what could possibly be the reason for robin and vickie to break up when there were absolutely no problems in their relationship just an episode prior and why does vickie just lowkey disappear and why did i see a clip where maya had to remind the directors that rovickie aren’t out to lucas and why did they discard the only canon lgbtq couple
summary: when will comes out to his family, his sister reveals a secret she's also been keeping from her family. a very nervous, rambling, gay secret.
warnings: byers!reader, fluff, robin’s nervous ramblings, set during season 5 vol. 2 but instead of everyone being there it’s just the byers fam, this is my first fic so please be kind!
"whatever it is, you can tell us, will." jonathan assures your younger brother, as yourself and joyce look to him with comforting smiles, not wanting to make your brother feel nervous about whatever it is he has to tell the three of you.
"i just–i don't want it to change how you see me." will explains, leading your mom to wrap an arm around him, and reassure him. "nothing can change the way we see you. you hear me?"
"except if you had, like, murdered someone or something." you joke, attempting to ease the tension, however, you're only met with a fond eyeroll from jonathan and an incredulous look from your mother. thankfully, will laughs at this, grateful that you're there to make this a bit easier.
after taking a deep breath, will begins revealing what it is he wants to tell you.
"i never told any of you this because i didn't want you to see me differently... but the truth is that... i am different. i always tried to pretend as if i wasn't, because all i wanted to do was to fit in. i didn't want to acknowledge my being different. i still wanted you to see the same will that i was because i still am that will. i still like drawing, and listening to the clash and talking heads, and spending nights curled up on the couch watching trashy romance movies. i just–i haven't changed, i'm still me. what i want to tell you is that i–i–i don't like girls. i mean–i do, but just not like you guys do."
your mom, jonathan and yourself all have tears clouding your eyes, and as one escapes and runs down his face, jonathan finally speaks. "we know, will."
clearly he didn't expect that answer because he turns to jonathan with a look of confusion, as he questions his older brother. "you do?"
"we do, honey. we always have." your mom answers with an affectionate smile on her face as she rubs a hand up and down will's arm in a comforting manner.
"how?"
"because you're our brother." you remind him, baring a proud, yet nervous, smile on your face, as you continue, "and because... i'm like you. except, i don't like boys, i like girls. well, one girl, specifically." you shrug as you correct yourself, fidgeting with the rings on your hands as an attempt to relieve the tension in your body.
will begins laughing, finding all of the weight he was carrying lift off of his shoulders at the revelation that his sister is also gay. this causes you to fall into a fit of laughter, as both your little brother and yourself laugh at the humour in the situation.
as your mom smiles at the two of you, proud that she has children who are proud of who they are, jonathan sits beside you trying to solve the confusion he's facing in his head.
"wait... you're gay?" he turns to you, "i thought you were with steve?!"
your giggles have vanished as you rise from your chair in disbelief and incredulously ask your brother "you thought i was with steve?!"
"yes!" he defends himself, standing up so he can be eye-level with you as you ask him, "why would you think i'm with steve?!"
"because! you're always with him! it was driving me insane! i've been competing with him for weeks now because i thought he was taking my sister away from me!!"
"i'm not always with him! robin's with us too!!" you justify, realising only after you said it what you let slip.
"wait, robin? you're dating robin?" will clarifies, as your mom's jaw drops and asks, in a more questionable tone, "you're dating robin?"
a beat passes and then jonathan echoes, "wait! you're dating robin?!”
you sink back down into your chair as you groan and cover your eyes. "yes, i'm dating robin."
"did i hear someone say my name?"
you throw your hands up into the air, unable to comprehend your girlfriend's incredible timing, as your mom sighs and beckons her over.
"robin... honey. i think it's time you sit down and have a chat with us."
after hard-swallowing, robin nervously takes a seat next to you, making sure to leave an appropriate gap between the two of you, as will gives the radio host a reassuring smile, and jonathan continues to try and understand how you're dating robin instead of steve.
"what can i do for you, mrs. byers? or ms., is it? sorry, i just–i'm–"
"robin?"
"yes...?"
"are you dating my daughter?"
robin looks like a fish out of water as she opens and closes her mouth, looking between your mother and yourself, wracking her cluttered brain for an appropriate answer.
"am i–am i dating your–? i mean... are you sure your daughter is even into girls, mrs–ms. byers?"
"i told them, robbie." you reveal, overcome with embarrassment at the situation you've found yourself in.
"oh? oh! you did?" robin turns to you before looking back to your mom who smiles at her in confirmation, not wanting to make robin nervous.
"oh! well then, yes! yes, i am with your daughter. your daughter and i are together. i am dating your–your daughter is dating me." robin nervously laughs, placing a hand on one of yours, feeling a bit more relaxed at the thought of not having to pretend that your relationship is strictly platonic around your family.
“okay, and do you really like my daughter?”
“absolutely! you could even say that i love your daughter!” she answers your mom without hesitation, causing you to squeeze her hand as a sign of reciprocation.
"good. i'm glad." joyce informs her much to robin's relief. "i know... we've had our differences, but you seem like a sweet girl," your mother informs her, attempting to ease her remaining nerves, glad that her daughter has found someone who loves her, and who she loves.
"thanks–thank you. i–i–i try, ms. byers." robin stumbles.
"you can call me joyce."
"okay! joyce–joyce is good. great, even! i love that name! hey! maybe we should name our kid that name! not–not that we have a kid, ms. by–joyce. nope! we're not having kids for a long time, in fac–"
"robbie?" you interrupt her, needing to put a stop to her nervous ramblings.
"yea–yes?"
"please stop talking."
"sure thing." robin replies, pretending to zip up her lips as your mom, brothers and yourself share an amused smile at your choice of partner.
after a beat of silence, you turn to robin with an amused smirk and reveal, "jonathan thought i was dating steve," leading to your brother throwing his hands in the air in exasperation as robin's lips come loose, bursting out into laughter.
"WHAT?!"
"it was an honest mistake!"
a/n: i don't know how to feel about this... all i can say is, i tried! :/
I keep seeing people say that Robin "looks" straight now and even some people shipping her, a LESBIAN, with Steve, a MALE.
There is no "look" for being a lesbian. People complaining and denying her CANON sexuality are straight-up lesbianphobes, enforcing the HARMFUL stereotypes that lesbians must look or act a certain way.
first off my favorite moments.
Joyce getting to land a finishing blow on Vecna:
if anyone deserved the finishing blow it was her. The line of "you fucked with the wrong family" hit so hard. Watching the flashbacks between her hitting him and the damn score. The first F-bomb in stranger things was used perfectly.
The older group's endings (other than Robin Buckley):
Seeing everyone reunite with their evolved more near-90s looks was so fulfilling.
NOW TO MY LEAST FAVORITE.
The treatment of Robin Buckley:
I don't care about *any* of the ships, however. The treatment of rovickie was crazy. Seeing them heteroize Robin was odd to me. The way she dressed to the graduation was off in a way. Her in the radio station was a normal look, the long hair was a good addition but everything else was just off. The way they gave her this new look was not done as well, there were no traces of her style.
Now for her relationships. Everyone got some sort note on their ending, her and Vickie got nothing. I know she's a side character but she is SO important to the LGBT+ fanbase (including me). For being a show about weirdos they made an odd choice with the most 'weird' of them all.
headcanon that on some level robin’s initial crush on vickie was because she reminded her so much of barb she wanted to be close to her and chalked it up to some sort of crush because she was never able to process her own confusing greif after barb’s death
and nancy HATES vickie because she looks like barb but shes NOT and shes taking robin away too and robin knew barb and the whole thing makes her kind of sick to her stomach with guilt