#relationship:backtogether

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Boy next door (or in the building, anyway) by mckinleysbitch

M | 10k words

Billy was having a really good time. He liked all these people, all these other 20-somethings who had their shit figured out about as much as Billy did. It was reassuring. So he was having a good time. That is, he /was/ having a good time, and then the door opened, sometime around midnight, and in walked the last fucking person on earth Billy had thought he’d run into again.

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Halfway by Blink23

Not Rated | 5k words

Steve does his rich boy best to runaway from his problems in Europe.

Wilhelm Becker just wants to know what the dreams that have plagued him since he was just a number stuck in a Russian bunker mean.

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The price we pay (the promise we made) by socknonny ( @socknonny )

T | 3.7k words

There is a storm building outside, just like there was the night Billy left Hawkins for good. The wind has picked up even in the short time since he arrived, rattling the windows while the rain lashes in long streaks across the glass. Across the hall, Steve glances at the windows, eyes narrowed in thought. Billy wonders if he’s remembering that night too, remembering how Billy stormed off on him. How Billy left and never come back.

Alternatively: It's been ten years since Billy saw Steve Harrington, but Billy has finally returned for their high school reunion.

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By The Time You Read This by halfempty

T | 37k words

Billy leaves Hawkins one autumn night without a word of explanation. Eight years later, he sends Steve a letter.

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Vegas, Baby by hoppnhorn ( @hoppnhorn )

T | 1.9k words

After being in prison for five years, Billy Hargrove has business in Vegas.

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Five Days (To Midnight) by Blink_Blue ( @winters-blue-children )

E | 7k words

It's been months since Steve left Hawkins and walked out of Billy's life. He's back for the holidays and Billy gets one last chance to make things right.

They have five days together. Five days left of the year. Five days to cherish.