#ronance concept

[crackedmultifandom]

i’m so bored pls someone send me cute/angsty/even smutty steddie/ronance/thiam concepts/drabbles or ur headcanons, anything i’m starving

[mikhardwheat]

This universal experience of not being able to find a weirdly specific scenario you have in your head after scrolling through ao3 for days, but for some reason stubbornly refusing to write it yourself.

[lavenderstobins]

ronance fear street au with robin as deena

and nancy as sam

OR

ronance fear street au with nancy as deena

and robin as sam

[dufrau]

saw somebody tweet “i would ship ronance if vickie didnt exist” and like, my friend my buddy my respected comrade. she pretty much doesn’t. Right now she is the equivalent of one of those signs in a mall saying like SEPHORA COMING SOON WATCH THIS SPACE except instead of “sephora” it’s “love interest”.    

[itsasapphicdisaster]

just a cute lil ronance concept for you <3

[extra-nance-ronance]

Nancy teaches Robin how to shoot a gun. Later, as Nancy lies bleeding on the ground, Robin stands over her and uses what she's been taught to save her life.

[astreinomane]

A prompt I really love, and that I wish was used more by the fandom, is El and Max both having baby crushes on Nancy AND Robin.

Like, look at Nancy and Robin, and try to tell me that El and Max wouldn't have both GIGANTIC crushes on them.

It would be such a funny scenario.

El and Max getting all blushy and embarassed whenever Robin and Nancy hugs them, give them cheek kisses or just touch them.

They both have an existencial crisis, because WHAT THE FUCK?!

They both tought they only liked boys.

So why are they like this with Robin and Nancy?!

Maybe, at some point, they confide each other about this, because they both need someone to vent.

And they both scream, because they don't know what the fuck affected them this way.

In the end, they both talk to Robin and Nancy, maybe because they decide they can't do this and want to solve this problem, or maybe Nancy and Robin notice something is wrong with El and Max, and take the two apart to talk.

El and Max are both so scared after telling the truth.

They are afraid that the two girls they both see as the cool big sisters they never had will hate them, or be disgusted by them.

But Nancy and Robin just laughs, and immediately tell the two little girls that it's okay.

They tell them that this thing is normal, that girls can have crushes on other girls.

And maybe they also come out to the two as a couple, showing El and Max that they basically are the living proof that things like this can happen.

And El and Max are both basically shocked, a little because they just found out that Robin and Nancy were a couple this whole time without them knowing (they probably would have locked them immediately if it weren't for the sexuality crisis), a little because they realized that they both like girls.

It's a shocking discovery for the both of them.

Neither of them believed that this was possible.

But Robin and Nancy are telling them that this is normal, and they both trust Robin and Nancy with their life.

And also, if the Wheeler and the Buckley are perfectly able to have a romantic relationship between each other despite being two girls, then El and Max can do that as well.

So, in the end, both Max and El accept themselves.

(Also, hugs!!!! A lot of hugs!!!! Group hug!!! Robin and Nancy give El and Max all the hugs they deserve!!!!)

Needless to say, this open the road to El and Max becoming a couple themselves, but this is a story for another time.

[the-lark-ascending69]

i’m begging please make the flayed robin a fic it would be so good

Hii anon I'd love to!! However I am unable to write fanfic in this moment of my life. Ever since 2022 my life can only be summarized in college stuff, college stuff, a little bit of work and more college stuff. I am falling behind on my reading schedule as we speak lol 🙃 i expect to be free to write some time after... 2028, maybe (big maybe). I CAN draw though, which is not such a long-term compromise. Maybe I'll manage to draw something one of these days.

For the time being I would like to redirect you to two GREAT flayed!Robin fanfics that I adore, the devil's after both of us by @eskawrites and We're Going to End You by UnholyHelbig. Both featuring ronance. These are the only ones I know. Sadly, looking up "flayed Robin" on ao3 hasn't turned out to be a very fruitful search, but that doesn't mean there aren't more out there! I'll have to keep searching. If anyone reading this knows of more flayed!Robin fanfics please lmk!! Of course there's also @snowangeldotmp3 's rebel robin: surviving the upside down AU, which I'm still trying to catch up with, but it sounds like they're working on some cool flayed!Robin stuff!

