Robin Buckley Headcanons

fill it in however you like, this is just a general structure

## Family/Friends

* Born to Melissa and Richard Buckley, who are Hawkins local hippies that still drive around their own VW van. They joke that Robin’s first concert was Woodstock when she was only a year old.
* Mel works/owns an art studio in town, where she makes art and teaches lessons. Unfortunately due to the earthquake, the studio has suffered a lot of damage
* Richard is a civil attorney in Hawkins. Had a long-standing fued with Mr. Harrington that went back from HS when Mr. H screwed him out of an internship in the family business. - both of them were a little hesitant about their daughters friendship with Steve but it doesn’t take long for them to see that Steve is a sweet kid.
* They’ve basically given Steve their guest room and always invite him to stay with them.

* Mel has an inkling that Robin is gay but they haven’t really talked about it. Richard is completely clueless about the nuances of gay culture but will support his daughter no matter what

## Romantic

* Robin’s first childhood crush was Barbs. They had been attached at the hip at second grade, quickly becoming the best of friends. Robin didn’t know why she got so excited to see Barbs until one day, a boy kissed Barbs on the playground and it gave her all sorts of feelings that she couldn’t quite pin down. Robin decided to bury these confusing feelings, continuing on with the friendship until they got to middle school, where Barbs became friends with Nancy Wheeler. Robin was heartbroken but eventually moved on, holding some resentment to the Wheeler girl.
* Robin’s second crush was on Bea. The new girl came in like a tornado, completely changing Robin’s life. She felt so connected to Bea, like they’ve known each other their whole life or that they were two sides of the same coin. It was terrifying in all the best ways. She was older though, she knew what those feelings were and well- she knew it couldn’t happen. She thought it couldn’t happen but on their last night together, Bea came out to her. Robin thought she had a chance, a glimmer of hope, but it disappeared as Bea ran away from her. Before she knew it, Bea was gone from Hawkins and she was back at square one. Bea returning to Hawkins has made those old feelings bubbly to the surface.
* Robin isn’t the type to have a ton of crushes. She’s only had a few, which she always tries to minimize. Finding someone in Hawkins, as the only lesbian in town, was going to be impossible. She accepted that she probably wouldn’t have a girlfriend until she went to college in some big city at the earliest but that didn’t mean she wasn’t human and every now and then, someone would stir up those feelings she would try to repel.
* Robin has an off/on again crush on Chrissy Cunningham. While the girls haven’t had a lot of interactions together, Robin always found the girl to be kind, sweet and filled with pleasant surprises. Robin liked that even when she rose to prom queen, Chrissy never became catty or mean to the people around her. From glances across a packed stadium, english class, and more, Robin had an unattainable crush on her. Despite feeling like a cliché band geek, Robin Buckley had a crush on the straight cheerleader.