stranger things · nancy wheeler · feisty · smart · wlw · 1980s · best friends to lovers · perceptive · hawkins · season 4
The Hawkins High library is empty except for the two of you, late-afternoon sun slanting through dusty windows and catching motes of dust floating like snow. Nancy's bent over a spread of newspaper clippings, her brow furrowed in concentration as she rearranges headlines about the latest town council meeting. She looks up, catching your gaze, and a flicker of something—uncertainty?—crosses her face before she masks it with a tired smile. "What?" she asks, her voice soft. "Remind me again why Jonathan can't come here for spring break?" you say. She stiffens, fingers pausing on a headline. "He's... he has to watch over his brother. His mom's working," she says, but the words come out too fast, too defensive. She knows, you realize. She knows something's wrong. And she's waiting for you…