warnings: brief mention of Neil (and being nothing like him), Billy's a good dad, healthy masculinity, Billy being Billy, so much comfort, reader carried/gave birth to your kids and is referred to as mom once (no pronouns or other descriptions), protective Billy, Billy and Max have a good relationship, Steve cannot catch a break
a/n: thinking about Billy out of the blue again. wow. deeply in my feels and possibly back in my billy era??
When Billy Hargrove held his first born son in his arms
It changed his world
All his priorities
His brain chemistry
It changed everything
He looked down at his son and saw his own big doe eyes looking back up at him
He smiled and saw your smile beaming back up at him
He loses his breath as he realizes this baby
This perfect little creature is a mixture of all your best parts
All of his self loathing starts to fall away
And he realizes how wrong Neil was about everything
This little angel in his hands is pure goodness, pure light, pure…
That’s it
He’s just pure
He’s uncorrupted by all the evil in the world
And Billy must have been like this once too
He’s not going to let what happened to him happen to his kid
His son
The path ahead is strong and clear, and he’s going to do everything Neil never did and more
He’s going to be the person he needed so badly when he was younger
He’s going to be a real, good, proper dad to his boy
He doesn’t really realize how much he’s crying until you lean over to brush away his tears
You smile at him and he knows you get it
Everything he’s thinking and feeling and realizing
He becomes this beacon of pure, healthy masculinity
A perfect set of footsteps for his sons to follow in
Because once you have one baby boy
There’s probably going to be at least three or four more
I’m not going to lie
When he finds out Steve is aiming for six kids his competitive streak would flare up a little
He’d probably be trying to talk you into having six kids too
All boys of course
You tell him you have no control over that and he just chuckles and rubs his hand over your tummy
“Call it a good guess.” with that smirk that makes your legs shake just looking at him
God
Anyway either way
Billy 1000000% has a whole passel of rowdy little boys that look up to their dad and love you more than either of you knew was possible
I’ve seen a lot of people say Billy would work at a garage
Which I can totally see
But I think Billy would probably work at a gym
He works out so much he’d make a great personal trainer
Plus he speaks the gym bro language and can flirt the pants off a milf
Which is like 90% of the people going to gyms anyway
So every day when he comes home from work and loudly declares “DADDY’S HOME”
He’s met with a stampede of rambunctious little boys charging at him
When they’re still little enough they cling to his arms and legs and back as he drags them over to greet you too
When they’re older he’s met with enthusiastic cries of “DOGPILE ON DAD!”
Every single day he greets you with a kiss that reminds you why you married him
And every single day it’s met with loud EEWs
If you’ve seen overboard
The 1987 version not the remake
Dad Billy is just Dean Proffitt core
That’s the best way I can explain it
And if you thought Billy was protective????
Now you have like five more of him
If anyone is giving you trouble
Especially if you have family that you don’t have a good relationship with
Before you can even ask them to leave you hear a rumble behind you and some mixture of “LEAVE OUR MOM ALONE” “CHARGE” and “GET THEM”
What follows is a coordinated attack of nerf guns plastic swords and water guns
Among many other toy weapons
And that’s before Billy even shows up
You think he’s protective now???? Wait till you’re married
Oh my god
Billy would never ever let anything or anyone hurt someone he cares about
But especially not his fucking spouse
If someone tries to fuck with you they must really have a death wish
On a lighter note the odds of you also having a bunch of equally high energy pet dogs is also very high
And the odds of you acquiring these dogs by Billy periodically showing up with them
Sometimes as a puppy sometimes just one or two full grown dogs
And going “surprise :)” is even higher
Max is over a lot too
Partially because she just loves being around you and partially because spending time with Billy is actually really nice now
They have the sibling dynamic they’ve both been craving for so long
And all of your boys think aunt Max is the coolest person to walk the earth
She teaches them how to skateboard and helps them beat hard levels of video games
Oh my god and the stories????
Your boys LIVE for listening to their dad tell stories
Stories about how you met, about dorky uncle Steve and how bad he is at basketball (he’s embellishing a little but you’ll let him have this), about all the monsters he and aunt Max and your friends have fought, all the cool stuff you did before they were born
Seriously, Billy has a knack for raising some of the bravest, most compassionate, big hearted little boys in the world
They have such a healthy relationship with masculinity and what it means to be a man all cause of their dad
He raised them to know that there’s no monsters in the world they can’t fight
And more importantly, none that he won’t fight for them until they’re ready
They never have nightmares
Between how many big loyal dogs you have and who their dad is????
You and your boys have never felt safer and more secure
And all Billy ever wants is for the people he loves to feel safe around him
He sleeps well at night too, knowing he’s taking care of you guys
That he’s become everything he never dreamed he could be
