something something s3 au where billy’s with them in the torture basement and robins gotta listen to him and steve saying stuff like this to each other
Billy: Yeah, that would work. Also I would fall in love with you.
I love a harringrove where Steve is like unapologetically Jewish
A Steve who deliberately looks a pastor dead in the eye and asks what Christmas is, just because he can
A Steve who speaks Polish and Yiddish and Hebrew and Romanian and Italian
A Steve who’s never missed Shabbat and was still attending while fighting the mindflayer
A Steve who always wears little symbols of his Judaism on him, the taste of defiance in a small town
A Steve who was so scared of dating goyim but he watched Billy slam Andy into a locker for spouting blood libel shit and leaves a note in Billy’s locker to meet him after school
A Steve who invites Billy over to Pesach because he trusts Billy, fully and completely, and Billy actually spends weeks researching what Passover means and what he should do
A Steve who has a goyish fiancé who squeezes his hand as they spend hours picking out a Chuppah and who stands with him all eight nights of Chanukah and is just so wonderfully Billy, Steve couldn’t imagine a life without him
Dacre slutting it up in Greece has got me thinking of modern au harringrove getting married and Steve’s parents paying for their honeymoon somewhere lavish and billy is eating that shit up! Hell yeah rich people can give him nice gifts! He deserves this!
Steve however is a little mopey because he’s married. He should be able to spoil his husband himself and not still be living off his parents’ money. To which billy says “fuck that noise and ravish me on these plush Egyptian cotton sheets pretty boy”
Not to be sad on main but like if in season 2 timeline after the fight at the Byers steve planned this whole scenario to publicly humiliate billy and get back at him and finish their rivalry once and for all
But once it’s been executed billy doesn’t look angry and embarrassed like Steve was expecting. He just looks…really sad. And still embarrassed but not in any way steve can enjoy. He looks scared. And what Steve doesn’t know is billy had gotten into a real bad fight with neil earlier that day that already left him shaken and downtrodden so this hit him at the absolute worst time and there’s no glory in it for steve when he sees billy sneaking off to the bathroom or his car or wherever. Is pretty sure he saw tears sun the guys eyes and Steve thinks he SHOULDNT feel sympathy for him after what he did to his face. Fuck that guy. But it doesn’t stop this remorse eating away at his chest, pulling him in billys direction to check on him
"You know," Billy Hargrove slurs into Steve's ear, breathe soaked in whiskey and cigarette smoke. "You've got really pretty... pretty eyes."
"Uhm." Steve glances up from his cup to Billy. Waits for a laugh, an insult and a joke, but there's nothing following. Billy's eyes are glassy, reminding Steve of huge blue oceans. He has to be wasted as fuck. Just an hour ago he called Steve King Loser.
"...Thank you?"
Billy smiles at him, a little goofy, way too happy considering he's talking to a guy he hates. He lifts his hand and Steve almost flinches, but he puts a finger on Steve's temple. Tender, almost careful.
"I like your face," he tells Steve.
"Okay, I think you had too much."
Steve tries to grab the bottle Billy is holding. Billy clutches the bottle against his chest, letting go of Steve's face. It's a bit disappointing. People are staring. Steve can hear them snickering. The air is stuffy. Stupid party crowd. He doesn't want people to see Billy like that. He must admit, he likes him like that.
"Let's go," he says to him. Holding out his hand like an idiot. Billy stares at it. Steve never noticed how long his lashes are.
Billy takes his hand, when Steve is about to drop it. Unsure, like he has never done it before.
"He's going to hate me for it," Steve announces. The crowd laughs, because that's how the script of the cruel play that is Highschool goes.
They walk outside. Or rather, Billy stumbles and Steve drags him.
"Are we goin' to yours?" Billy asks.
"Sure," Steve says. He thought he'd drive Billy home, but Billy sounds so hopeful.
Getting Billy into the car is a struggle, because he doesn't want to let go of Steve's hand. Yeah. This one had way too many.
"Is this a date?" Billy babbles.
Steve nearly drives over his neighbor's prized roses. Jesus. A date?
"I hope it is," Billy mumbles, already halfway asleep on the passenger's seat.
Steve parks the car. This wouldn't be the worst first date he had, he thinks.
Steve: Nancy got legs for days.
