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threewaywithdelusion · 1 year

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Rejected Stancy Meet-Cute

The first thing Steve loved about Nancy Wheeler was how much she didn’t care who he was. While other girls fell at his feet, eager to date The Steve Harrington, The Hair, The King, Nancy very obviously cared nothing for his titles or his popularity.

She was there at his first basketball game his sophomore year. Young and wide-eyed, clutching a clipboard to her chest and making notes. She caught Steve’s eye — the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had big blue eyes and long brown curls and she was wearing some long, frumpy skirt, standing out amidst the cheerleaders in the sidelines.

Steve scored the game-winning shot, accepted a sweaty hug from Tommy and then made his way over to the pretty girl who looked so out of place here.

“Congratulations,” she told him, looking shy.

“Thanks,” he said. “This doesn’t seem like your usual crowd.”

The girl blushed. “I’m with the school newspaper.”

“Oh yeah? You have anything interesting to report?”

“That last play,” the girl said, sounding like she was testing out words that were new to her. “Where you missed the hoop but that other kid got it in.”

Steve grinned at her. “I didn’t miss. I passed the ball to Carver.”

The girl stared at him for a moment, chewing on her lip, before admitting, “I don’t understand.”

It sounded like a phrase she’d never said before in her life and Steve loved the little spark of defiance in her eyes, like she would fight him if he judged her.

“It’s called an alley-oop,” Steve said. “You pretend you’re aiming for the basket but really just let another player dunk it in.”

“But aren’t you co-captain?” the girl asked. “You must be pretty good. Why wouldn’t you just aim for the basket?”

“Aiming straight for the basket is easier for the other team to block because they’re expecting it,” Steve said, shrugging. “Plus, like you said, I’m co-captain. Carver’s a freshman. It’s good to have him get off the bench and score a basket, you know? For like, morale and shit.”

“So when you’re on the court, you’re thinking not just as a player but as a captain as well?” the girl asked.

Steve nodded.

“That’s smart of you,” the girl said.

Steve grinned, flattered. “That means a lot coming from a freshman smart enough to make the school paper. What’s your name?”

“Nancy Wheeler,” Nancy said.

“I’m Steve Harrington,” Steve said.

“I know.”

Steve’s smile got wider. “Oh, you’ve heard of me?”

Nancy looked unimpressed. “I did my research to learn player names before the game.”

“Right,” Steve said, feeling a little off-balance. Most girls didn’t look unimpressed when talking to Steve. “We’re probably going to go celebrate our win now. It’ll be mostly basketball players and cheerleaders, but I could bring you if you like.”

Most girls jumped at the chance to get an invite to an exclusive party, but Nancy just gave him a polite smile, like he’d invited her to dinner with his uptight parents instead of a party with free booze. “I’m alright, thanks.”

“C’mon,” Steve said, grinning in a way he’d heard described as charming. “You could celebrate my game-winning shot with me.”

Nancy’s smile was amused and condescending at the same time as she pretended to check her clipboard. “Don’t you mean Carver’s game-winning shot?”

“I set it up,” Steve tried.

Nancy nodded seriously. “It was a good alley-oop. But your initial shot was predictable and you never would have scored if it weren’t for Carver, so I think he gets credit for this one.”

Steve sputtered at her, this beautiful freshman nobody turning him down and teasing while she did it. Turning his own words against him like she didn’t care that he was Steve Harrington.

“Don’t worry,” Nancy said, looking at his dumbfounded expression. “I’ll be sure to mention in the article what a good job of co-captaining you did.”

She smiled, disarmingly beautiful, before walking away.

Tommy came up to Steve, throwing his arm around Steve’s shoulders and dragging him towards the showers.

“Who was that girl?” he asked.

“Nancy Wheeler,” Steve said.

“She coming to the party?” Tommy asked, waggling his eyebrows.

“No,” Steve said. “But she’s going to be my girlfriend.”

“That nerd is going on a date with you?” Tommy asked incredulously.

Steve felt his cheeks heat. “Well, she hadn’t said yes yet.”

Tommy laughed. “Dude, you can do so much better than some freshman nerd.”

