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[bellamadallena]

Billy being obsessed with Steve is great, but Steve being obsessed with Billy??? I'll eat that shit up any day.

Steve has no idea why he thinks about that blond so much. Loud-mouthed, disrespectful, never pleasant.

Steve keeps showing up at the community pool, even though he has a pool at home. Dustin even asks him one day, "Why are you always here? I mean... doesn't your own pool work anymore?"

Steve doesn't answer. He lets his sunglasses hide his eyes, completely transfixed by Hargrove, shirtless, his skin gleaming under the sun as he argues with a bunch of bratty kids.

Even at a party, distracted while talking and laughing with Robin, Steve's attention is always stolen the moment Billy makes his presence known. He tries. He really tries to pay attention to the conversation, to the way Robin dances awkwardly or how she's terrible at flirting. But it's impossible. Impossible for his eyes not to drift toward the way Billy holds a cigarette like he doesn't have a care in the world, how effortless and razor-sharp his smile becomes whenever he spots a pretty girl he's interested in, how Billy easily broke his record by becoming the new Keg King, and how he never misses a chance to brag about it.

Steve dreams about Billy.

He doesn't want to. He hates Hargrove's guts. But there he is. That razor-sharp smile. That infuriating confidence. That low, arrogant voice saying, "What's up, pretty boy?" as he closes in on Steve, trapping him against the locker room bathroom wall. Steve feels his skin prickle. At the same time he wants to shove Billy away and fucking punch him in the face, he also wants to see just how far this teasing will go. Billy lets out a quiet laugh, his warm breath brushing against Steve's face.

"Cat got your tongue?"

Steve wakes up.

He's drenched in sweat, doesn't know where he is, feels drunk. Shame crashes over him the moment he realizes what that dream did to him.

He's hard.

And he can't deny it anymore.

He's hopelessly obsessed with Billy Hargrove.

[queuestarter]

to continue my billy rambling it also drives me crazy when post-starcourt characters are written to have an attitude towards billy of “you almost killed us again” like no!! actually he didn’t!!

[queuestarter]

i like fics that don’t minimize billy’s injuries post starcourt. immediately after being hospitalized, he would need to be on a trach/vent, g-tube, central line, have a foley, and most likely some sort of ostomy. he would have deep scarring that would prevent him from regaining full mobility, broken limbs, potential spinal cord injuries, etc.

i get why his recovery is not often written that way (very complex, would take too much time to delve into), but seeing his progression as he heals physically/mentally and learning how to allow himself romantic love simultaneously when he thinks he’s too broken to deserve it is really such a treat. anyway i just love billy lol

[basiatlu]

Commission for @suotar ♡

[fairlyoddchica]

Billy and Robin meeting up in private wearing sunglasses.

Robin, sliding Billy $10: So?

Billy: Heather’s shift ends today at 6. She likes horror films. The cinema is showing The Shining around 7 If you want to go.

Billy, sliding back the same $10: Now don’t forget your part of the deal.

Robin, pocketing the $10: Dingus is off today. He’s working tomorrow from 8am until 1. Don’t order the Sundae Supreme it’s too complicated for him to make and he gets flustered about it.

Both nod and go their separate ways.

(Billy 100% orders the Sundae Supreme)

[mxgxn]

I love how neither one of them gained any money from that interaction… they’re just so dumb and in love

[queuestarter]

i love fic steve’s that are mildly obsessed with billy before they even start doing anything

[clairedflg]

[gr33nish]

people don't understand that my top!steve is still obsessed with his appearance, still preppy, still pretty, still nice and soft and sarcastic and bitchy and kind, he still wears lipgloss (season 3 steve the prettiest of them all) and short shorts and kakis, and he loves billy so so so much and he likes to make him cry in bed <3

[robotmango]

hilarious thought. stranger things canon is sloppy enough that they never actually confirm if billy was or wasn't officially on the basketball team. they don't ever show him (or steve for that matter) in a jersey or at a game. yes, they obviously face off, but that could plausibly be gym class and not team practice, SO. just for kicks what if billy ISN'T on the basketball team. he just Does That to steve three times a week and then goes off to fucking calculus with a song in his heart

[shieldofiron]

AU where Steve feels Billy grind all up on him and drops everything to get his man.

[queuestarter]

my favorite harringrove fics of all time

(there's a lot and it's in no particular order)

Baby Steps by Thei

A baby. He’s holding a baby. There’s a baby in Billy’s hand, and Billy – seventeen years old – is suddenly a father.

lamp-bright rind by nagdabbit

Billy spies on his cute neighbor, his cute neighbor doesn't know how to cook. Luckily, Billy can do something about that.

and i swear (we were infinite)

(A Vietnam War AU.)

