Duzie

Duzie is the het ship between Dustin Henderson and Suzie Bingham from the Stranger Things fandom.

Canon
In June 1985, Dustin returns home from the month-long science camp where he met and began dating Suzie. He reunites with his friends and shows them Cerebro, a ham radio that he created to talk to Suzie who lives in Utah. As they go set it up on top of a hill, Dustin explains that he cannot contact Suzie by telephone since her parents would never approve of their relationship because she is Mormon and he is not. He points out that they are star-crossed lovers like Romeo and Juliet. Dustin and his friends then assemble the radio but his attempt to contact Suzie is unsuccessful.

After Dustin reunites with Steve, he fills him in on Suzie. Dustin says that Suzie does not care about his cleidocranial dysplasia since she believes that "kissing is better without teeth".

When Dustin needs Planck's constant so that Hopper and Joyce can unlock the safe containing the keys needed to shut down the machine developed by Russians, he contacts Suzie via Cerebro. Suzie asks Dustin where he has been and he replies that he has been busy saving the world from Russians and monsters, causing Suzie to giggle. Dustin asks Suzie about Planck's constant but not understanding the urgency of the situation, Suzie points out that Dustin did not contact her for a week and now he wants a mathematical equation that he is supposed to know. Dustin promises to make it up to her as soon as possible but Suzie says that he can make it up to her now. Dustin then reluctantly duets the theme song from The NeverEnding Story with her. When they are done, she gives him Planck's constant and Dustin tells her that she just saved the world. The two then confess how much they missed each other before an irritated Erica turns off the radio.

In March 1986, Dustin contacts Suzie, asking her to help him change his poor grade in Latin. Suzie hacks into the computer system of Hawkins High School and reluctantly changes Dustin's grade, promising her statue of Jesus that she will repent later. At school, Dustin tells Mike that Suzie is a certified genius.

Mike, Will, Jonathan and Argyle later go to Suzie's house to request her help in tracing a computer's location. They do not tell her the real reason why they need to find its location and instead say that they are trying to win a new video game console to give to Dustin on his birthday, which Suzie says is in "two months, three days, five hours". She tells them that she would do anything for Dustin but after her father found out that she changed Dustin's grade and that she is dating an agnostic, he confiscated her computer and started using it for work. She apologizes for not being able to help them but then she hears her older sister trying to control her unruly younger brother and she says that there might be a way. Suzie has her younger siblings distract her father while she, Mike, Will and Jonathan break into his office to use her computer. She obtains the location and prints out a map of the coordinates for them and Mike states that Dustin was right when he said that she is a certified genius.

Quotes
"Look, I'm not saying that my girlfriend is better than yours. It's just that Suzie's, like, a certified genius."

- Dustin to Mike, The Hellfire Club

"Dustin's right. You're a certified genius."

- Mike to Suzie, The Dive

Fanon
Duzie was more of a crack ship in the fandom, during the earlier season when Dustin was trying to convince The Party that he did have a girlfriend. There was a good chance that it was still treated as crack even after it was revealed Suzie was real and was dating Dustin due to the names that they called each other being presented in comedic relief such as, "Dusty buns" and "Suzie-poo". However, after the Never-Ending Story scene, this pairing was treated more seriously and although more of a side pairing, is still loved by fans. Duzie shippers often hope to see them have their moments in person in Season 5 and were happy to see how much of an importance Suzie had in the story.

Duzie is often shipped alongside Mileven, Lumax or Byler. It mainly rivals Henclair, Dustin's most popular slash ship.

On AO3, Duzie is the most written ship for Suzie and the most written het ship for Dustin.

Fandom
FAN FICTION