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  1. Public Bookmark 30

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    “What the fuck?” Robin echoes her thoughts, loud and stark with horror against the nighttime quiet. What the fuck? What the fuck!?

    It’s Nancy Wheeler.

    Hot, thick blood drips from the corner of her mouth.

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    22 Feb 2026

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    Nancy can't seem to stop watching Robin — the way she talks, the way she moves, the way she loves the people around her. And, more and more, how sad she is too. Nancy can't figure out why she cares so damn much about understanding this girl —or about seeing her happy— but Nancy has never been one to abandon a case when it's difficult.

    Robin knows she's not supposed to think this way. That you're supposed to love yourself and rah-rah-rah, and she does. So much of her life is beautiful, she knows that. But Hawkins, for all its eldritch horrors, has a way of making her feel likes she’s the one they’d call a monster. And honestly… something feels like it's about to break.

    AKA: Robin deals with being gay in the 80s, and Nancy proves that being a hero means more than killing monsters.

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    (Featuring watchful eyes, losing hope, a touching moment, surprise support, an Indianapolis gay club, a summer heat wave in more ways than one, a flash through of season five, and the culmination of a life-changing love)

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    18 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 67

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    Nancy Wheeler was prepared for the world to end. And then it didn’t.

    In the aftermath, she tries to figure out who she is beneath all the anger, fear, and pain. Somehow, all roads lead back to Robin Buckley.

    Or: A multi-year saga, spanning from the finale to the epilogue and beyond, wherein Nancy and Robin fall in love.

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    17 Jan 2026

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    Robin has a full-ride academic scholarship to Wellesley, and Nancy couldn't be happier. They keep in close contact, and Nancy brings Robin out to Emerson parties in the city. When she stumbles in on Robin and another girl one night, it has devastating consequences for both their friendship and Nancy's perception of the world, including her own sexuality. Nancy is left alone to process new information she's learning about her friends and herself while somehow regaining Robin's trust.

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    Comphet Nancy, Extra Slowburn

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    14 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Life was easier before Nancy met Robin Buckley, but it is so much lighter, now.

    OR - What would change if Nancy met Robin first in season 2? Nancy/Robin, Nancy-Centric

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    02 Jan 2026