“Yeah,” Steve said, glancing back over his shoulder as if he could catch another glimpse of Nancy. “I guess so.”

He didn’t get a yes that night. But Nancy came to several more games, always with a press clipboard clutched to her chest, and Steve explained the plays that she didn’t understand. He asked her out every time, but she always said no with a soft little smile that indicated she didn’t really mean it.

It was the start of the next school year before Steve shared a class with Nancy. He walked into his literature class to find her already seated in the front row and walked right up to her.

“Nancy Wheeler,” he said.

“Basketball Informant,” she said.

Steve hesitated by her desk. “Most people just call me Steve.”

Nancy laughed and gestured to the seat next to her. “Are you going to sit down?”

Steve did. “I usually sit near the back. Less of a chance of being called on.”

Nancy frowned, a cute little furrow forming between her eyebrows. “Why don’t you want to be called on?”

“I, uh, didn’t do the summer reading,” Steve admitted. Usually he could get that to come across as rebellious and charming, but Nancy just frowned.

“I don’t care how much basketball you taught me, I’m not going to be your English class informant,” she said.

“Well, shit,” Steve said. “What am I going to do? Now that I’m stuck already at the front and all?”

“Class hasn’t started,” Nancy pointed out. “You could still move to the back.”

“And miss a chance to sit next to The Nancy Wheeler, Reporter Extraordinaire?” Steve asked. He shook his head sadly. “Absolutely not. I guess I’m going to have to read the stupid book.”

“You’re going to do the summer reading for me?” Nancy asked, looking shocked.

“If that’s what it takes,” Steve said. He gave her a sheepish smile. “What was the summer reading book, by the way?”

Nancy gasped. She tried to look shocked, but Steve could see the smile peeking around the edges of the faux-outrages. “You’re an idiot, Steve Harrington.”

“And you are beautiful, Nancy Wheeler,” Steve said. He dug a pencil out of his backpack and poised it over his notebook. “So, tell me. What book am I reading for you?”

#stranger things fanfiction #stancy #stranger things #stancy fanfic #I was trying to write a meet-cute for a fanfic I'm working on #but young Stancy are really hard to write #they're both so different from who they become later #so here's a rejected version of their first meeting #Mia writes fanfic

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i-am-autistic · 2 months

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It is funny to me that ST has 6 main woman protagonists and they refuse to or are uncomfortable sexualizing like 4 of them for different reasons so because of that Jancy has by default become the load bearing main couple you see most intimate or sexual moments of throughout the show, and also like Stancy is technically show wise the second most physically intimate we've ever seen main characters until Joyce joined the party in s4, but I mean also it was like 4 years late and it happens at the end of the penultimate season. it makes Nancy come off so much edgier in the show than every other female protagonist because of this. Even though canonically she's not really. it makes more sense to focus on the "innocent" aspects of the character because it provides a contrast to the exterior hard shell put up against the UD and other people that aren't Jonathan. It's just that there's no way to write this show and emphasize the more schoolgirly parts of Nancy's character. Like even when they do in S4 with the puppy dog scene or the high school scene it's not so much they don't attempt it's just it's actually hard for the writing to make Nancy come off as innocent and schoolgirly and young than she is just because the other women protags are a mom and 3 other schoolgirls. kinda sucks though hough I would say-visually at least-the funnest part of Nancy's character is the shotgun is hidden UNDERNEATH Tom Cruise posters,boyfriend's sweaters and mixtapes. It's like imagine Nancy's moodboard is just like tom cruise shirtless, bowie, Fall colors, Jonathan and then a bunch of glitter but also shotguns and a glock 19. It's definitely the contrast of this cute schoolgirl who has to be transformed into like a superhero overnight that makes her character fun from a visual POV I thought.

