fact Joyce was currently laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes wasn't helping.

"That's for dropping me in the water earlier! Man you should have seen the look on all your faces!" She continued laughing and Karen picked up a small stick, throwing it in her direction.

"That wasn't funny! You fucking scared us!" Karen yelled, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Oh come on guys! It was just a joke." Joyce said as she dried her eyes.

"Not cool." Benny frowned and took Karen's hand to head back to camp, giving them some privacy to speak with one another when he noticed how uneasy Jim had gotten.

"What's wrong with them?" Joyce asked with a sigh once they were alone.

When her question was met with silence, she shifted to stand in front of Hopper and looked up to finally see his face. It only took her half a second to realize he was trying his hardest to not let the emotions he was feeling show in his features.

"Oh honey." She whispered, wrapping her arms around his waist when he pulled her into his chest and nuzzled his cheek against the top of her head.

"You can't do stuff like that to me Joyce. I thought..." His voice caught in his throat and it took him a moment to continue. "I've almost lost you too many times."

"I'm sorry. I... I wasn't thinking. I was just trying to play a joke and it totally backfired."

"Promise you'll never do anything like that again. Not to me." He pleaded, lightly stroking the exposed skin at her hip with his thumb.

"I promise, Hop. Never again. What can I do to make it up to you?"

"You don't have to make it up to me, just think before you do things like this. You have no idea how scared I was when you didn't answer me."

Joyce sighed, feeling incredibly guilty. She hadn't thought of the consequences to her small joke and now she had upset Hopper, and probably Benny and Karen as well.

"Please don't be angry with me."

"Sweetheart I'm not mad at you. You gave me your word it won't happen again and I believe you." He insisted, his hold on her loosening slightly when she stood on her tiptoes and pressed her lips to the front of his throat.

"Are you sure there's nothing I can do to make this better?" She asked as she kissed her way up his neck. "Since I ruined the game, I don't think Benny and Karen would care if we called it a night and finished what we started earlier." She whispered into his ear.

Hopper swallowed and curled his fingers around several strands of her hair, her breath against his skin making him shiver. "Scaring me turned you on that much?" He chuckled, feeling some of the leftover adrenaline his fear had created start to leave his system.

"I've been turned on since I felt how much you enjoyed watching me and Karen make out." She smirked and reached for his belt buckle, quickly unclasping it as she claimed his lips and carefully backed him against the nearest tree. When she popped the button on his jeans and sank to her knees in front of him, Hopper grabbed a hold of her wrist, stopping her from pulling on his zipper.

"Honey, we can't do this here. What if they come back?" He breathed, staring down at her.

Joyce grinned and wiggled her wrist free. "You'll hear them before they get too close." She insisted and only slid his jeans and boxers down far enough to gain access to him. Usually he'd be fully erect within seconds at the first hint of getting his dick sucked, but with current events, Joyce understood when he hadn't immediately gotten hard as soon as she dropped to her knees. Squeezing his thighs and placing light kisses to the skin near his hip, she thought she had gotten past the awkward phase of not knowing what to do, and found with slight embarrassment that she wasn't past it at all. He seemed bigger than the last time she had him in her mouth, and that caused uneasiness to form in her stomach as she continued to work on getting him interested in her and away from the horrible thoughts she knew were still at the forefront of his mind.

His hand finding its way into her hair was all the encouragement she needed as she carefully took the first few inches of him into her mouth and slowly sucked back up his length, accepting more with each pass until he touched the back of her throat. Needing a second to breathe, she swirled her tongue around the head of his dick and brought a hand up to wrap around the base, knowing she'd never be able to fit all of him in her mouth.

"You have no idea how good that feels." Hopper groaned and tightened his first in her hair, leaving a slight sting on her scalp that caused her to whimper around him. In no time at all she found a steady rhythm, slowly taking more of him until he unconsciously started moving his hips, chasing a high that he wasn't too far from catching. When he met the back of her throat again, she looked up at him and was startled to find him watching her.

"God you're so beautiful. I'm going to remember this moment forever." He breathed, leaning further into the tree that was supporting most of his weight when his legs started shaking.

Joyce held eye contact with him and raked her teeth across his length carefully, stroking her hand faster at the base as her fingers found their way into her panties. She wasn't at all surprised at how wet she was. What actually surprised her was, she didn't feel embarrassed that sucking him off had turned her on so much after how intimidated she still got when doing this. When she felt him suddenly pull away, she couldn't help but feel a tinge of fear, and as if reading her mind, Hopper reached out and stroked her cheek.

"You're perfect honey, I just want to touch you and I don't particularly want to get dirt all over that pretty pussy of yours." Hopper carefully tucked himself into his jeans and pulled Joyce to her feet and back toward camp.

