place in me (no words left);
SOULMATE AU SOULMATE AU SOULMATE AU!
pairings: nancy/jonathan, nancy&mike
rating: m (swearing + sexual references)
word count: 13k
summary: local midwestern sadboy gets hexed by his beautiful soulmate—forgets he’s not supposed to be telling nancy wheeler that she’s his angel
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The weight of the situation is far and above her repressing abilities. Her Soulmate may be here, here and now, real and ready. Her Soulmate may be under an amnesiac Japanese love spell. And it may be Jonathan, who has admittedly become her…distant dream. Her type. She wants nothing more than to claim him now while he’s willing to actually breathe her air.
She never planned on any of this. Or on him.
His bottom lip curls upward a little and she imagines him biting down on his tongue, trying hard to contain himself. Contain the big feelings. Self-control is his game on any normal day. If she didn’t know better, she’d say he can’t even think straight because of her slender hand in his. His sense of reason is off on Saturn, and she can almost see how much he wants to physically be closer to her, a thought so upsetting and lush she could throw something. She could scream.
She’ll do neither; he scares easily when it comes to girls.
She prepares the same tone that you’d use on a wounded animal cowering in the bushes. Voice careful and low, she says, “You don’t know why you’re here, do you?” His answer—if she can coax it out of him—could confirm the connection of their partner receptors.
He shakes his head no.
You are mine. I did bring you here.
Her chest lifts with the knowledge. Puzzling, perfect knowledge. Mentally she parses out her next words, letting him stroke her wrapped palm in the meantime. The peripheral sound of Mike and Dustin’s footsteps echoes. Privacy is crucial for the conversation she covets.
“Hey, come with me for a sec.”
She tugs him toward the closet and they slip into darkness. She locks them in. Instinctively finds the pull cord and yanks down on it so that he would see her, so that the warm light would ground them.
extending an extra special thank you to @wanderleave who encouraged me through this story and offered revisionist help; she’s the best “idea man” <3
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Can I say something. I don’t think any mlvn kiss has been… super dramatic? Like not their first one certainly. Like they were in a school cafeteria and El asked if they would be like siblings. And then mike kinda just kissed her. I think if you removed the score in the bg it would be more anti climactic than it already was.
Like I think ppl are forgetting how mlvn actually happened. Their entire relationship felt kinda juvenile in the grand scheme of things. The most dramatic thing that happened was Mike’s love confession. I think Mike has more of a “acts at the very last minute” problem.
The jopper and jancy kisses were very dramatic, passionate, a moment that made the viewers go “FINALLY.” To say that a byler kiss NEEDS to be soft and low stakes or it would be “too much like mlvn” is so weird and honestly completely untrue imo. And I personally am someone who would prefer a more soft confession/kiss scene.
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Wake up Jancy Nation it’s time to celebrate five years with some of the best jancy scenes of the show!!
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
Exhibit D:
And of course the moment that takes the crown—
On this the fifth anniversary I would like to thank the Duffers for Jancy’s rom-com era!!
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I don’t understand anyone who says Nancy cheated on Steve/Jonathan. She didn’t.. her and Steve were already broke up, before she and Jonathan kissed. Also, she wasn’t cheating on Jonathan in anyway, during season four. All because she looked at Steve and smiled? That’s not cheating, sorry. 😭
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