While I can't give you a fanfic I CAN share with you some flayed!Robin ideas I have:

Vecna/the Mind Flayer is incredibly subtle this time, choosing to corrupt Robin rather than completely taking over her body and replacing her. He preys on her darkest thoughts, which are generally, jealousy, resentment, shame, self-deprecation hopelessness and loneliness. They both open the door for him, and act as weapons he uses to slowly torture her and turn her against her loved ones.

It begins with Robin feeling irritable, out of place, especially with Steve. Steve suddenly stops feeling like home and more like someone she shares a loving bond with but who can never really understand her, because he's a heterosexual man, because he has money, because he's high on the social pyramid and she spent her whole teenage years fighting to not fall to the bottom, because he can allow himself liberties not permitted to her. She begins to resent him. When she begins to isolate herself from him, it becomes incredibly easy for Vecna to make her spiral further and further down.

Almost nothing Robin says while possessed is 100% untrue. It tends to come from something she really feels. In normal circumstances, Robin would feel a bit sad knowing Steve can never fully understand her experience. Flayed!Robin resents him over it and wants to hurt him. But the pain is there. There ARE exceptions though, and they're interesting because the others are so used to hearing her say evil half-truths that when she says something so horriffic the real Robin couldn't possibly believe it, they think she means it deep down.

Flayed!Robin isn't physically violent - another reflection of the real Robin's nature. He uses her silver tongue to attack the others.

There's a lot of confusion from the rest of the group, even once they figure out she IS possesed, because its like she keeps coming back before being pulled under again. One moment she's acting normal and the next she's telling Nancy she always ruins everything. It's hard to tell what is true and what is a lie

Flayed!Robin targets Nancy specifically, not because it's particularly useful to Vecna - I mean, it is, but there's more to that - it comes from Robin's shameful love for Nancy, the source of so much pain. Flayed!Robin takes her anger out on her.

Flayed!Robin particularly enjoys making Nancy cry. Her favorite method is reminding her of Barb, blaming her for everything that goes wrong and telling her everyone would be better of if she were dead. Otherwise, she'll get them all killed until she's the last one standing. At the beginning though, she's just mean. She acts irritable and angry and rolls her eyes at her and doesn't take her seriously and casually insults her intelligence. She does it sparingly enough that Nancy actually wonders if she heard that right, if Robin is being serious, if it's just an instance of her "not understanding social cues" or if she really thinks she's "losing her spark" or "keeps talking nonsense lately", or whatever Vecna makes her say. This is one of the cases in which Robin doesn't mean what she says in the slightest.

Another way in which flayed Robin likes to taunt Nancy is by publicly accusing her of homosexuality. Everyone awkwardly ignores that most of the time (though sometimes Hopper sideyes her, Joyce closes her eyes and inhales deeply, and Mike snaps and loudly declares his sister isn't gay), and they ignore Nancy's sharp breath and tight fists when Robin says anything on the matter ("Aaw, Wheeler, are you in love with me? You know, I did take you for a queer but I didn't think you'd be after me. Thought you were still hung up on that Barb girl").

At the beginning of Robin's possesion, Nancy was incredibly kind to her, saying sweet, loving things to her even if unsure if she could hear her or not. She promised she would take care of her and that she'll be okay. Robin would usually roll her eyes and tell her, voice full of scorn, that if Nanch Wheeler is promising to "take care of her" then her odds aren't very promising. It hurts Nancy so much to hear that. She thinks there's a little bit of the real Robin behind those words.

Nancy becomes exhausted after some time. Exhausted and angry. She convinces herself it's only Vecna in there, and she refuses to offer him any kindness. He will pay for what he did to the girl she loved.

When they get her and tie her up so they can think of a plan, they leave her alone for a moment, and for the first time, Vecna retreats entirely, to let her fully feel the bite of ropes around her wrists, keeping her immobilized, tied to the chair. He wants her to fully feel the terror of her trauma without any numbing effect. Bonus points if she's not fully alone - Nancy is keeping watch, and Robin is scared and confused as to why she looks at her with such cold eyes, why she won't help her, why she won't comfort her when she sees her panicking and crying and begging. It's the worst torture so far, and when Nancy steps forward, and looks at her with so much hate, and says "Shut. Up", Robin feels her heart break all over again (Nancy had told her she loved her once and she never knew what she meant by that. She supposes the love is gone now). She has no idea Vecna has played with Nancy in this way a million times before.

