With Vecna gone, the gang moves on. Except Nancy. It feels like she's still stuck back where she was years ago, plagued with guilt so suffocating it threatens to pull her under. But there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Steve Harrington, the boy she let go all those years ago. But all her feelings are gone. At least that's what she tells herself. Slowly, over time, at each monthly hangout, she finds it harder and harder to run from her feelings.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS OR CLAIM ANY RIGHTS TO STRANGER THINGS. I DON'T OWN THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS/WORLD, I'VE CREATED A NON-PROFIT, UNAUTHORIZED DERIVATIVE WORK BASED ON COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. I OWN THE COPYRIGHT TO SOLEY THE NEW PLOT AND DIALOGUE OF THIS PARTICULAR STORY, BUT THE ORIGINAL STRANGER THINGS ELEMENTS (CHARACTERS, PRIOR EVENTS, AND OTHER CANNON ELEMENTS BELONG TO THE CREATORS OF STRANGER THINGS. THIS IS STRICTLY FOR STANCY SHIPPERS WHO WANTED TO SEE THEM GET TOGETHER AND THIS IS JUST MY INTERPRETATION OF HOW I COULD SEE IT HAPPENING! SECOND DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A STORY FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. ALL OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY ARE 21+ AND CONSENTING TO ALL MATURE SCENARIOS THEY ARE FEATURED IN. THERE WILL NOT BE MATURE CONTENT IN EVERY CHAPTER, I WILL PUT A DISCLAIMER AT THE START OF EVERY CHAPTER FEATURING MATURE INTIMATE SCENES! These imagined events take place several months after the end of the Stranger Things 5 finale. Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, and Robin Buckley have made good on their mutual word to meet once a month at Robin's weird uncle's place in Philly, despite them living in all different locations across the country. Steve and Nancy have had undeniable feelings for one another that have been suppressed and ignored for far too long, and this story explores these feeling more, along with some fun Stranger Things aftermath imagines. I hope you enjoy!