#LET NANCY WHEELER KISS GIRLS 2023

[yournowheregirl]

ronancetober 🍁❤️ day 4: kiss

wc: 1.2k | rating: T | cw: none | @ronancetober2023

Nancy hates being nervous, and most of all, she hates being nervous for a date.

A date should be the least of her worries, especially after everything went down a couple years ago. But throw in one belated queer awakening and her first date with a woman in less than two hours, and there you have it. God, this is so stupid and yet, Nancy finds herself pacing up and down her bedroom for at least ten minutes now.

“What is up with you?”

Nancy’s head snaps up and sees Robin, now her best friend and roommate, leaning in the doorway. She’s really grown into her own after moving to Chicago and joining several queer activism groups, confidence oozing off her in a way she could only dream of back when they lived in Hawkins. During Nancy’s surprise queer awakening crisis, Robin had been there by her side, the two of them talking until 3 in the morning as Nancy tried to deal with all these new feelings.

Plus, there was that whole tiny, itty-bitty, barely noticeable crush on Robin that Nancy refuses to acknowledge.

Thankfully, the crush isn’t that bad. Clearly, since she has a date with Lily tonight and not Robin. She can still be Robin’s friend without acting like a lovesick school girl, it’s totally fine. Except for the fact that Nancy will most definitely say yes if Robin asked her out right now. So, y’know, everything is one hundred percent, totally and completely fine.

“Nothing. It’s fine.” Nancy mutters.

“Obviously not. I’ve never seen you like this before and we’ve been roomies for what, almost three years now?” Robin scoffs. “C’mon, Wheeler. What’s going on?”

“Don’t Wheeler me.” Nancy snaps. Robin’s eyes widen at her sudden bitter tone and Nancy sighs in response. “Sorry. That’s not— I’m just nervous. Tonight’s that date with Lily, y’know, from the book shop.”

“Ooooh, Nancy’s popping her queer cherry tonight!” Robin hollers like she’s at a soccer game, fist pumping in the air and all.

“Please, don’t call it that.” Nancy groans. “I’m already spiraling at the thought of kissing her, let alone doing more.”

Robin lets out a short, yet loud cackle at that before her eyes meet Nancy’s panicked face and she suddenly turns serious. “Oh wait, you weren’t kidding. You’re actually nervous about kissing Lily?”

“It’s stupid, I know.” Nancy says. She finally stops her relentless pacing and plops down on her bed, not even surprised that Robin walks over and sits down next to her. Robin nods at her, her blue eyes warm and gesturing for her to continue. “It’s just— like, I know I’ve got no reason to be nervous. I’ve kissed people before but they were guys. I’ve never kissed a woman before and what if I’m bad at it?”

“Nancy Wheeler, being bad at something? Ha. That’s a good one.” Robin laughs. “No, but seriously Nance, you’ll do fine. You have experience, it’s really not that different. I think. If you really want to compare notes, you should call Steve but from my experience, kissing girls is just that. It’s just kissing.”

“Right. Right, yeah, of course.” Nancy nods. She tries to look confident, to seem like Robin’s pep-talk has fixed everything, but the nerves are still there. It’s clearly written all over her face, because next thing she knows, Robin asks,

“But if you’re really nervous, I could always… help you practice?”

Nancy blinks helplessly in Robin’s direction. Did Robin really just say what Nancy think she said? Did Robin just really suggest to kiss her to calm down? If that was her intention, she’s failing on all fronts because this does absolutely nothing to calm Nancy’s nerves.

“Help me… practice?” Nancy swallows. “Like, practice kissing?”

“Yeah, then you’ll see you have nothing to worry about!” Robin says with a bright smile. Like she didn’t just turn Nancy’s whole world upside down.

She should just say no. She should just shake it off and go on that date with Lily and see where things go from there. She should tell Robin thank you, but it’s going to be okay.

And yet…

“Yeah. That’d be great.” Nancy croaks.

