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    Carol Sturka is the forty-seventh President of the United States, and the most convincing thing about her presidency might be her marriage to Julian Vane, which is warm and genuine and entirely platonic. Helen Umstead, who serves as her Press Secretary, is the woman who sees through all of it, and who Carol cannot stop noticing in ways that have absolutely nothing to do with press strategy. After a Republican senator starts questioning the true nature of the marriage and an emergency in the Arctic forces the administration into intense scrutiny, Carol or Helen learn that the White House contains no space more hazardous than any room that leaves the two of them alone.

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    28 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 24

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    “We love you, Carol.”

    She is sixteen and can’t meet her parents’ eyes as they try to say goodbye, her duffle bag at her feet and Camp Freedom Falls in front of her. She doesn’t want to be here. She doesn’t need to be here.

    Fuck this, and fuck them.

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    or: Carol Sturka and her complicated relationship with loving and being loved

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    18 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 48

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    Robin swept into the shop with the energy of a windstorm that had learned how to walk, cheeks pink from the cold and eyes bright with mischief. She tipped her head back and inhaled like she was tasting the air.

    “Oh,” she said reverently. “This place is delicious.”

    Behind her, Steve ducked beneath the lintel, moving with the careful balance of someone who had learned how to stand between danger and other people without thinking about it. His eyes found Nancy’s and held there, earnest and uncertain, like he wasn’t sure whether he deserved to be seen.

    Nancy felt the moment shift, routine cracking, something old and restless stirring beneath it. Whatever had been scratching at the edges of Hawkins had just found its way to her door.

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    19 Jan 2026

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    'It had never taken anyone this long to write a phone number. Both because Robin was really trying to make sure her handwriting was legible, and because she was having trouble remembering what her phone number even was at 7:47 in the morning while she held Nancy Wheeler’s hand. Not for any weird reason, they had just never touched hands when their lives weren’t in danger. It was different, that was all.

    “I think that’s right.” She mumbled as she dropped Nancy’s hand and offered the pen back.

    “You think?” Nancy smiled at her, teasing, pulling a smile through the cloud of fatigue that had been keeping Robin’s face in an unconscious grimace all morning.

    “It’s so early…” She said by way of explanation. Nancy chuckled.'

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    post s4 everybody lives split pov ronance becoming close friends and pretending they're not deeply in love until it's ridiculous

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    06 Jan 2026

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    “What is it about you that brings back their inner neanderthals?” Robin questioned with a light tone.

    Nancy rolled her eyes, slightly blushing.

    “The undying male need to save the girl, I guess” she shrugged.

    Robin chuckled.

    “Like you need any saving.” Her smile was so bright it almost blinded Nancy. Robin’s beauty always caught her off guard.

    “I wouldn’t mind being saved by you.”

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    04 Jan 2026