Welcome to Stoncy Week 2026! This event runs from July 19th – 25th and is dedicated to Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan from Stranger Things. Acceptable fanworks include fanfiction, gifs, graphics, video edits, fan art, podfics, playlists, and more. Tag #stoncyweek2026 and/or @stoncyweek2026 when posting your creations. The AO3 collection will open on July 19th and can be found here.
You can find the text version of the prompts (and bonus prompts!!!) under the cut. If you have any other questions, send an ask or check out the FAQ.
Thank you and happy creating!!! So excited to see what everyone comes up with!
There are three prompts per day, with a Free Choice day at the end of the week. The prompts were designed so that each day would have at least one prompt aimed toward gif and/or edit makers, but of course, you may create your work based on whichever prompt inspires you.
The prompts are:
Day One (July 19): Summer | Forced proximity | Favorite moment(s)
Day Two (July 20): Second chances | Philly | Nail bat
Day Three (July 21): Long distance | Secret relationship | Jealousy
Day Four (July 22): Alternate Universe | Time loop | Parallels
Day Five (July 23): Road trip | Radio station | Song lyrics
Day Six (July 24): Reunions | Fix-it | Monster hunting
Day Seven (July 25): Free Choice!
BONUS PROMPTS:
Stonathan → Stoncy: Most Stoncy dynamics start with Steve and Nancy as an already established couple, Jonathan and Nancy as an already established couple, or all three of them single. This prompt goes a different direction and poses Steve and Jonathan as the already established couple, instead. Could be set in an alternate universe, in canon, post-canon, or whatever direction you want to take it!
“Three person poly relationship made up of two people who are already dating trying to coax someone with horrific self worth issues into a loving relationship. Stray cat style.”: Inspired by this Tumblr post. Is Steve, Nancy, or Jonathan the stray cat? You get to decide!
The wind from Challengers that makes you cheat: Featured in Chappell Roan’s music video for The Subway and made famous by the scene in Challengers (2024) in which Tashi kisses Patrick in an empty parking lot while powerful gusts of wind surround them, this prompt poses the question, “What if ‘the wind that makes you cheat’ was a trope in the same vein as the sex pollen trope?” Who’s doing the cheating, who’s being cheated on, and how does it get resolved? The world is your oyster!
over and over again (we keep that old wheel turning)
jonathan/steve/nancy | 27.6k | rated E
written for the bonus prompt "stonathan -> stoncy" for @stoncyweek2026!
A long silence stretches between them. Steve looks pointedly at Jonathan. Jonathan looks pointedly away. And then, at last, he slowly lets out a breath.
“Okay,” Jonathan says finally. “So, the thing is…Steve and I are together.”
Nancy looks between both of them, blinking. Then she laughs, once, sharp and surprised.
Jonathan and Steve do not.
Nancy’s laughter abruptly dies. “Wait,” she says after a beat. “…What?”
Or: Nancy moves to New York, discovers her ex-boyfriends are dating, and has absolutely zero feelings about it.
When Somebody Knows You Well (Well, There's No Comfort Like That)
Day 2 - Prompt: Philly | Word Count: 9435 | Rating: E | CW: M/M/F Threesome | POV: Nancy | Pairing: Nancy/Steve/Jonathan | Tags: Future Fic, Friendship, Reconnecting, Old Friends, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Bisexual Jonathan Byers, Sex With Friends
Read the full fic on ao3.
Excerpt below:
Next month in Philly doesn't happen.
And neither does it in the three months after that.
After a year, then five more, Nancy chalked Philly up to being a pipe dream. A good idea steeped in the optimism of youth, a promise made with good intentions, but that will never come to fruition. They can want to meet up, old friends reconnecting, more than anything maybe, but that doesn't make it happen. You just can't go back in time. It's impossible.
Nothing will ever be the same as the relationships they forged with one another, battle tested and worn-in, but they can't ever be like they were, either.
Life, it just moves on. Fast.
Maybe they all should have listened to Ferris Bueller, and made the time to stop and look around at each other. But they didn't, and now here they are. She's nearing thirty. And Nancy can't remember the last time they were all in one place.
She's seen Robin. They've gotten together a handful of times over the years. She's seen Jonathan more frequently, paths crossing and then parting again. But she can't remember the last time she saw Steve.
Part of that is her fault. She doesn't like going home, back to Hawkins.
So, when Steve calls again out of the blue, doing a bit of prodding, they agree to try and settle on a date. One more time. When they finally pencil one in, it's not lost on her that this is further than they've ever gotten before when trying to make a plan to meet up.