“Right. Cool.” Robin nods and for a second, Nancy can see that mask of bravado and confidence fall. It happens so quickly that Nancy wouldn’t have noticed it if she hadn’t been staring at Robin’s face. But she’s always staring at Robin’s face because look at that face and— oh shit, this is a terrible idea, isn’t it?

Nancy scoots closer and turns around to face Robin and waits til Robin does the same. Just their knees are touching but it’s still enough for a rush of warmth to spread across Nancy’s body. As Robin leans in even closer, Nancy feels her heart speed up to an almost alarming rate.

“Should I just…?” Robin whispers. Her hand comes up to cup Nancy’s cheek, her thumb softly brushing against Nancy’s cheekbone and it’s that soft touch that makes Nancy melt into her mattress.

“Yeah.”

Here’s the thing.

This is all Nancy’s fault. If she hadn’t been so damn nervous about Lily, she wouldn’t be in this situation. If she had just acted normal, Robin wouldn’t have offered to kiss her and then she wouldn’t be feeling this flurry of butterflies in her stomach.

With just one simple kiss, Robin manages to blow Nancy’s crush up to gigantic proportions and the longer their lips brush against each other, the less Nancy is thinking about Lily. She can barely remember why she even said yes when Lily asked her out. All her brain decides to focus on is how Robin’s lips are chapped but still soft.

How Robin doesn’t press too hard, but still hard enough that Nancy chases her lips everywhere they go.

How Robin holds her face so gently, but still presses her thumb against Nancy’s jaw as a silent question to open her mouth.

How Robin makes this squeaky noise of excitement when Nancy’s tongue brushes against her bottom lip.

God, her mind is swimming with all things Robin and she’s ready to drown in them.

But before Nancy can do so, Robin suddenly pulls away. Nancy blinks her eyes open and marvels at the sight of a freshly-kissed Robin. Her cheeks are flushed in a shade so pink that it matches her kiss-stained lips and her eyes are glassy and nearly black. She’s never looked more beautiful.

“It’s… uh, yeah, it’s something like that.” Robin says hoarsely. “You— you did great. You’re a great kisser, you and Lily are going to have a great time tonight. Just… great.”

“Great.” Nancy parrots, suddenly reminded about that date with Lily, even though she has zero interest in kissing any one but Robin tonight.

“I should— I should go.” Robin mutters under her breath and jumps off the bed. It’s then that Nancy suddenly spurs into action, grabbing Robin’s wrist and pulling her back just in time. Robin’s eyes widen for a second, before her eyebrows pull into a frown.

“What if I need more practice?” Nancy asks.

“Wh— what?” Robin sputters, her brows furrowed. “I already told you, you’re gonna be fine. You and Lily will be fine.”

“I mean…” Nancy trails off, thinking of the right words to say so she doesn’t screw this up. “What if I don’t want to kiss Lily anymore?”

“Well, then you should call and tell her that. Can I go back to my room now?”

Nancy’s grip on her wrist tightens. “What if I only want to kiss you?”

Robin blinks in a state of utter confusion, her mouth opening and closing like she’s trying to find the words but they aren’t coming to her. She looks downright adorable and Nancy has never wanted to kiss her more.

“You— you want to kiss me?” Robin asks slowly. “But what about Lily?”

“Yeah, she’s pretty and all but she’s not you.” Nancy gets up to her feet and steps forward, looking up at Robin through her eyelashes. “I like you, Robin.”

“Oh.”

“Is that a good oh or a bad oh?” Nancy swallows thickly — that wasn’t exactly the kind of reaction she’d hoped for. Her grip on Robin’s wrist softens as she takes a step back, mentally preparing herself for the rejection and the awkwardness and the—

Oh.

Robin’s kissing her again, all warm and wet and somehow even better than before. She holds Nancy close, so close that Nancy can barely breathe. But she doesn't want to breathe either. Who needs oxygen when she has Robin kissing her?

Turns out, Robin does because she pulls away a few moments later, her forehead resting against Nancy's.

"Definitely a good oh."