If Snow Loves the Trees and Fields by nervoussis

El thinks about it for a minute. Then; "Boys can be stupid sometimes." "Yeah," Billy says miserably, like. That's the understatement of the century. He and Steve. Together and separate. So dumb. "But they are only stupid because they don't know how to talk about the warm stuff in their bellies, they are worried that if they let the warm things free, they will die out in the cold." El continues in that soft, soothing way of hers. "Maybe your Steve does not love this Nancy person in the same way that he loves you. Maybe he loves--" Billy can't handle this. "He doesn't love me." Max takes the phone away. "Do you really believe that or are you scared of what it might mean to you if he does?"

cherry pie by brawls, ToAStranger

Billy Hargrove lives for summer. Endless sunshine, heavily chlorinated pools, roaming ice cream trucks, and unencumbered freedom? There’s nothing better. Even being stuck in Hawkins can’t ruin the summer for him. He eats it up, devouring every day whole.

i'll be his and he'll be mine

Steve had wanted their honeymoon to be as silly and sickeningly romantic as it could get, but unfortunately, the two-week all-inclusive luxury romance package isn’t refundable. Steve could definitely use a breather and he's not about to throw five thousand dollars down the drain like that, so of course he's going to go. He's just not sure why he invited Billy to come along.

Softer Round the Edges by NotEvenCloseToStraight

Four weeks after Starcourt, Steve buries his broken heart in a box alongside a pile of blurry Polaroids, love letters from a secret relationship and the keys to a wrecked, blue Camaro. Four years later, Steve's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere California. The mechanic at the closest shop has blue eyes and blond hair… and a name tag that says Billy Hargrove.

Negative Harmony by E_D_osbourne

Billy only needs one thing in life, and that's knowing Max is safe. Neil stays off his back, Susan can quit compulsively cleaning the house out of stress, and Billy can sleep at night knowing Max is in his nest, safe and sound. He doesn't expect to start to feel that same need extend towards her little pack of runts. And he certainly doesn't expect to have to fight Steve Harrington over it. OR: Secret omega Billy has a soft spots for shitheads.

Back in Business by transcryptidone

Growing up, Steve always knew he wanted to be a dad. As a teenager, he aspired to a camper van with six little nuggets. A whole family together for a full family vacation, no sudden phone calls or business emergencies. Now he's working long days, raking in cash, and divorced. Facing the prospect of starting all over and fueled by the worry that it's too late to have what he's always dreamed of, Steve decides to make use of a high-end surrogacy service, one that offers a mate experience.

Taking Notes by Thei

Billy and Steve switch bodies.

break (like waves) by residual

‘We’re good together,’ Harrington says to the darkness above. Not a question. Matter of fact. He turns to Billy, a smile sweet enough to make Billy want to do something reckless. Something stupid. ‘I’m telling you, heartbreaker. We’re gonna be unstoppable.’ Billy wants to ask. If he means tomorrow. If he means just for the game. Wants to ask if he means forever. He’s never wanted anyone to mean forever before.

don't you try me now by whenyouwishuponastar

In which Steve writes for Purdue’s monthly newsletter and, in his final year, gains a relentless troll in the comments section. Robin tells him not to feed the troll, but that’s impossible—this guy is dead meat and it’s so on.

blood in my eyes by whenyouwishuponastar

In which Steve Harrington grows up watching ink tell a story on his skin. It’s far from a nice story, but Steve can only watch, hope and wait. After Billy Hargrove strolls into Hawkins High, Steve knows the pain and heartache are worth it. But Billy Hargrove hasn’t ever had a nice story.

for want of a nail by sepulchralsmile

Instead of getting there in October, Billy Hargrove rolls into town at the end of November; complete with a broken arm, a head full of stitches, and some newly-refreshed fear of his father. There he meets Steve Harrington: the preppy dreamboat who seems content with hating Billy's guts on sight and is determined to ignore him for the rest of the year. Billy's never been easily ignored, though, and Steve is about to really learn what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. or, another season 2 AU that occupies my mind rent-free

When The Sun Saw The Moon by Memessavedme

When a Blood Moon appears over Hawkins on the 4th of August 1985 Steve doesn’t think much of it, that is until he wakes to the sound of his parents downstairs, Christmas decorations throughout his home and a calendar telling him today is in fact the 23rd of December 1984… No matter how he got there, he decides he has to stop the 4th of July from ever happening but to do so he has to befriend none other than Billy Hargrove to stop him from falling victim to the Mindflayer. Except, is the summer of ‘85 inevitable or can he save Hawkins from it’s impending future?

Star Stuff by justaluckybug

“Yes,” says Robin seriously. “Your love life is a 90s rom-com train wreck because You’ve Got Mail is my girlfriend’s favorite movie, and I’m God.” “I knew it,” says Steve. Steve’s falling in love with an anonymous astrology account, which would be the worst of his problems, if it weren’t for his girlfriend, who’s probably (definitely) cheating on him; his useless best friend, who is Not Helping; and Billy Hargrove, who hasn’t done anything wrong, specifically, but whose stupid hair and stupid face make everything gross and terrible all the time.

despite the loss that set me free by HowCleverOfYou

Steve gets trapped in the Upside Down. Three months later, some things have changed.

