Another lineart from a year ago I finally finished!
My style has changed some (Especially how I draw Billy’s hair), but I couldn’t bring myself to update anything, because I just like the original so much! This b/w lineart has been the face of my ST art folder for a year! Time to update it!
It was originally part of the “Morse Home” Punk-Band AU I created waaaay back. But it also fits well with Canon!
If you are interested in seeing more about that AU, here is a Masterpost with all Contend I created back in the day!
We won't let them change
How we feel in our hearts
We're not gonna let them control us
We won't let them shove
All their thoughts in our heads
And we'll never be like them
(Simple Plan)
The first time Billy saw Steve Harrington perform took his breath away. The light on stage flashed from red to blue, reflecting on his charming smile and the sweat that was already collecting above the bow of his upper lip, while the room filled with the first chords of the song. The rather small but packed bar erupted into loud cheers, but Billy couldn't care less. Everything around him seemed to fade into the Background when the lead-singer finally pressed his lips to the microphone, purring a breathy “Hello” to the audience, then starting up the first line. The voice washing over the room was powerful but warm, a silken touch and a hint of cinnamon.
“Aren't they awesome?!”
Max's voice made him snap out of it and he had to duck his head to be able to hear her over the drumming music and screaming fans. But even the excited bouncing redhead beside him couldn't bring Billy to take his eyes away from the performance on stage.
Watching Harrington pour all his passion and love into his instrument, glowing with unseizable energy, made the hairs on his neck rise and his skin prickle with goose bumps. With every new breath, his lungs seemed to flood with the drumming of the bass, taking his breath away. Billy hadn't felt that alive in years.
Smuggling his Step-sister to a concert of her favorite band - under the noses of their parents - suddenly seemed worth it.
There is a Spotify-Playlist now!
Morse Home has a non-political Punk-Rock Style that centers around themes like finding your place in the world, not giving in to the pressure of “Being Normal” and finding love and fighting for it.
Being only a Duo in that genre is unconventional because a Band normally consists of a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer. So they record both the Bass- and the guitar-performance beforehand and Steve can pick on stage which of the two instruments he wants to play while singing.
This scene is Part of the Fic Morse Home on Ao3. Happening between the prologue and the first chapter.
[Masterpost]
Playlist under the cut if you don’t have Spotify but want to look up the songs!
Billy is a classically trained pianist. Nail forced him into it and he has to give concerts and is somehow well known. So he always has to behave where ever his father could notice a misstep (it doesn’t always work out and he has bruises more days than not)
But because of it, there is all that build up anger in him. And when Max drags him to a bar where a band is playing she likes, and he gets to see Steve on stage - a guy who just severed all ties to his parents to make the music he wanted - he hates him so much. And he wants him.
[Masterpost]
Be prepared for a lot of man-buns. That style is really growing on me. Also, Billy is still Cali-bound, never moved to Indiana, so he has freckles from all the time being in the sun. He really hates them. (But also loves them, because his mother had a sky full of freckles on her face)
Good News: There is a fic in the making! Stay tuned! <3
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington, Harringrove - Relationship
Summary:
Morse Home – that’s Steve and Robin following their dreams as a pop-punk band. It’s Steve and Robin riding in Steve’s T5 full of equipment through the States. It’s Steve and Robin working minor jobs for locals when they’re short of money. It’s Steve and Robin chasing freedom with a net woven of written lyrics, dancing sheet music and friendship. It’s Steve and Robin running into Billy, learning not every net provides a safe haven and every choice comes with a cost.
[keep reading]
Finally, the Prolog for the Punk-AU! Leave some love for the fic and my BFF @plas-ti-cism who is writing the FF! <3 Two more chapters are already written! I hope you all will like it! Thanks for all the support so far!</i>
If your own parents are unsupportive shits, you have to go out and find yourself someone who loves you for what you are and for what you dream about. Someone who dreams with you.
[read on Ao3]
Punk-Guitarist!Steve and Punk-Drummer!Robin being a family first and a Band second. The new Chapter is about all the people who supported Steve on his way, so this art did fit so well! I love them!
