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1. return when the storm was done (now i wait for the light) by bishops_bambina

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   26 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley/Vickie Dunne
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Vickie Dunne
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Post-Season/Series Finale
   • Post-Final Battle Against Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Canon
   • switching POVs
   • Character Study
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Sexuality Crisis
   • Bisexual Nancy Wheeler
   • Love Confessions
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Secret Crush
   • Emotional Infidelity
   • robin has to choose
   • wonder who will it be
   • Background Relationships
   • Drunken Confessions
   • Background Byler
   • background elmax
   • Angst
   • Canon Compliant
   • El lives tho
   • Missing Scene
   • Nancy was at the hospital

   Summary

   The goo rises steadily to the table Nancy and Jonathan sit atop of. Thinking she is going to die, Nancy says goodbye to everyone in her head, and ultimately, relives the day her heart got broken by the girl she never even dated.

   Having survived, she makes a promise to herself to return to those feelings when the world is no longer in danger. So now, Nancy is faced with a moral question: are her feelings for Robin strong enough to put Robin and Vickie’s relationship in jeopardy?

   OR: What if Nancy was with Will when he saw Robin kiss Vickie in the hospital? Having faced death, Nancy decides to be brave about it, then needs to deal with the consequences.

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   English

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