Jan 9
When Nancy gets to the Boston Herald, she quickly discovers a nightmare she never even dreamed of come to life--Carol Perkins is an intern working in the Entertainment/Lifestyle section. Carol quickly becomes the Cat Grant to Nancy's Lois Lane; they snark at each other all the time, Nancy dismissing Carol's articles as an affront to "real journalism" while Carol rolls her eyes, pops her gum, and tells Nancy it's okay, she can just admit she's jealous that she gets stuck with all the "boring stuff."
(None of this stops them from angry make out sessions in the bullpen's supply closet at least twice a week.)
#stranger things#stranger things spoilers#nancy wheeler#carol perkins#carol perkins x nancy wheeler#nancy wheeler x carol perkins#nancy x carol#carol x nancy#princesspop#i know they don't have an official ship name so i'm just making one up as i go#all aboard at sapphic rarepare central#nancy tries valiantly to stop this from getting out to steve but when he finds out--and of COURSE he does--he laughs#at her for at least five minutes straight over their biweekly catch up phone call#every single one of nancy's harried “shut up!”s only makes him crack up even harder#carol doesn't get off easy either; she's having pretty much the exact same conversation with tommy#but carol's got a card to pull nancy doesn't; “the princess told me steve's roomies with freaky jonathan byers now” is enough to shock tomm#into stunned (jealous) silence#(mocking each other over their gay crushes is one of tommy and carol's primary love languages)