00000

"Did he have one?" Joyce asked impatiently as Hopper opened the truck door and climbed back inside.

"Yep." He replied with a grin and pulled the condom out of his pocket to show her. Joyce smiled and took it from him as he worked on removing his boots for a second time.

The cramped space of the cab made Joyce huff as she tried to make room for the brute of a man currently over top of her struggling to remove his shirt. "Tell me again why we can't just do this in the back of the truck?"

Hopper finally got his head free and dropped his shirt to the floorboard. "Do you really want Karen and Benny to hear us?" He raised his brow in question and smirked at the grimace she made. "Exactly. Now get those sweatpants off so I can have my way with you."

Joyce giggled at the slap he landed against the side of her ass. "Yes sir."

Quicker than should be humanly possible, Joyce started tearing off her clothes, trying her best to not kick Hopper in the face as she pulled her legs free from her sweats. With her leg still in the air, he grabbed her ankle and kissed down her calf to her thigh while slowly stroking himself. Having to stop just as he was about to undress her, due to the lack of a condom, had undoubtedly killed the erection she had worked so hard for. When he had to leave the warmth of the truck and awkwardly pull Benny away from Karen while they were in the middle of a make out session, he prayed that Joyce didn't decide to take care of herself without him.

"Hop, I just want you inside me, please." Joyce begged when he attempted to go down on her. She pulled him by his hair so they were face to face and leaned forward to bring his lower lip between her teeth, biting it hard enough to make him groan. The sound sent a tingle down her spine and she arched her hips, brushing the wetness between her folds against his cock to show him she was more than ready and didn't need the foreplay.

Hopper sat back slightly, taking in the sight of her completely bare in front of him. "But you went through all the trouble to do this for me." He stated as he ran his thumb over her clit. "And I haven't even really had a chance to give it a proper look."

"Honey, I promise if you want a closer look I'll keep it this way, but I can't wait any longer. Please." The sound of her begging made his dick throb and he couldn't resist crushing his mouth to hers in a searing kiss that was sure to leave their lips swollen

Hopper quickly ripped open the condom while he continued to kiss her, his tongue sloppily moving against hers before he nipped down the length of her neck and sucked a hickey into her skin near her collarbone. Usually they were cautious and slow, Hopper always wanting to make sure he didn't do anything to hurt her, but the last few times they'd had sex, he slowly started to notice a different side of Joyce. She was becoming more aggressive and confident, which meant he didn't need to treat her like she was made of glass and that was dangerous. Joyce demanding anything, either with words or touch set his body on fire and he had a hard time telling her no. He'd break at the first sight of her blown pupils or her lust filled tone, and once that happened, it was game over.

When the condom started giving Hopper trouble after he tried to roll it down his length more than once, he finally pulled away from her to sit back on his knees. "Son of a bitch." He said in frustration, trying once again with more force to get the dreaded latex to stretch down the length of him.

Joyce leaned forward when she saw him struggling and placed a kiss on his chest. "Want me to do it?"

Not wanting to waste anymore time, Hopper handed her the condom and brushed the hair off her shoulders to allow his lips free roam of her neck. When her nimble fingers rolled the condom onto him with ease, he made a sound in the back of his throat and winced as it settled at the base of his dick.

"What's wrong?" Joyce asked, pushing on his chest to see his face when she picked up on his discomfort.

Reaching down to readjust the condom, he furrowed his brows and stared at the thing confused. "It's really tight."

Now Joyce was confused. She looked around for the condom wrapper and when she spotted it on the floor, she picked it up and examined it. "It's just a normal condom Hop, the same ones they give away in health class."

"I don't know then..." Hopper made a face as he tried to stretch out the tight ring at the bottom. "The kind we've been using haven't felt like this."

"If it's hurting you, take it off." Joyce told him sympathetically.

Hopper cupped her cheeks and gave her a kiss, moving one of his hands to rest against the side of her throat. "But I want you so bad." He pouted, determined to make this happen. Especially after he'd gone out of his way to find the condom in the first place. "It'll be fine, just lay back."

Instead of doing as he asked, she created a bit of distance between them. "It's not worth losing your dick over when it cuts off the circulation to it." She half teased as she reached down to slip it off him. The sigh he let out once the condom hit the floor of the truck, confirmed she'd made the right decision. "We'll just have to be careful."

Hopper stroked himself a few times once blood was flowing through his erection again and looked at her a little stunned when she wanted to continue. "What about-"

"Shhh." She cut him off and scooted her hips closer to him as she laid back. "If you don't get that thing inside me within the next two seconds I'm going to take care of myself without you."