Robin can't make it.
That's the latest update, and having it fall apart before it begins is really par for the course. They talk about postponing again, about canceling again, about putting it off longer. Nancy assumes Steve won't want to make the drive if Robin isn't going to be there. She knows Robin's his biggest draw, and he's got the longest distance to travel.
Still, somehow, happy in Hawkins. Different strokes for different folks.
Even if she can't wrap her head around that choice. She doesn't miss it. She misses the people, but the town? Not at all. She did her time. She's never going back without a good goddamn reason.
"Maybe we could try again next month," Nancy says, and Steve huffs out a breath.
"Again?"
The unexpected sound of disappointment in Steve's voice gives Nancy pause. That sound of hurt she knows intimately because she has caused it before. And she can't do it again.
She can't.
Maybe he needs this. Maybe he needs old friends, and she refuses to be the one to take that away from him if she can help it.
"Or we can still meet up. The three of us," she says, and somehow, she can hear his smile. "Robin can catch us at the next one. Three outta four ain't bad."
"A passing grade," Steve says, and she laughs. "A solid C."
"Look at you, knowing about passing grades now, Mr. Teacher."
She's teasing, and he knows it. Steve was never stupid, even if he liked to play dumb.
"I'll tell Jonathan," she says, and he hums in agreement. Like he doesn't quite believe her, and she thinks that's more than fair.
They are making an effort this time. They talk in round robin fashion. Playing a game of telephone, of phone tag. Cross-country calls, trying to get something in place. Catching up, bits and pieces at a time. Robin swears they can still stay with her uncle, but that seems weird, and other plans are lobbied about until Philly somehow morphs into the Jersey Shore. They'll save Philly for a time that Robin can join them. And after running the numbers, they decide they can swing a beach house rental on the Shore, and a weekend of relaxation.
That sounds more alluring than a musty basement. They aren't twenty anymore.
Steve's not in the classroom right now, school's out for summer, and as soon as the little league season wraps up, he's free. She's got plenty of vacation time saved up, and can write from anywhere. Jonathan sets his own schedule, and since they've planned ahead enough — shockingly — his calendar is clear.
He likes to keep busy.
Jonathan's first feature length film doesn't start filming until fall. Still an indie on a shoestring budget, but he's branched out from shorts and that's a big deal.
They're all free at the same time, and Nancy thinks, somehow, that this is really gonna happen.
Continue reading the full fic right here on ao3.
Title is from London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) by Heather Nova. The amount of the Dawson's Creek soundtrack songs I listened to while writing this. I can't even tell you. Totally the right time frame.
Nancy clears her throat as she rings the bell on the counter, though she already has the full attention of the man working there. "we're sorry to interrupt your very busy work day but we're here on important business."
Jonathan snaps a photo of the clearly annoyed Steve behind the counter. He lowers the camera from his face as the polaroid comes out. "journalism stuff. highly serious."
steve scoffs at them, pushing himself off the counter before jonathan could get another picture. "oh, my favorite customers. just in time. your usuals, I assume?"
@stoncyweek2026
OK HI I didn't realize. This started so I'm a little late but we ball!!! I'm definitely going to make edits everyday but I do want to try and write a one shot for every prompt too ... However this requires actual effort and it's two am, as you can tell from the edit my writing is shit right now
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
Characters: Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler, Will Byers
Additional Tags: Stoncy Week, Stoncy Week 2023, Miscommunication, Didn't Know They Were Dating, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Feelings Realization, Denial of Feelings, Polyamory Negotiations, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Series: Part 5 of Snow's Stoncy Week 2023
Summary:
Jonathan thinks it's a little weird how Steve and Nancy act around him. They are often in his space, touching and cuddling him, and he is almost always with them. He has to admit that he has a bit of a crush on them, but they're already with each other, so the only conclusion he can draw is that they're simply tactile people. Until something happens that not even he can explain away.
jonathan/steve/nancy, steve & robin & nancy & jonathan | 1/6 chapters | post-canon, road trip, friends to lovers, slow burn
Steve lets out a long, heavy breath. “Look,” he says. “I’m not…well, honestly, I don’t have anything else going on this summer. I want to do something fun. And, well, I want to do it with you guys.”
Or: Steve buys a camper and convinces Robin, Nancy, and Jonathan to take a summer road trip. What could go wrong?
written for day 5 "road trip" for @stoncyweek2026!
