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1. The Structural Integrity of Nancy Wheeler by shelteredbyshadow

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   30 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Post-Final Battle Against Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • quiet breakdowns
   • Someone let these girls rest
   • It won't be me
   • Established Relationship
   • Nightmares
   • Trauma
   • PTSD
   • Nancy Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Nancy Wheeler Needs Therapy
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Hurt Nancy Wheeler
   • Protective Robin Buckley
   • Robin Buckley Loves Nancy Wheeler
   • Insomnia
   • Panic Attacks
   • Soft Robin Buckley
   • they survived the apocalypse but not emotional vulnerability
   • Someone take my laptop away from me

   Summary

   Robin knows Nancy better than anyone. Better than the kids, better than Jonathan or Steve ever did, maybe even better than Nancy knows herself sometimes.

   Which is exactly why she knows something is very, very wrong.

   Nancy barely sleeps. She flinches at sudden noises. She keeps disappearing halfway through conversations, eyes distant and haunted. And every time Robin asks about it, Nancy smiles too quickly and changes the subject.

   Hawkins is supposed to be over. Robin’s starting to think Nancy never really made it out.

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   English

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