Whenever they drug her to keep her unconcious, Nancy gives her as much physical affection as she can - stroking her cheek, brushing her hair, cuddling her. She wonders if, in this way, Robin will feel something Vecna doesn't.

When she comes back, Robin remembers everything she said while possessed and won't stop apologizing, refusing any comfort Nancy tries to offer her because she thinks she doesn't deserve it, but Nancy won't hear any of that. She stays by Robin's side no matter what, even if it means skipping school or not sleeping. The girl she loves is back and she's not wasting a single second more away from her.

[strangerwheelerthings]

idk if this counts as an aspect of robin and nancy’s relationship but i feel like there’s stuff to be said about how they’re constantly looking at each other throughout all of s4, especially those stolen glances like nancy watching robin when robin was talking to steve about not being able to drive and robin staring at nancy when she got on the boat etc etc

You, my good sir (gender neutral), made me want to rewatch all their scenes together again just to pay attention to their looks. I somehow managed to restrain myself to just a few.

There really is something to be said about the way they gravitate towards each other the whole season. As much as I love stobin, ronance instantly clicked in a way that's hard to compete against. Nancy especially was in need of a partner or someone to rely on in season four. I think Robin quickly became her pillar of support, the person she felt most comfortable turning to, especially when everyone else involved were her little brother's friends and her ex. Nancy is such an introvert, and sticking close to that one person in a group is very much an introverted thing to do.

Robin is being shown time and time again how smart and badass and fearless Nancy is. This is her own source of comfort in this anxiety inducing situation. Robin is very courageous, don't get me wrong, but she's much more anxiety prone than Nancy is. Nancy standing there, seeming to always have a plan from the moment they came together, helped Robin have a direction to place her energy into and something to trust in.

Nancy and Robin start to use each other a little like anchors of support during the season. They are continuously growing in their care and respect for each other as they get to know each other. They clicked so well together, but I genuinely think a large part of their constant looks are those small touchpoints, and also their very quickly developed ability to communicate silently with each other.

[lumaxramblings]

domestic ronance and stonathan living together, please

and getting the sleep-in they deserve <3

[sailing-through-hawkins]

fruity four lemonade mouth au

Nancy, resident School Sweetheart who is actually real sick of everyone's perception of her as some small prissy girl - taking the role of the bassist

Robin, a snarky band geek who adores learning languages and sometimes gets a lot of words stuck in her head that she needs to smash out - as the drummer

Eddie as the capital t-Troublemaker of course, who gets into trouble for his lunch speeches and his horrific shirts that depict demons - as the lead guitarist

And Steve who could be the "bad boyfriend with a redemption" role since it fits his canon arc but also there are no rules so instead mash it up with he's a falling King jock that really just wants to take care of people - as the lead singer

First day of school for the sophomores (Nancy and Robin) and juniors (Steve and Eddie, who was only held back once because ☆convenience✧) and they all get detention because:

Robin talked back to Mrs Click for some very obvious favoritism to some very late and loud jocks

Tommy starts a fight with Nancy in the cafeteria after she and Steve amicably break up, Steve defends her and they end up in a brutal scuffle, which ends up pushing Nancy into the principal and their food tray, which ends up on their face because that's a classic

Eddie would get detention for existing, i'm sorry

So you got four kids in detention because it's literally the first day of school who else would be getting detention and they're supposed to be cleaning up the music room but Eddie starts hearing a rhythm and sets them all off into the "Turn Up the Music" groove

Ngl I'm kinda vibing with the idea that Jonathan is the pianist but I'm not sure how I should expand his role in this AU, plus where Argyle fits in because that's my guy

Anyways uh ronance and steddie, nancy and robin have a snarky-turned-friendship-turned-oh-shit-she's-hot and steve and eddie have a snarky-turned-goofy-rivalry-turned-oh-no-he's-sweet

And obviously Robin and Steve somehow manage to soulmate-bond in like the first two days because i adore them

I suppose Jason could take the role as the douchebag jock who's also a singer in his own band and doesn't hesitate to try sabotaging the Fruity Four

genuinely wanna expand on this and figure out how the whole plot works with this cast so...maybe stay tuned?

[fastcardotmp3]

Ronance; part 1 here immortal!nancy, werewolf!robin; 1k words

Nancy has seen war. She's seen centuries of it.

