day 01 : strawberries
featuring Billy Hargrove x oc Natalie Henderson
summary: Billy likes making his girlfriend smile
rating: general
wc: 204
cw: none
an: written for the 200 Words Challenge (more like 200-ish for me). I love these two so much!
U-Pick Strawberry Field, the hand-drawn sign read, with an arrow pointing toward a beaten-down dirt track coming off the paved road. Billy had been in Hawkins for three years and still had no idea where that path led, but Natalie did: Eugene McCorkle’s farm. He hosted pick-your-own crops year-round, according to her. Sounded to Billy like McCorkle had found a way to game the system and get someone else to not only pick his produce but pay him for the privilege. But Nat was cute as hell when she got excited about something, and apparently she got excited about strawberry season. And pulling fruit off plants in the late spring sunshine on a pretty day for a while didn’t sound like too high a price to pay to see his girl smile.
Billy turned the car down that beaten dirt path, and Natalie leaned over and kissed his shoulder happily.
A couple hours later, Billy’s back was sore but the car was perfumed by a gallon bucket full of sweet berries that had only cost him five bucks, and he had his juice-stained fingers on Nat’s dirt-streaked knee while she prattled on about all the things she might do with their haul. Worth it.
dividers by @saradika-graphics