#jonathan byers #nancy wheeler #jancy #stranger things

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starcourtking · 4 years

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romance headcanons.

name: Steven James Harrington

nickname: Steve, Stevie, King Steve, pretty boy

gender: Male

romantic orientation: Biromantic bisexual

preferred pet names: It depends on the person he’s with, honestly. Steve doesn’t use a lot of pet names himself, he feels like using first names and nicknames (like ‘Nance’) is pretty intimate. However, if he thinks of a good one he’d definitely use it, and kinda really likes it when people use them for him? Especially when Billy calls him King, or your majesty or baby--and a thousand others, HONESTLY

relationship status: verse dependent, either single, with Nancy, or with Billy

favorite canon / fandom ship: I really loved Stancy oh my god, I’m still so salty that they broke up. But I also apparently really like Harringrove with @kegstandking

favorite crossover ship: I’m not sure I actually have one yet?? And that’s a tragedy :(

opinion on true love: Steve is a big believer in true love oh my god, like disney princess in song believer. He always believed that there was one person out there for him, a soulmate, the other half of his heart, a completely hopeless romantic

how ‘romantic’ are they?: He really tries to be romantic--and he is romantic naturally. He believes in doing everything to make his partner happy and it makes him happy to see them smile. He believes in bringing flowers and gifts, in being affectionate, stealing kisses and holding hands, in writing notes because he can’t contain his feelings while apart. He just has a ton of love to give

ideal physical traits: As much as he hates to admit it he can be a little shallow. He likes a nice body and an attractive face, but that’s really just a bonus. A nice smile and pretty eyes go a long way in capturing Steve’s heart

ideal personality traits: Someone who’s not fake, someone real and warm and full of life. Steve wants someone receptive to his attention and someone who genuinely loves him for who he is. A person who can make him smile and who laughs at his jokes, who shares his hopes and dreams and doesn’t think he’s childish or stupid

unattractive physical traits: He’s learned a lot since high school and really doesn’t think looks are the most important thing. Hygiene, however, definitely is important, though. People who don’t take care of themselves, slobs, anything along those lines and he’s just...repulsed

unattractive personality traits: Being a dick, being selfish, anything he thinks is ‘nerdy’, cold, uncaring people, loud and domineering

ideal date: Somewhere his date would really like. Movies and dinner are common enough, but he would tailor it to something his s/o would love, which would in turn make him happy. If someone were to do that for him? He’d like to go somewhere private, somewhere overlooking the town, or somewhere outside of Hawkins, where they can just be as free as they want

do they have a type?: Physically, no (although he seems to have a thing for blue eyes). Pretty much anyone he feels comfortable with/drawn to is his ‘type’, anyone who has his favorite personality types and makes him feel safe and loved

average relationship length: Steve is the type that goes into a relationship thinking about marriage. Maybe not immediately, he’s still pretty young, but that’s where he wants to end up. He wants to have his youth, to have fun, to have someone at his side being his partner in crime, but ultimately? He wants them to be his partner forever. When he was in high school he had a couple of flings with girls before Nancy, but one he fell in love he learned a lot of things about himself and now he couldn’t have any sort of casual relationship. He just falls too hard

preferred non-sexual intimacy: EVERYTHING. He loves affection, loves holding hands, hugging, cuddling, picking up his partner if they’re smaller than he is, sleeping beside them. He’s a huge cuddle bug. Also?? If you play with his hair?? Oof, he melts

commitment level: Honestly you won’t find someone more loyal than this boy, he puts both his friends and his partner before himself. Always.

opinion of public affection: As long as it’s nothing too sexual he’s fine with it. He likes holding hands and kissing in public, being close and affectionate no matter who’s watching (providing he’s in a safe space for it). But if he needs to hide a relationship? He’s terrified of PDA and refuses to risk their safety

past relationships?: Post season 2 Steve still thinks about Nancy a lot, and always will. She was his first love, his first actual girlfriend, and will always hold a special place in his heart. Even if he enters another relationship he will think about her from time to time, but his relationship with her hasn’t left such a deep wound that he can’t move on. He will love his partner unconditionally and with his whole heart no matter what, even if Nancy Wheeler will always mean something to him. Though to be fair, anyone he trusts his heart with will have the same effect on him, and Steve will try hard to never let his past relationships get in the way of his present one

tagged by: @bitterbadge

tagging: everyone! steal it!!

#—— ♔ MAN IN THE MIRROR┊(hc.)#this was a little hard tbh #but it was fun #look at my mushy romantic boy #love him pls

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