#smileweakandwrong

[smileweakandwrong]

Nancy opened her eyes and blinked hard, trying to force her eyesight back and the images out of her mind. Robin already had the Tylenol out of her pack and was handing her two for the headache. Before she could explain the grisly vision, there was a crackle of static from their walkies and then El’s voice was barrelling through the quiet of the library.

“Get out! It’s a trap! It’s a trap!”

Steve pulled Nancy to her feet and they ran for the doors before she could grab her pack. She made it two steps before the floor beneath her boots was collapsing and a vine was winding around her ankle. She felt the sharp tug and then she was being pulled down, down, down through the rough hole in the floor.

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Or, things do not go as planned when the group returns to the Upside Down.

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khajdsjfshskdskjd @sweepy-stringbean annihilating everyone with this drawing 💜

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[dufrau]

how abt some ronance story recs 😫

I feel like Im gonna recommend the same things everybody recs already so i dont know if this will be super helpful if youve already read all these and also im gonna forget fics/authors that i sincerely and deeply love and i do not want to offend or hurt their feelings???

BUT ANYWAY

Anything by @eskawrites she is a wholeass library of ronance but these two are my favorites

screaming in the dark (i howl when we're apart) - one shot about what if they all played a game of werewolves and it was very sweet and emotionally revealing

this story that we found ourselves in - long multichapter celebrity fake dating AU. if you are into gay pining you will love this.

and then:

In Her Hips, There's Revolution by @monstrous-femme - long multichapter riot girl nancy wheeler processing her trauma in destructive ways but ultimately finding healing and community

That Girl is Like an Architect, And I am Just the New Invention by @ronanception - long multichapter comphet nancy wheeler processing her internalized homophobia and discovering late 80s gay culture and activism

make my menace into someone you'd adore by @lesbianlotties - long multichapter enemies to lovers about what if nancy worked at scoops ahoy instead of steve

oh girl, it's you that i lie with by @judasofsuburbia - smutty oneshot about what if they fucked with a strapon in the zombie apocalypse

Pas de Quatre by @freezeveganpolice - long multichap series rewrite focusing on Nancy and also ballet

And then a few that are in progress that I love:

Monster of the Week by freezeveganpolice - long multichapter x files au

like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird by monstrous-femme - long multichap nancy pov time travel/time loop something weird is going on with time situation? she ate a moth!

Robin Buckley's Expert Field Guide to Catching Fireflies (and Other Childhood Favourties) by @smileweakandwrong - this is the least angsty thing on this list it is a fluffy 5+1 where they flirt and catch fireflies and frogs and stuff and i love it

there are like a million more i love but like there are a ton of WIP longfics that just havent updated in a while so theyre not fresh in my mind and my subscriptions are a mess they are 90% clexa fics i dont remember. if i forgot you im sorry i guarantee i love your fics i am just flawed as a person 😭

#ronance #ronance fic rec #fic recs #if you read these you are legally required to leave nice comments on them #the anon who will just have to trust that i have good taste in fanfiction #asks

[introverted-author]

RONANCE FIC RECS! (All ao3)

Life is so strange (destination unknown) By socialfilter

Every second of the night by smileweakandwrong

Raise Dead by Eska Writes(or anything by Eska Writes)

Hounds of Love (silver linings) by totalforgiveness(same writer for trapped between two lungs)

Love seeping from their guns by agentgenevra and summersociety(its not completed but its so good)

ONE SHOTS

Unlikely, but likely by pocketsand (its a one shot collection)

Blue nights, red mornings by cityseeker

I'll keep you safe (in these arms of mine) by city seeker

As the world caves in (it's you that I lie with) by moonflowerdamie

Lost in admiration ( could I need you this much?) By moon flowers amid

That's all I have I might come back with more

THANK YOU

OHMIGOSH YOU ARE THE GREATEST THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

I'll have to start working my way through this list tonight :)

[eskawrites]

top 5 memorable ronance fic scenes?

okay i really really love this bc there are so many scenes that live rent free in my head, i'm so excited. these are in no particular order btw half of them just popped into my head at once

5) from entirely on purpose and according to plan by @dufrau this lil moment:

"It, uh," Robin tried. "It sounds like you've given this some thought." "I give everything a lot of thought," Nancy said. "The timing is right. You said it yourself, it's a summer for harebrained schemes. How about this one: fall in love with me." "That's, um," Robin started. For once she, was way ahead of Nancy. Done and dusted. She had tears in her eyes but Nancy wasn't looking at her. "I'm open to that. That sounds like a good plan. That's... I want that."

idk man i teared up and i had to put my phone down when i first read this. it's just the perfect dialogue to me, it sums up both their characters and everything that happened to get them to this moment (and everything that's going to happen now that they're here) in one cute, tidy little moment. wtf

4) the ending of chapter 4 in like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird by @monstrous-femme

“So you can only change small things?” How horrible, Nancy thinks, to live in a world where nothing of substance can be fixed. Where the same terrible things are doomed to repeat themselves, over and over without end. This, of course, leads to a round of bickering from the boys that leaves no room for other thoughts. “Small things can matter,” she hears Will say, before being drowned out by the others.

in a fic with such a haunting atmosphere this just stuck out as the most haunting thing not because it's eerie or inspires dread or whatever, but because it's such a quiet, crucial moment of hope. 10/10 chapter close

3) the coming out scene in girl that's a friend by ratgirl110 on AO3, which tbh is basically the whole fic. it's so poignant and messy and i love that you can feel the magnetism between nancy and robin as much as you can feel all the trauma and the fear of the future that hangs like a knife over their heads (this is true of both fics in the series, i love them so much)

2) it's too long for an excerpt but the scene in chapter 8 of monster of the week by @freezeveganpolice where nancy and robin and max get drunk and share trauma (oh, not-sober depression bonding should've been on my favorite tropes list)

1) the kiss scene! from Robin Buckley's Expert Field Guide to Catching Fireflies (and Other Childhood Favourites) by @smileweakandwrong !

i'm not gonna put the specific paragraph i'm thinking of because if you haven't read it you should, the payoff is incredible. but it felt so so magical, like a freaking fairy tale the way everything ties together in the end

#there are only about 50 million more and i was gonna do honorable mentions but this took too long to write out lol #asks #smirk47 #ask me top 5 things! #this really was such a lovely and creative question this was fun #fic rec

[goonflower]

Find the Word

Find the words in a WIP and post the paragraph the word is in.

tagged by @hullosweetpea thank you <3

My words are: climb, water, trust, run, future

i don't have future anywhere somehow and these are all from the same WIP sorryyy but um sneak peek at nancy's vecna vision with the first one that's exciting right?

wild nights, wild nights (were I with thee)

aka the jealous bitch (affectionate) nancy ronance/bancy au

Something splashed against Nancy's leg, collecting in puddle around her shoes, gushing from the pool's jets. She glanced down at it, at the red, at the blood, not even bothering to try climbing out. She didn't care, because she deserved it. It rose rapidly, swallowing up her legs, licking at her waist sharp and rough. And she didn't care, because she deserved it. She lent her forehead against Barb's, staring into her dead eyes, knowing they would haunt her dreams and Nancy accepted the punishment she was owed.

Nancy barely heard it over the blood rushing in her ears. She knew it was insane, to be this upset at something so small, to think about wrapping her hands around Robin's neck just for touching something Barb once had. But also, to be fair, Robin was getting her sweaty, stupid fingers all over Barb's ballerina and Nancy did have a gun in the shelf just above where she's looking… "Academic scholar? She's giving you an academic scholar vibe? Yeah," Steve scoffed, bringing Nancy back to reality and out of her homicidal daydreams, like a splash of cold water.

There's a disbelieving sound on the other end. "If you were here, trust me, you'd see it, too," he retorted. Then, there's an uncomfortable pause. "You're okay with it, right? You're not saying they're just friends because you're homophobic or something? Because Will is… That's my brother, Nancy."

"Nancy?" And she jumped, realising with some embarrassment that she had lost herself for a moment. "Jonathan? Did you hear me?" Nancy asked back, injecting her voice with confusion so genuine that even she believes it - that they'd lost a moment due to nothing but a faulty line. "No, I think the connection's bad," he said. "Oh, right. I said it's going well. The paper's running a story about the Tigers, they won again, like always. Lucas actually won the game for them this time." It flowed from her easily, sounding casual on her lips, dull and inoffensive as she neatly snipped away the ugly, sad parts. "Like our Lucas?" he spluttered in shock.