[ronnieratsdoodles]

also credit to some sources!

byler proof:

1. Will’s sexuality has been an aspect since episode 1

if it wasn’t a major point, the duffer’s wouldn’t have any reason to subtly and continuously remind the GA throughout the entire show. they never were bold about it until season 4, because of foreshadowing, which they do a lot throughout the show; with many relationships.

season 5 is when build up finally reaches its peak.

2. “i’m not gonna fall in love scene.” coming from Will Byers, breakfast scene, joyce and Will Byers conversation. season: three. episode: chapter 1: susie, do you copy?

one tiny thing they added into the scene was Will pouring syrup on his eggs, which Mike also done, meaning they likely introduced each other to it. just tiny fact.

ultimately, this scene had to have significance, it couldn’t have been written without a point, why else would they make a traumatized boy have built up longing for his best friend? to end in heartbreak? that would just be a waste of writing, planning, foreshadowing, and most importantly their frequency of slow burning. they knew what they were doing.

3.smalltown boy being the first song on Mike’s official playlist:

spotify used to have a official character playlist up for each character, before being took down (if i’m right) either that they liked or that represented their character! (what creators felt was correlated)

(taken down 2023)

small town boy is by a artist named bronski beat, that is about a young gay man bullied, deciding to run away from home. we don’t even know exactly the reason why Mike is bullied, other than his supposed ‘frog face’

5. couples being paired up on the last episode of season four, while El stood alone. many reasons why this could have happened, but it was no mistake, lay outs always have a reason film wise. 

6. multiple parallels to stancy:

again, not much to say about it, BUT stancy was a unsuccessful relationship, and Nancy ended up going with a byers, wheeler + byers. the hospital scene with the two second shoulder lean. (stancy parallel!)

7.byler funko, not mileven funko. hmm super suspicious 🤨

8.”i need you mike, and i always will” - Will Byers, van scene, stranger things four. Will is not going to fall for anyone else. he always needed Mike. while El was shown more to needing Mike, she never did as much as Will. there’s nothing satisfying about Will being with another boy, not to the audience or Will. 

9.stranger things writer quote from twitter “let’s start a new party, you and me.”

10.mikes encounters with Will being focused/zoomed in on is for a REASON.

11. at the season four reunion, why did Mike not kiss El? their foreheads touched, they were inches apart, yet he looked back at Will. that would have been a perfect scene for a kiss, so why would the creators not include it?

12. Mike and Will had the first meaningful one-on-one conversation in stranger things.

13.in both arguments, the rink-o-mania they were wearing blue and yellow. their colors. when blue meets yellow in the west. they met in california. the west. 

14. “Karen, where’s our son?!” Ted yells, in season 2. 

“Will’s!” karen yelled back, holding a blue and yellow pen. totally on accident.

15. Crazy together being one of the most romantic scenes in the entire show.

16. the multiple scenes of Mike saying “boys only” and getting kicked out by girls. and his grossed out expression in season four, episode 1, the hellfire club, by a sign in the background saying women. 

17. i love you is either platonic or lies in strangers things so far, we haven’t gotten a single i love you that wasn’t either. Will’s i am not gonna fall in love implying an actual process, it’s happening in season 5.

18.when mileven tag duffers to complain about byler, they never respond, only to byler shippers, even if it’s just a small wave emoji.

19. lighting, the creators confirmed that the lighting in each scene has a meaning. the lighting either means that it could be a way of symbolizing mikes deep care and empathy for Will in the next season, (them being on a upside down couch also empathizes/foreshadows something)

20. the creators once again were planning since the first season. season four was written in a way to begin the root Will and for byler. so, when their endgame, we will know why.

21.mileven is star crossed, (not endgame)in march, millie talked about being unhappy with El’s ending, it doesn’t show that byler is endgame, but it does show mike and El are not. in one of the season 3 scripts they referred to mileven as ‘star crossed’ in the field scene. 

if any of this doesn’t make sense i apologize, it was written for my best friend<3333