Best Nancy Wheeler Protective Fanfics
The best protective fanfiction featuring Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things) on AO3, curated by popularity. The devotion and care it demonstrates, the safety and security it provides, and the romantic implications of fierce protection.
Top Nancy Wheeler Protective Fic Recs
3 protective fics featuring Nancy Wheeler, followed by other top-rated stories.
This Universe is Strange (I'm Stranger)
Protectiveby Bamboozledddd · Jancy
One green flash, and the next thing Harry sees is a town sign: Welcome to Hawkins. Consequently, the more she adapts to her climate, the more suspicious she becomes of the town activity, particularly a little girl with wide eyes and a number tattooed onto her wrist.Something must be done to fix this
Things Only Get Stranger
Protectiveby hughescookingfan · Jancy
Steve Harrington just wanted to go for a drive the night of November 6, 1983. Just a drive. He didn't expect to stumble across Will Byers running alone in the woods, let alone an inter-dimensional flower faced monster out for blood. He definitely didn't expect to be dragged into something so much bi
Dropped Halfway Down to Hell
Protectiveby ashadeofgreen · Jancy
Will raised an eyebrow at his friend's antics, then dropped his eyes to where he knew Dustin had reached a hand out towards him. “This summer, we stick together. You and me, Byers.” Will grinned, taking Dustin’s hand and shaking it. “You and me, Henderson.” A rewrite of S3:The night Dustin gets
Not So Bad
by outofmygourd · Jancy
Vecna is dead. It's the summer after the party's freshman year. Steve Harrington spends it in the Family Video Store, and Eddie Munson is spending post-graduate life bothering him. And maybe Steve isn't as bothered as he used to be.
The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep)
by DH_epub · Jancy
Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house. Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go. Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner. ~ The
Princess Steve
by Squeakyshroom · Jancy
Billy smirks at him, white teeth glinting: “Finish up, why don’t you? You’re making me regret choosing you to cheat off, King Steve-”“Don’t. Call. Me. That.”“Okay....” Billy says, mock sweet. “How about... princess?”(Or: Steve doesn't know if he hates or loves the pet names; all he knows is that Bil
Have Happened
by cortexikid · Jancy
"I overheard you. You were talking in your sleep.”Steve's heart fluttered nervously. “It was a little funny at first,” Nancy admitted, her tone a mix of teasing and apologetic, “you were moaning my name and I thought it’d be kinda funny if Mike accidentally overheard you having a sex dream about his
it's a risk, it's a gamble
by nondz (pinkjook) · Jancy
“I think we should pretend to date,” Robin says.“What?” Steve sputters.
Jackrabbit Underneath
by Grey_Lark · Jancy
Steve’s never understood why adults always praise him for being a “people person” as if it’s some great accomplishment. What, like it’s hard? -------------------Or: Steve Harrington is your average American teenager, he just had to work harder than most to learn how to ignore the emotions bumping in
How to Rehabilitate a Jock in Four Months
by towardthesun · Jancy
After their breakup, Steve found that being around Nancy and Jonathan was pretty much unbearable. His old friends wouldn't even look at him, and there was only so much time he could spend with the kids before he started feeling kind of pathetic. All in all, he was a pretty lonely person now.But was
he was turned to steel
by idlyfretting · Jancy
Gareth was hallucinating.That was the only explanation that made sense. He wasn’t sure he’d ever gone this long without sleeping, so it made sense that his brain had gone a little wonky.Steve Harrington had just burst into Eddie’s hospital room, reached under the couch by the window, pulled out a ba
A Walking Denial
by mistermistyeyed · Jancy
Everyone thought that life could finally go back to normal; or at least as close to normal you could get after fighting interdimensional monsters. But, when Steve starts acting weird, they remember that the supernatural isn't their only problem. Or; The one where Steve finally gets the family he des
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Nancy Wheeler in Protective Fanfiction
Nancy Wheeler — Hawkins' sharpest aspiring journalist, who traded perfect-girlfriend expectations for a shotgun and a vendetta after Barb's death. Fandom splits her between Jonathan, Steve, and increasingly Robin.
Protective — One character goes to great lengths to protect another from physical, emotional, or other harm. Protection can be obvious or secretive.
The devotion and care it demonstrates, the safety and security it provides, and the romantic implications of fierce protection. Nancy Wheeler's (also known as Nancy Drew) role in Stranger Things makes them a natural fit for protective storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in Stranger Things fanfiction.
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