okay @lavandulalunaris mentioned robin being in danger because of this and i haven't stopped thinking about it so!
the demogorgon doesn't go to steve's house that night, it's still prowling around closer to the byers' place. and robin buckley, biking home alone after band practice, is the one it takes next.
the next day, nancy's dealing with everyone's stares and barb is dealing with nancy refusing to look at her. she goes through most of the day alone, and she wonders who she's even going to sit by at lunch. she thinks maybe she could find robin and her friends, and she thinks about how robin would have a few choice words to say about steve harrington, and that would cheer her up. but then, robin would also probably have some things to say about nancy, which would maybe make her feel worse
in the end, though, she sits alone, because no matter how hard she looks, robin isn't in the cafeteria
in one of her classes that afternoon, she asks one of robin's band friends where she is, and they say she's probably just sick or something
it doesn't sit right with barb.
that afternoon is the confrontation with steve and jonathan. that afternoon, nancy goes home alone and cries herself to sleep, and barb sits at her house, struggling to focus on homework, resisting the urge to call nancy. she calls robin's house instead, just on impulse, and nobody answers
cue barb being anxious about robin, and that's part of the reason she goes to make up with nancy. cue nancy not knowing anything about this random girl, but wanting to make things up to barb, so they go looking for her together
an au where barb's the voice of reason to nancy's tunnel vision, where she's the gentler kindness to nancy's fiery compassion. an au where, once robin's part of the gang, she balances both of them out, the creativity to nancy's analytical thinking, the improv to barb's playing by the rules.
an au where barb watches nancy and robin fall for each other, and she teases robin for being so wrong about nancy, but really, she's just happy they can both finally accept themselves
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