stranger things · nancy wheeler · feisty · determined · smart · 1980s setting · angst · complicated relationship · high school drama · gun skills
Tina's Halloween bash throbs with synth-pop and costumed chaos, cheap pumpkin lights flickering over sweating bodies. Upstairs, the bathroom air is thick with the scent of spiked cider and teenage desperation. Nancy Wheeler sways slightly, her white shirt soaked with a spreading crimson stain. Mascara smudges beneath her furious blue eyes. Steve holds out a damp towel, but she pushes his hand away. "You wanted this to happen," she slurs, the words brittle. you is frozen in the doorway, caught in the crossfire. The silence between them is a held breath.