She's seen war and she's seen death, although only one of those things she's been able to participate in, and that's why Vecna chooses her.

It was the isolation and so many years of it, she thinks, despite the past handful she's spent with people who understand, who live it but live it differently, this thing beyond reason.

It's only, she couldn't save her best friend. She couldn't save her family.

She couldn't stop those wars and those deaths she saw no matter how hard she tried because she may be immortal but she's still just a girl at heart, a girl destined to let down the people she loves.

Vecna reminds her of it, shows it to her, says she hurt while she was dying. She screamed your name. Did you hear her, Nancy? Did you hear her dying?

And Nancy almost welcomes it like relief. She's never had the option before, to let it just be over, and she's more than outlived her welcome on this green and terrible earth, so why should she stay?

Only it's not that simple, is it, because no matter how much Vecna tries to remind her how long she was alone, all she has to do is remember that cabin in the woods and the impossible sorts of people who welcomed her into it to know it's not that simple.

She was alone, but she's not anymore. She never has to be again. She has options and she has community and she has--

"Nancy?! Nancy, you're-- oh my god, oh my god, I have you, I have you, you're here, you're still here--"

"Never left," she gasps, collapsed with legs akimbo and one arm pointing in the wrong direction where she's held tight but gentle in Robin's lap.

Robin. She's crying, sobbing really, as she pushes Nancy's hair off her forehead and presses her lips there instead, murmuring reassurances all the while that they're both still here, they're both okay, the world isn't over and neither are they.

The snapped bone in Nancy's arm heals faster than they can collect themselves to set it, stuck at the wrong angle and cradled to Nancy's chest in a makeshift sling of Robin's overshirt during the trip back to home base. A lot has changed during this battle, and the war hasn't been won, but they've collected a few more people in the process.

Steve and Max have a boy who will have to learn to drink blood when he wakes up out cold in the loft and there's a cheerleader who is supposed to be dead making tea in the kitchen, and Robin full shifts to let Nancy bury her face into the fur at her neck and scream when Jonathan resets her arm and it's so…

The war is not over. It's barely just beginning.

Nancy has always known that there was so much space for evil within these sorts of abilities but she'd forgotten, she thinks.

Curled up and still shaking as the pain radiates up her arm and sets the whole thing throbbing, Nancy lets herself rest limp against the warm curl of Robin's wolf form around her. Quiet but fiercely awake, guarding Nancy while she can't properly be on guard for herself.

She had forgotten, amidst this life, that something, someone, like Vecna could use these powers for anything other than a private and quiet little life of hiding from the world but not from each other. She had forgotten that men like Brenner would do terrible things to special little girls just to try and harness that power.

She forgot, and part of her hates herself for that, but part of her wants to sing at the feeling of it, forgetting the threats that consumed her every waking thought for so long.

When she wakes up, Robin is human again, still radiating heat in the bed they've come to share, and still curled up around Nancy protectively, but with long fingers winding through hair this time in a way big, padding paws never could.

"You're still here," Nancy breathes, pulling herself close by her good arm because healing quickly doesn't mean she doesn't feel the pain of it, the itch of it, all condensed down in time but not intensity.

"Never left," Robin promises, a croak to her voice and a shine to her eyes as she presses her forehead up against Nancy's and nuzzles their noses right up next to each other. "Never leaving-- you scared the shit outta me, I'm never going anywhere ever again--"

Nancy's not a fan of being cut off, not a fan of doing it either, but it's just a brush of lips across Robin's, a breath of a thing. A breath and a shaking inhale and Robin pulling her in to kiss her deeper and fuller and with all the fear and love in the world.

"You can't lose me, you know," Nancy reminds her when they pull away, lips still lingering on Robin's cheek, letting those warm hands roam in search of Nancy's physical okayness. "Not possible."

Robin breathes in sharply, hand gripping Nancy's waist tight.

"You've never let impossible stop you before, Nancy Wheeler," she says on a long exhale. "My beautiful, impossible thing."

Vecna had looked at Nancy and seen eons of hurt, of loss, of grief, but when Nancy pulls Robin to tuck her face into her neck, to offer solace in the same way it had been offered to her in this place, she knows he doesn't get what that means.