Your words are: live, laugh, love, open and close

tagging @maraschinobomb @smileweakandwrong and @lesbianlotties anyone else feel free to join in <3

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[smileweakandwrong]

Oh hey, the silly little fluff fest hit 300 kudos today. It’s sunny and warm and feels like summer here today and this is a very summery read so if you haven’t read it you probably should to that and then tell me about it 💜

#ronance #ronance fic #ronance fic rec #shamelessly of my own fic #but it’s cute and silly and easy

[smileweakandwrong]

He looked like he might argue, try to convince her to let him stay, but instead he gave a quick nod and said, “You have a radio, right? You’ll call if you need anything?”

“I do, but what I need right now is to be alone and away from…everything.” Nancy got out of the car carrying her pack and the bundle of her belongings. She didn't bother putting on her shoes.

Before he drove off, Jonathan called out to her, “We’re all still here for you, you know that, right?”

“Maybe you shouldn’t be,” she told him flatly and started the half mile walk to the cabin as the sky above began to change to the lighter shade of dark that signified morning.

--- Or, Nancy spends some time alone after the events of the previous night before facing her friends, family and Robin again.

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Nancy is going through it in this one and @sweepy-stringbean captured it perfectly 💜

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[smileweakandwrong]

“Well, if we’re being annoying kids in love then I’m going to lean fully into it. Can’t forget this,” Nancy said, reaching over carefully to grab the diary that sat on her nightstand while Robin rolled onto her stomach to give her space. Nancy had mostly stopped the habit of her chronic journaling after the Fall when she stopped wanting to remember the days as they passed. She’d been embarrassed to admit that the only things written on the pages since the end of March all had something to do with Robin in some way. Finding the first empty page, she wrote the date and then drew a large heart right in the middle with NW + RB scrolled in cursive inside.

“It’s perfect. Absolutely revolting in its sweetness. I love it. I’ll add a matching one to my shoe,” Robin said as Nancy finished it off with an arrow.

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Or, Nancy is released from the hospital, defines her relationship with Robin, and has a surprising talk with her mom.

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Mother/daughter comfort! We love it. @sweepy-stringbean kills it again 💜🥹

Enjoy the calm before the chapter 10 storm...

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[smileweakandwrong]

“Robin? What is it? What’s wrong?” Steve’s panicked voice answered.

“You need to get here, right now. Right now, Steve! Where are you and who are you with?”

“I’m still sweeping houses by the Starcourt ruins with Jonathan.”

Robin thought for half a second. “Bring him. Now!”

“Are you guys okay? Have you called Hopper?” The jostled sound told her that he was already running.

“No Hopper, not yet. Just you and Jonathan. The big white house with the gate and stupid fountain, the guest house around back. And Steve? Be careful, that hound-creature and…other things might still be out there.”

“We’ll be right there.”

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Or, when a routine patrol goes south, Nancy and Robin decide to spend the night in a Loch Nora guest house and take advantage of the privacy, before things get much, much worse for them both.

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Go read and appreciate @sweepy-stringbean's feral Nancy and find out why we've been a pair of menaces about this chapter for months.

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[smileweakandwrong]

“We should probably talk about it, right?” Robin asked, still focused on the dirt at her feet.

“Yeah, we probably should. If you want to. Or we can just pretend that I didn’t say anything at all…if that’s easier. I don’t want to lose you,” Nancy said, her hands squeezing the metal chains like they were mooring lines keeping her from drifting out to sea.

Robin reached over and tapped on Nancy’s tense white knuckles, waiting for her to release her grip so she could replace the chain with her own hand. “Nance,” she said when their entwined fingers hung loosely between the two swings. “I don’t want to pretend. I want to hear it again.”

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Or, Nancy wants to take action against the things she saw as Vecna, gets confirmation that her feelings for Robin aren't one-sided, and finds that she can control one of her abilities---kind of.

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Everyone send @sweepy-stringbean a pile of online hugs for creating this perfect nose smooch 💜

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[smileweakandwrong]

She brought her eyes to Robin’s face and asked, “How long? How long have you known you felt something for me?”

“Approximately one year, three days and maybe a few hours? I’m a little fuzzy on what time it is.”

