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1. A place to talk (you can leave me there) by shelteredbyshadow

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   28 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Robin Buckley Needs a Hug
   • Nancy Wheeler might burn down the world for her
   • this time Robin asks Nancy to drive her somewhere
   • isn't that different?
   • Protective Nancy Wheeler
   • Coming Out
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Domestic Violence
   • Fear of Rejection
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Minor Injuries
   • idk yall
   • Someone take my laptop away from me
   • Whump
   • Mild Blood
   • Food Issues
   • Self Confidence Issues
   • Sick Character
   • Self-Hatred
   • Neurodivergent Robin Buckley
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Self-Harm
   • Punishment
   • past manipulative relationship
   • Trauma Recovery

   Summary

   Robin Buckley has spent months becoming Nancy Wheeler's best friend.

   Which is exactly the problem.

   Because every laugh, every sleepover, every secret shared has made it harder to hide the truth. Robin is in love with her. And in a town where being different can get you beaten bloody (or worse) that truth feels less like a confession and more like a death sentence.

   But the guilt seeps and seeps and seeps.

   After a week from hell at home, Robin finally asks Nancy to drive her somewhere private so she can tell her.

   She's spent months preparing for what comes after: the disgust, the anger, the hurt.

   What she doesn't prepare for is Nancy Wheeler looking at her like her heart is breaking.

   aka: Robin is terrified Nancy will hate her. Nancy is busy trying not to fall apart because Robin is clearly not okay.

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   English

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