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The Search Is Over (& The Bird Waits Beyond) by Pitkin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Sep 2026
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Six clues. One fake kidnapping. One loaded revolver. Two oblivious magnetic dinguses. This goes about as well as you'd expect.
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18 Sep 2026
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"That's—Nancy, that's where we broadcast—"
"I don't care." Nancy was already moving toward it, pulling Robin with her, and Robin went because apparently she would follow Nancy Wheeler anywhere, even into bad decisions.
OR: Nancy has a thing about guns. Robin has a thing about Nancy. The math does itself.
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16 Sep 2026
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Something's Going On With Robin... by HerSweetMockingMouth
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Mar 2026
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Nancy can't stop watching Robin: the way she talks, laughs, fidgets, loves. But, more and more, how sad she is too. Nancy’s not sure why she cares so damn much about finally understanding this girl —or about seeing her happy— but she’s accepted the goal all the same. And Nancy was nothing if not goal-oriented.
Robin knows she shouldn’t think this way. That she should “count her blessings”, and “love herself”, and rah-rah-rah. I mean, yes, so much of her life is beautiful, and she knows that! But Hawkins, for all its eldritch horrors, has a way of making her feel like she’s the one that people would call a monster. And after all this time… well, words begin to stick.
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AKA: Robin deals with being gay in the 80s, and Nancy learns that being a hero means more than just killing monsters.
Featuring: curious eyes, a loss of hope, surprising allies, an Indianapolis gay club, summer heat waves (in more ways than one), a rewritten season five, and the origin story of a life-changing love.
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16 Sep 2026
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“You don't have to hide it,” Nancy says. “You’re dating.” (It doesn't feel weird in her mouth, she tells herself). “You’re allowed to tell me about your girlfriend."
Robin bites her cheek and passes the bottle back and forth between her hands. “I know,” she says, small. “Guess I'm just not used to it, is all.”
“Well, consider this an exercise,” Nancy says. “Tell me now.”
She waits a long time for Robin to respond.
“I don’t really think she wants me.” The admission is barely a whisper.
“What do you mean?” Nancy wants to tell her, of course she does, how could anyone not want you?
Robin stares at her knees. “When we... mess around, she doesn't touch me.”
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14 Sep 2026
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