Nancy counted days for a moment. “Rob, that was Starcourt. Really?”

“Uhh, yeah. I mean, it was just a little crush then, but after you showed up in that very eye-catching outfit and then tried to shoot a possessed Billy while he tried to run you over? It was badass and I, a certified royal disaster of a lesbian with a thing for unattainable girls, was a bit of a goner.”

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Or, Nancy gets medical treatment, El tells what happened in the woods, and Robin keeps Nancy company.

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And there's the @sweepy-stringbean ronance smorch you've been waiting for! 💜😭

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[smileweakandwrong]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler Characters: Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Minor Characters, Steve Harrington, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Holly Wheeler Additional Tags: Fluff, Lovey-Dovey, Post-Canon, a reflection on ten years of my favourite lesbians in love, just a sweet little thing, Nancy Wheeler Loves Robin Buckley, Hard of Hearing Nancy Wheeler, we're just going to pretend that jonathan doesn't exist for a second Summary:

She placed her hands flat against her body, pushing her ribs against them with every deep breath she took. The delicate beadwork tickled her palms. Deep breath in. Pause. Deep breath out.

The clock ticked and she counted backwards from ten along with it on her fingers. It gave her something to focus on, the simple repetition of a count down. It became a habit years ago, steady and calming when she needed to settle her nerves. It was almost time now and she counted.

Ten.

* Or, Nancy takes ten seconds to collect herself on an important day.

@strangerthingsfemslash week day five- free choice 

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[smileweakandwrong]

Chapter Four- Ghosts & Hearts of Glass

It was a crazy idea, but their entire world was crazy. Finding out about Victor Creel and his murdered family all came from a half-cocked, crazy idea. A crazy idea was a starting point and was better than no idea.

“And who do we know that has been to that prison lab in Russia, knows the language way better than my basic ass understanding, and has been tracking commie activity to an unhealthy degree for years?” Robin added.

“Let’s go visit Murray,” Nancy said as she jumped out of bed and started grabbing clean clothes. “You can borrow whatever you want,” she told Robin. --- Or, Robin parches Nancy up, Nancy has a big ol' revelation, Ronance gets Murray'd, a miscommunication leads to angst, and Nancy and Jonathan have a much needed talk.

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Another perfect piece of art by @sweepy-stringbean that makes me kick my feet and make high pitched sounds when I look at it.

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[smileweakandwrong]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler Characters: Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler Additional Tags: Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Fluff, Robin Buckley Loves Nancy Wheeler, POV Robin Buckley, First Kiss, Nancy Wheeler Loves Robin Buckley, Love Confessions, just a fluffy little thing, Lesbian Disaster Nancy Wheeler Summary:

“Robin, hi. It’s me, it’s Nancy.”

 “I know your voice, Nance,” she said with a stupid smile spreading over her face. “What’s up? I thought you had a date with Mr. Cool Business Major Guy?” She tried to keep her feelings about said date with said guy out of her voice but wasn’t entirely successful.

  “I did, but that’s the thing…he cancelled. He just called the restaurant to tell me.”

 Or, when Nancy’s Valentine’s Day date bails, Robin keeps her company.

Really, just a silly little fluff fest 💜

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[smileweakandwrong]

Chapter Two- Origins

“You know, you’re getting pretty damn good at saving my life. Careful, Wheeler, I might start thinking that I’m your favourite person.” Robin rocked her shoulder against Nancy’s.

You are. The thought was there in Nancy’s head without hesitation and she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat and offered a small smile.

or

Nancy has a conversation with her mother and learns that her new abilities might not be so new after all, and with the help of a vision, faces off against Hawkin's newest monster. All while dealing with a growing amount of gay panic, of course.

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Ronancetober Day 5: Blood

Artwork by the incredible @sweepy-stringbean!

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[smileweakandwrong]

Chapter Five- The White Hound

“Do you want to talk about why you came here alone today?” Murray offered.

She chewed on her cheek before deciding that yes, she did, she needed to. “You were right.”

“Of course I was right, I always am, but you’ve got to narrow that down a bit.”

“I love her.”

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Or, Nancy bonds with Mike, learns more about Murray and herself, tries to clear the air with Robin, and faces new threats.

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@sweepy-stringbean's startled little Robin sends me places 💜😭

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