Stancy

Stancy is the het ship between Steve Harrington and Nancy Wheeler from the Stranger Things fandom.

Prior to the series
Steve and Nancy began dating prior to the start of the series. Early on, Dustin mentions that Nancy was cooler before she started dating Steve. Steve and Nancy also made out multiple times before the series' start.

Season 1
Nancy found a note from Steve in her locker, telling her to meet him in the bathroom. The two met up and made out. Steve said that they should hang out to study, but Nancy was put under house arrest after Will goes missing. Steve still snuck into Nancy's room through her window. While helping Nancy study using flashcards, Steve suggested that he should take a piece of clothing off for every answer Nancy gets right, and Nancy should take off a piece of clothing for every answer she gets wrong. Nancy turned down the idea, but Steve asked if she needed help taking off her clothes after Nancy gets an answer wrong. The two end up making out again, but they continue studying.

Steve invited Nancy to a small pool party at his house. Everyone, except Barbara, jumped in the pool. Nancy went up to Steve's room to change. Nancy initially wanted privacy to change her clothes, but she ended up sleeping with Steve. According to Tommy H and Carol, they could hear Nancy moaning Steve's name.

Steve later saw Jonathan Byers in Nancy's room, and thought she was cheating on him, and thus ended things with her, and got into a fight with Jonathan. However, after realizing what he did was wrong, he helped them fight the demogorgon. He later reconciled with her.

Season 2
The two had been dating for almost a year, but Nancy, no longer being able to handle the guilt of Barbara's death, said under the influence of alcohol at a party that she doesn't love him. This severely hurt Steve, and he left the party heartbroken. He later accepted that Nancy should be with Jonathan, and told her "it's okay."

Season 4
Steve insisted that he should go with Nancy to protect her, which Dustin noted and talked to him about it, in which Steve denied any of his feelings for her. However he later tells her he wished they had stayed a couple, and that he dreams that she would be with him when he had a lot of kids, and went on vacations.

Behind the Scenes
"I totally did not see that coming,” Keery said. “I remember reading that last script and me and (Charlie Heaton, who plays Jonathan Byers) and Natalia, we were all like, ‘What? Are you joking me'"

- Joe Keery (the actor who portrays Steve) on his reaction to the result of the love triangle at the end of Season 1.

Fanon
Many fans have voiced their support of the ship. One reason why people support Stancy is because of the subversion of the typical 'nice guy gets the girl' trope.

This ship most often rivals Jancy, due to the love triangle that develops between Nancy, Jonathan and Steve. To a lesser extent, it also rivals Stonathan and on rare occasions Bancy. Later on, Stancy also began to rival Ronance and Steddie. The love triangle between the Steve, Nancy and Jonathan has been praised for its realism and surprising take on the typical love triangle. Many fans and even the actors themselves were surprised with the decision for Nancy to stay in a relationship with Steve instead of Jonathan.

On AO3, Stancy is the third most written romantic ship for both Steve and Nancy. It was also formerly the eighth most written ship in the Stranger Things (TV 2016) tag, but other ships grew to be far more popular than Stancy. The ship wained in popularity due to their lack of interactions in season 3, and the hiatus between season 3 and 4. Even with them reuniting in the most recent season, many were still drawn to other pairing for the two.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Nancy/Steve tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Nancy/Steve tag on FanFiction.Net

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Variations

 * Fruity Four refers to the ship between Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson, Steve and Nancy
 * Stoncy refers to the ship between Jonathan Byers, Steve and Nancy
 * Warrior Throuple refers to the ship between Robin Buckley, Steve and Nancy