How Much Clearer Can I Be by toomanysharks

OR Five Times Billy Tries to Woo Steve Using Different Love Languages and One Time He Finally Uses His Words. Featuring everyone aged up so they can all be working in an office together, for no good reason other than 'I wanted to.'

High Horse (I Ain't Gonna Fence You In) by yllwhornet

Or Steven James Harrington comes from a long line of ”cattle baron” in Hawkins, Wyoming on his father’s side, and prize winning barrel racers and rodeo queens on his mother’s. But when his parents offer to sell their Wyoming ranch—and the only place Steve has ever considered home—to developers, he rises to the occasion to prove that he can in fact take over the family business. And if he has to rely on the newly hired junior foreman Billy Hargrove to do that, well then he might just put up with the handsome cattle hand’s mysterious past, devilish smile, and teenage sister if it means saving Harrington Ranch.

we can’t go on just running away by LazyBaker

Billy gets his camaro back.

[rigginsstreet]

Imagine season 2 harringrove but they become fuck buddies instead of rivals. So billys the one that has to hear all about stancys break up and how upset Steve is (because Steve is still totally straight. Fucking billy isn’t gay it’s just a way to blow off steam. Duh)

So they’re driving around one night maybe a little drunk, a little high. End up in Nancy’s neighborhood because Steve’s behind the wheel and he’s having a moment

Parks in front of her house and starts going on one of his spiels about how she broke his heart and left him for the town freak and blah blah blah

Meanwhile billys never been to the wheeler house so as he’s in the passenger seat trying to drone out Steve’s whining cuz he’s just trying to get laid soon, he notices the Reagan sign in the wheelers lawn. And that just pisses him off because billy IS gay and he’s got beef with ol Ronnie boy and all his supporters

So he just turns to Steve like “you wanna get back at Nancy?”

And Steve’s like “uh…sure?” Wasn’t really the point of his ranting and billys ideas of getting back at people kinda scare him but he’s kinda too fucked up right now to push back much

Billy says “let’s have a quickie on her lawn”

And Steve’s like “how the hell is that getting back at Nancy??”

So billy explains how even tho Nancy won’t know about it - presumably, unless she wakes up 2 o’clock in the morning and looks out her window. But billy figures that’s her own fault - Steve will get a little rush whenever he sees her knowing about all the filthy things that happened a few yards away from her bedroom. And then he won’t be so mopey about her anymore. Replace the feelings

And that makes enough sense to Steve at the time

So that’s how billy and Steve end up fumbling on the wheelers grass, Billy bouncing on Steve’s dick and mumbling “fuck you, Ronald Reagan” over and over again to Steve’s great confusion but not enough to keep him from busting a nut in front of his ex girlfriends house. So.

[demo-stapelia]

the way billy's character was conceived because they went "okay, we had a jock bully character but he developed away from us into a good guy, so here is the new and improved steve harrington" and then billy also developed away from them and was heading inevitably towards a "redemption" arc except this time they killed him instead is why harringrove is THE pairing btw. they're the same guy. some greek myth style soulmate shit is going on there and the gods had to strike them down

[bubblegumflavor]

That one hot summer day, when Steve scored himself a ride.

My second fill for @harringrovesummerbingo ♡ Prompt: Hot asphalt

[bigdumbbambieyes]

Billy still gets nightmares.

The kind that startle him awake, either silently or with a gasp, making his eyes stare wide up at the ceiling as he feels his heart race in his chest. There’s the quick memory of the nightmare, gripping him with fear and anxiety, telling him that he’s not safe, he’s not loved, he’s alone—

But then, there’s a soft breath next to him and the feeling of the mattress dip as Steve turns around, his face scrunched with sleep and worry as he whispers, “Baby? You okay?”

And then it’s all gone. He sighs with relief and shifts closer to Steve, who is quick to pull him into his arms and kiss his cheek, feeling every ounce of fear and anxiety leave his body as Steve cuddles him close.

“S’okay,” Steve murmurs, basically half asleep, his voice so soft and low as he promises, “I got you…”

Billy closes his eyes and nods, feeling the warmth of Steve’s body seep through his skin and down into his bones as he calms down, his heart soothed with the weight of Steve’s arm across his chest, his leg tangled in his, holding him so close there’s no way his nightmares can reach him here.

He falls asleep again and dreams of the ocean.

[lifeguardbilly]

why the fuck would the duffers have purposely have neil call billy a gay slur and then never explore why he specifically called him that when he could have called him anything else, and then comes season 3, and they ham up the fact that billy is a big masculine straight heterosexual who takes girls home and bangs them with his little sister listening or how he has a big hard on for his classmate’s mother…

its just so fucking nasty to me and it’s so disrespectful to billy’s character and he deserved so much more than to used for shitty het fan service..