Billy, scoffs: Not impressive. I've had mine for years.
the wicked messenger (1/1, 24890 words) Pairing: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington Rating: Teen+ Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down, Canon Era, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, High School, Robin & Steve Are Best Friends, Billy Hargrove is a Little Shit, (he aimed for evil but it backfired spectacularly), Billy & Max Have A Good Relationship, BETTER at least but not completely there, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Light Angst, Developing Friendships, Fluff and Humor, Flirting, Notes and Letters, Romance, Implied Sexual Context, Falling in Love, Happy Ending Summary: In which Steve Harrington accidentally leaves his notebook on his desk. When he returns to retrieve it, it’s gone, and he chalks it up to someone being a dick. When it reappears on his desk and all of his notes have been scrutinized, mocked, corrected and made… more understandable, all in bright red ink, Steve still thinks this guy is an asshole, but at least some of it is helpful. Steve may start to carry a torch for him, but he can’t figure out who it is. It doesn’t help that Steve starts to develop a Billy Hargrove problem different from what he’s faced all year. – I hope you enjoy it! 💜
Billy post-therapy isn’t totally perfect, but he’s still Steve’s favorite.
(Dialogue from Wayne’s World 2)
I hate posts like this because they just paint everything black and white, sure, they both have shitty fathers but theres a big ass difference on why they ended up like they are, their mom.
Jonathan had Joyce while Billy had no one, so how do you expect kindness from someone that hasnt been on the end of it for a long time??
Billy isn't her brother. He's supposed to be, her mom wants him to be because Neil wants him to be, but he isn't and Max doesn't want him to.
No one asked her for this. Most of the time she doesn't even listen when Neil hits him. It's not her business and Billy doesn't want her help. Has told her many times with a puffy eye or a split lip, when she didn't say anything, but just wondered.
Sometimes it's like there are two Billy's. The one that doesn't show up very often, whispering to her how to act towards Neil to get what she wants and teaches her how to skate, always with rolling eyes and a laugh and the one that is there most of the time, closed off and biting and scratching. Full of anger, because that's the only thing Neil Hargrove can teach his son.
She isn't sure how many times it really happens, but she always feels sick when her mom and her visit Aunt Sharon or Granny and they leave them alone.
This time though she sees it. There are no marks on Billy's face, but Neil's belt is on the couch and Neil is so disgustingly happy to see Susan again - and Max, too, or so he says.
Max doesn't know what happened but the next morning Neil drives her to school and Billy doesn't leave his room.
She tries not to think about how there is no fourth plate on the kitchen table and that for one second she fears that that's it, that Billy might never have to drive her to school again - because he can't.
She presses her ear against Billy's door when Neil is busy watching some news and ranting about people that don't look like him. She can't hear anything. Neil is too loud or Billy is too quiet.
Max is about to go to bed, but not tired at all, when there's a knock at her window. She pulls back the curtain.
Steve Harrington looks like he hasn't slept in days. She opens the window.
"What are you doing here?" she whispers.
Steve seems to consider his answer, but then he just sighs.
"He isn't opening his window," he says, rubbing his face in pure exhaustion. "Is he .. ?"
"Billy?" she asks slowly. She didn't know Steve is Billy's friend. She didn't know Billy had any friends at all. Only admirers and rivals - at least here in Hawkins.
"Yeah. He wasn't at school."
"Are you friends?"
"Something like that."
Neil will kill them, if he finds out. But he isn't her father and never will be.
"Come in."
Steve climbs through her window. Nearly stumbles when he walks against the walkie talkie she left on the floor.
Neil must have gone to bed. It's silent.
She opens the door to Billy's room. She can sees his blond curls peeking out from underneath the blankets. Steve is by his side in a second.
Max closes the door. Slow, because she doesn't want to make any noise. Slower, because she is curious. She never gets to see what Billy is really like.
Steve sits next to him on the bed. Strokes his hair and whispers something. Careful, like Lucas does when she's sad, because the whole world is a shit show.
The door is nearly closed when she sees Steve kissing Billy's forehead. Maybe Steve knows a different Billy, too.
She feels light. Relieved in a way she doesn't get. She's glad Billy is not alone, she finds. Even if she didn't expect that.
Billy isn't her brother, but she will keep his secret like a sister would.
Nothing ends well for the kidnapper who chose to kidnap Joyce Byers’ kids
What do you mean your favorite pair didn’t try to kill each other at least once? Not even attempted murder? Not even a punch or two for the funsies?