The hurt, the grief? They were only ever proof that no matter the gaps in her humanity, Nancy has never stopped being capable of love. Nancy Wheeler loves big but for too long she has loved quiet, in secret, behind closed doors where no one could use it against her. The only reason Vecna could get to her was because she's finally learned to be loud again in her loving.

She has no question in her heart that it's because of this, her very own impossible girl, her big goofy mutt and her kind-hearted lover too smart for her own good, that her love is what made her vulnerable.

That's always been the case, hasn't it? That's the crux of being human.

"I'm still here," she murmurs into the mess of hair at the crown of Robin's head. "I'm right here with you."

It's a promise. It's a hope.

It's love, with all the pain and grief it brings.

And after all this time? Nancy's still not ready to let it go.

[mikhardwheat]

You know the concept is good when you describe it to your friend and the only thing they say in reply is "you're crazy"

[resident-gay-bitch]

multiships + rarepairs for the win

[snowangeldotmp3]

hi. i would like to hear about the new spider nance concept.

hi rj! ask and ye shall receive!

so, in the updated spider-nance universe, nearly everything has been scrapped from the original. in the original, it was going to be a very standard spidey origin story. nancy was going to become the spider-woman, there was a super secret spy that escaped (eleven) and that would've brought robin onto team spidey. ultimately, too convoluted and i hate writing origin stories, especially with one as well known as spider-man's.

HOWEVER in the updated spidey-nance universe, nancy has already been the spider-woman for a while now. except, she hasn't been seen in years. not after that night with the goblin and barb. (picture barb's death as a TASM2 style death.) and after that, the goblin is defeated. nancy leaves the mask behind and walks away from it all. no more spider-woman.

nancy's in college now too (somewhere between her junior and senior year, havent really pinned that one down yet) just trying to get her degree in journalism like she'd originally planned. except life uhhhh finds a way. there's a new goblin--one who knows nancy, or at least, knows of her past-- and is actively trying to make nancy's life a living hell, almost five years later.

enter-- robin buckley, nosy, yet equally concerned, neighbor. who, nancy will learn, is incredibly smart, and becomes the official team spidey codebreaker.

nancy can't let herself get to close to her though (because, you know) but finds herself failing. nancy is drawn to robin, no matter what. which means robin is a liability, which means she cannot know nancy's secret. ever.

of course, robin will eventually find out (it's one of the very few scenes i kept from the original concept). and robin is stubborn, too, just like barb was. (wonder what will happen there...)

that's the gist of it, basically. in my mind nancy as the spider-woman does not have the same morals as peter parker, which is what makes her so interesting (and difficult) to write. like sure, she gets the whole power and responsibility thing, but i think after barb's death, she'd walk away from being spider-woman because her job would be done. the goblin is defeated. (how he was defeated...we may never know) and in college too i don't think she fully gives up the whole superhero thing. she's not the spider-woman anymore, but she protects girls from creepy guys following them home and stuff, ya know? (also nancy still has her guns. in no universe does she not own a gun.) i'm still on the fence if i wanna add some upside down things to this, mostly because i don't know where it would go, but also, i think it would be really cool to see spider-nance go up against the demogorgon.

[likecastle]

Ronance Femslash February

OK, so . . . this is the first prompt I’ve gotten for Ronance Femslash February where I’ve significantly deviated from the prompt. The prompt was this: “nancy gets pregnant and robin steps in and helps nancy w her pregnancy and theyre great mothers.” Anon, I genuinely appreciate you sending this prompt, but as I turned over how I would fill it, I came to the conclusion that this scenario just isn’t how I see these characters. I’ve read and enjoyed fic where Robin and Nancy have kids in some way or another, but it’s just not my read on Nancy especially as a character. Maybe I should have just passed on this one, but it did get my gears turning to think about how I would take this subject matter on. I wound up writing something that was almost entirely the opposite of the prompt, and I’ll completely understand, anon, if it’s very much not your jam. I’m still grateful to you for giving me the chance to explore my understanding of these characters through this lens.

I’m accepting Ronance prompts all month for Femslash February. You can find previous prompts I’ve filled here.

Putting this one behind a cut, mostly for length. Content warning for non-graphic discussion of pregnancy and abortion.

Nancy shows up at Robin’s door soaking wet, with a bottle of vodka in a soggy paper bag. Robin thinks she’s been crying, but it’s impossible to tell with all the water streaming from her hair.