God this woman was going to be the death of him. Carefully adjusting himself where his left foot was on the floor and his right knee was curled under her thigh, he grabbed the back of her knee and pulled her leg up to rest on his hip as he slowly thrust his hips forward and was engulfed by her tight warm walls. There was an immediate difference in the way she felt wrapped around him when it was direct skin to skin contact and he couldn't help but groan when he was fully sheathed inside her.

Moving to rest his forehead against hers while he waited for her to adjust to his size, he stroked her cheek with his thumb and sucked in a breath when she finally arched her back to let him know she was ready.

He thrust into her slowly at first, watching her face wrinkle each time he bottomed out until the feel of him stretching her was replaced with a look he'd never seen before. Joyce swore up and down that she enjoyed having sex even though she'd never been able to orgasm during, and while he believed her, this was the first time he could recall actually seeing raw pleasure in her features as he sank deep inside her.

"Hop…" She called to him desperately, clawing at his back as she shifted her hips to make him thrust harder. "I need more...please."

"Baby, I'm not sure I can last very long." Hopper never realized just how much the condom dulled the sensation her velvety smooth walls created and it was driving him crazy. Grabbing her hip, he lifted her slightly and started thrusting faster, grinding his pelvis against her clit with each flick of his hips.

"Right there...so close..." He felt her start to clench around him and he let go of her hip to clutch the door behind her head as he continued the fast, steady rhythm that seemed to be working her toward an orgasm. Less than a minute later her breath hitched and her hips jerked against him uncontrollably. Her eyes fell shut and a delicious moan filled the cab of the truck.

By the grace of God, Hopper somehow managed to slip out of her before he came. Not even having time to wrap his fingers around himself, he thrust against the smooth skin where her hip and leg connected and spilled his release across her stomach and onto the seat below them.

As Hopper settled his weight on his elbow to be closer to her, he almost questioned if she had actually gotten off until he felt that familiar shaking wracking through her body that indicated she did indeed have an orgasm. Placing soft kisses across her chest and shoulder, he lifted himself to brush sweaty hair from her forehead and waited for her to look at him. "I love you."

Joyce smiled at his words and let out a content sigh. "I love you too. That was unbelievable."

"That's an understatement." Hopper teased before sitting up to grab his shirt from the floorboards. "If this is the result of me not wearing a condom, I'm never buying them again."

Joyce watched as he gently wiped off her skin. "At least don't buy whatever brand those are." She said with a laugh and sat up so he could clean the seat. "Maybe the ones we have at home are bigger."

Wiping himself off last, Hopper dropped the now dirty shirt back to the floor and pulled his boxers up his legs. "Is that even a thing?"

"Geez Hop, how did you buy them and not notice they're all slightly different? I'm a girl and even I know they can come in different sizes."

"I don't know!" He exclaimed, tossing her panties onto her lap. "I just got the same brand dad gave me."

"Well that answers your question then. They're obviously bigger." Joyce said as she slipped her panties over her hips and grabbed her sweatpants.

"How did you come to that conclu- oh, ew Joyce!" Hopper made a disgusted face and quickly slid his jeans on.

"I mean he's not exactly a small man Hop, and those genes obviously got passed d-"

"Stop talking!" He hissed, rubbing his hands over his face. "We're not having this conversation...ever."

Joyce rolled her eyes. "You're the one who had to take it to a weird place." She grumbled, before finally getting her pants on over her hips. "Mom even said those were the same kind they used, I was just stating a fac-"

"For the love of God Joyce, please stop. I don't want to talk about my parents sex life or anything to do with them right now. What are you trying to do, scare me from wanting to use condoms ever again? I don't think my parents would be too thrilled at getting promoted to grandparents before we go to college."

"Well at least we know one thing for sure." Joyce giggled, pulling her shirt over her head, not even worrying with a bra.

"What's that?" He asked, leaning back.

"Your dick is bigger than Benny's."

"Well hell, I could have told you that, literally and metaphorically." Joyce loved it when he got cocky and couldn't help but laugh.

When they were both finally dressed enough to cover anything important, Joyce scooted across the cab and rested her head on his shoulder.

"I love you so much. Promise you'll never leave me?"

"I promise Joy, nothing will ever take me from you. The world can try, but you have me forever."

Knowing he always kept his word, Joyce relaxed even further into his side, his arm coming around to rest on her shoulders.

"Are you ready to lay down?" She asked with a content sigh.

"Let's give Benny and Karen a few more minutes, they didn't have an early start like we did." He smirked and kissed the top of her head.

One thing was for sure, Joyce was really enjoying her first camping trip and a small part of her never wanted to leave the rocky confines of the quarry.