Stancy Week 2026
January 25-31, 2026
Prompts:
Day 1: favorite episode | word prompt: first | song prompt: Africa by Toto
Day 2: favorite season | word prompt: stare | song prompt: Melt With You by Modern English
Day 3: favorite scene | word prompt: color | song prompt: Hazy Shade of Winter by The Bangles
Day 4: favorite kiss | word prompt: trust | song prompt: Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner
Day 5: favorite quote | word prompt: adapt | song prompt: Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton John
Day 6: favorite parallel or call back | word prompt: bliss | song prompt: Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Day 7: Your choice | word prompt: free | song prompt: Every Little Bit by Jackie James(the first category is more for gifs but absolutely could be used for fic purposes as well!)
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For months Nancy has been turning down Robin's offer to join her and Steve for weekly movie nights at the Squawk. But when she finds herself pushed to the breaking point, she takes a chance that maybe what she really needs most is the friends she made along the way.
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Post epilogue. Steve is living in Hawkins and Nancy is living in Boston. They spend some quality time together while she’s home for Holidays and other family gatherings that make Nancy come to some realizations. Maybe the little things in life can be just as impactful as saving the world.
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Are You Sick of Me? Would You Like to Be? by mybackup_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Feb 2026
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Steve and Nancy have to adapt in response to how their relationship has changed.
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We Were So Under the Brine by bettertoflee for TolkienGirl
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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Nancy feels a lot of things, but closure isn't one of them, as much as it should be.
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“Still… there was a part of it that I kind of liked, you know? The adventure. The… family, the belonging. And that part, that I felt—it just grew larger when he said… he said that I’ve always been right there in that dream, for him. That I was the most important part of it. And I felt…” Nancy chuckles raggedly. “It was crazy, and he should’ve known that I never would have… I wasn't ready to hear it. It was unexpected, it wasn’t me, at least not all of it, and yet, somehow, despite all of that, I felt…
“God, I felt something. I know that now. I felt something for Steve.”
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Nancy doesn't run from her feelings this time. Observing from the outside, Jonathan—the person least likely to—ends up making sure of it.
Written for Stancy Week 2026 Day 4's word prompt "trust".