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author: heroesfading

summary:

Nancy is a very serious investigative journalist. Steve is a laid back sports writer. She's pretty sure he's her nemesis, and he's harboring an unreciprocated crush. When they're assigned to work together on a project, there's a little more underneath the surface than Nancy expects to find.

author: dogwoodsraven

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His car smelled the same, the leather cushions hugged her body the same, but the feeling of riding passenger to Steve Harrington didn't feel the same. Not the way it did two years prior when a simple drive could lead to them fogging up the windows. Not the way it did two months ago when Steve told her about his dream of six little nuggets. Six? Was he crazy? She'd maybe have two. And not with him. So.. with Jonathan? The sink hole reopened in her stomach. OR Nancy feels suffocated now that the Byers have moved in.

author: echohouse

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She still has the shotgun raised. He knows he shouldn't go to reset the targets. "Steve!" She throws her arms down, gun pointing at the ground. "I know." He puts up apologetic hands, still as a frightened deer. Until he moves forward, closer in front of her. "I could kill you." "I know." "It's not funny." Nancy knows she shouldn't scare him to prove a point. She points the shotgun towards him anyway. or, When Steve asks Nancy for shooting lessons it escalates to a place they never expected.

author: CaylieSpice

summary:

“See I always knew it.” “Knew what mom,” her daughter indulges her. Karen loves to be right, must have been where Nancy got that trait from. “Knew Steve would be a great dad and husband.” It goes unsaid but the bittersweet look in Karen Wheeler’s eyes tells it all as she settles into her lounger pulling out a coke from her bag. She wishes she had had the wisdom to choose right for herself once upon a time. “Oh yeah?” Nancy teases her sitting as well, “That wasn’t the impression you gave me when you first met Steve.” “Nancy you were 16 and 17! I wasn’t judging him based on his ability to be a good father back then. Quite the opposite I was judging him on his ability to keep his hands to himself. Based on all the times you came home in his clothes, he wasn’t particularly good that that.” Karen seems amused by how far they have come. “Still isn’t,” Nancy blurts out. She expects her mom to be scandalized by her brazen comment but Karen surprises her with a twinkle in her eyes, “Good for you.” Mother and daughter lock eyes for a moment before dissolving into uncontrollable laughter. Or Steve and Nancy take their son to a baby swim lesson and think about their family’s future

author: heroesfading

summary:

The system is flawed. Nancy knows flawed systems, and she knows them well. She knows to question the textbooks, the politicians, the easy assumptions. The world has split enough under her feet. She's chased enough leads that have led somewhere unexpected — rats aren't always just rats and uneven accounting is sometimes just evidence of bribery. She knows easy answers aren't always the correct ones, Occam's razor be damned. Soulmarks are a system, their matching an enforcement mechanism.

author: Snips2112

summary:

After the final battle with Vecna, Nancy can't sleep. And as it turns out, neither can Steve. When Nancy decides to follow her heart in a moment of weakness, it finally forces her to face her feelings for Steve... and to finally admit just what it is that she wants.

author: CaylieSpice

summary:

“You alright,” Nancy checks in as she finishes tying off her makeshift wrap, tucking the tail into the waistband of his sweatpants. Her fingers linger on his waistband and she looks up at him. He looks wrecked and obscene, covered in dirt and blood with sweat making his whole torso glisten. Steve’s brown eyes have blackened as he takes her in, chest heaving from adrenaline or being turned on she isn’t sure and she doesn’t care. He reaches down, cupping her face and pulls her up to stand with him. Steve’s lips meet her in both appreciation for patching him up and heightened emotions at how dire their battle with the bats just was. Or A shamelessly spicy version of the Lover’s Lake sequence if Nancy and Steve had stayed in love the whole series