“I was in the neighborhood,” Nancy says, and her voice cracks in a way that instantly turns Robin’s insides to ice.

Robin was supposed to go out with some friends from work, but she immediately hustles Nancy into her room and calls to cancel while Nancy changes into dry clothes. Once they’re nestled under a blanket on the couch, with a glass of vodka in front of each of them, Robin begins the elaborate conversational ritual of finding out what’s bothering Nancy. The problem is, a direct line of questioning usually only succeeds in getting Nancy’s hackles up, and someone who tried to wait for Nancy to volunteer that information herself could easily wait forever. Robin’s gotten better, over the years, at restraining her own panicked instincts and slowly leading the conversation around to whatever it is that’s bothering Nancy, gradually drawing her out until she’s ready to talk about what’s on her mind.

Which is how it happens that Robin’s solidly tipsy by the time Nancy finally says, “There’s actually something I wanted to ask you.”

“Whatever you need, Nance,” Robin says, bumping their shoulders together. She can smell the product in Nancy’s damp hair, something sharp and sandalwood-y. “You know that. Anything, always.”

Nancy gives her a thin smile. “I’ve got a doctor’s appointment on Friday, and I was hoping, um, that you’d come with me?”

This isn’t exactly what Robin was expecting, but it’s hardly the most onerous thing Nancy’s ever asked of her. She and Steve helped Nancy and Jonathan move into their third-floor walkup in a 100-degree weather last year, so sitting in a doctor’s waiting room is no big deal compared to actual heat exhaustion.

“I know you don’t like doctors,” Nancy says in an apologetic rush, evidently taking Robin’s surprise for dismay, “but I can’t think of anyone else I’d rather have with me. But it’s OK if you don’t want to, I can find someone else.”

Something about the way she says it gets Robin’s brain spinning off into paranoid scenarios. “Of course I’ll come, Nance, don’t even worry about it. But if you think you’re really sick, or something, you’re legally obligated to tell me. You’re entitled to your privacy and everything, but I will literally implode if I have to worry that you’re dying or something for the next week.”

“I’m pregnant,” Nancy says dully.

Later, Robin will blame the three glasses of vodka she’s had for what she says next. “Oh, shit. Or,” she adds too late, her brain catching up with her mouth, “sorry—uh—congrats?”

Nancy shakes her head, and sniffs. “I think you got it right the first time.”

“Does—” Robin realizes even as she starts saying it that she may be making a mistake, but she can’t stop now. “Does Jonathan know?”

Nancy shakes her head again. “No, and he’s not going to. That’s . . . how I knew I couldn’t go through with it. The thought of telling him, of—of having to have a serious conversation with him about what we were going to do, I just—I couldn’t.” She stares out across Robin’s living room, as if pretending Robin isn’t sitting right next to her will make any of this easier to say. “And I don’t just mean I couldn’t talk to him about it, I mean I don’t want to. I don’t want to make that decision with him, and I don’t want that life with him. Maybe not with anyone, but definitely not with him.” Finally, she picks up her untouched glass and takes a swallow, grimacing. “I told him I couldn’t see him anymore.”

Robin stares at her. This is classic Nancy Wheeler, burying the lede twice over. “You broke up?”

“Suddenly it just seemed so obvious,” Nancy says simply, and she seems almost relieved to be saying it. “It was like confronting the possibility of having a child with him—getting married and buying a house—just made it unbelievably clear how much I don’t want any of that. For such a long time, I’ve been telling myself—maybe when the time’s right, I’ll want those things, but having that life with him is never going to feel right for me. And once I realized that, I just . . . I couldn’t even sleep in the same bed with him.” She takes another swallow of her drink, and then her glass is empty. “I guess I’ll need to start looking for a new place.”

“You can stay here,” Robin says, without hesitation. “If you want.”

“You’re sure?” Nancy asks, turning to look at her for the first time with such a tentative expression that Robin wonders if Nancy was expecting Robin to hate her—if Nancy doesn’t know that nothing she could do could ever make Robin turn her back on her.

“Of course.” Robin bumps their shoulders together again, and this time neither of them quite pulls away. Nancy is warm against her, and all Robin wants to do is draw her into her arms and never let go, so that’s what she does.

On Friday, she holds Nancy’s hand in the cool white quiet of the clinic, and she keeps holding her hand for as long as Nancy needs.