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Event Wrap-Up Masterlist

After 9 months, this event round has officially come to a close! We are so happy to see all of the wonderful fics and art that every participant has created. We know it's a lot of work to participate in events like these, and we're so grateful to all of you for making this such a success. Congratulations to everyone who participated!

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Week 5 Wrap-Up (2/26-2/29)

It is officially posting month for this event, and some amazing creations have already been posted! Every week we'll be doing a round-up of every post so you don't miss anything. Also, be sure to check out the Ao3 collection here.

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Mr Steve and the Monster Hunter - Fic and Art by @dragonflylady77 and @adelacreations

Text to Heart - Art by @raven-cl

They're Burning All of the Witches (Even if You Aren't One) - Fic by @theladycarpathia

Separate Ways - Art by @lemonhitsu

Tied Together With A Smile (But You’re Coming Undone) - Fic by @mourntheantagonist and Art by @disterra

Moonflower, Mine - Fic by @bigdumbbambieyes and Art by @hellfirefucker

Barbarian Youth - Fic by @thissortofsorcery and Art by @decadentworld

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Hi! Now that I'm posting my fic for the @bigbangharringrove 2024, I wanted to share something with you.

My fic takes us all over Hawkins, and it's hard for me to keep track of where everything is because I have terrible sense of space and direction. So I made/edited this handy map based on the season 4 official map of Hawkins. Some things are vague, others very specific.

Feel free to reference this post if you ever need to while reading my fic, Barbarian Youth.

The grid is not meant to be an exact depiciton, it's only there as a visual aid.

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Yay!! My fic for the 2023 Harringrove BigBang (@bigbangharringrove) with gorgeous art by @disterra!!

Rating: M

Content Warnings: disordered eating, mentions of torture, fatphobia, references to child abuse, depictions of anxiety

Chapter 1: Prologue

“Hold on, baby you’re losing it”

If someone had told Billy a year ago that he would be happy to be back in Hawkins, he would have laughed in their face. He would have told them all about his plans to run off to California the second he had the chance, tossing in a couple choice words on his opinion of their quaint little town in the center of nowhere. And yet, there he was kneeling in the grass of an open field where the helicopter landed, placing his hands into the great American soil, sobbing in utter relief.

He felt a hand on his back, Chief Hopper, who somehow wound up in the same Russian prison—locked up, starved, and forced into physical labor…tortured…Billy didn’t know why he was there too, and he didn’t ask. He wouldn’t want to talk too much about what happened to himself there either.

Hopper had rubbed slow circles into his back, standing beside him and staring into the sun resting just above the horizon, feeling the heat hit their faces. “Feels good huh?” Hopper asked.

Billy allowed his eyes to fall shut, taking in all of the warmth, feeling his frostbitten fingers and toes begin to wake up out of dormancy. He didn’t say anything, he just sat there, basking and breathing.

“It’s good to be back home.” Hopper said, and Billy felt no need to correct him, not at that moment. Hawkins may not have been the place he considered his home—far from it—but he was more than happy to be there. His opinion on the place hadn’t changed, it still was a far cry from sunny skies and sandy beaches, but it was warm and familiar and it did feel a little bit like home in a way—but that could have just been the freedom talking.

“Yeah.” Billy said, wiping the snot from his nose into his oversized flannel sleeve, “It’s good.”

“Come on you two,” it was Joyce’s voice, the tiny woman and mother of the two Byers kids who somehow managed to break him and Hopper out of a maximum security prison across international borders. It was safe to say Billy would do anything she told him to do, if only to avoid getting a taste of whatever wrath she used to get them out of there. “It’s time you boys get a good meal.”

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My final entry for the @bigbangharringrove💕

When I joined the bb I didn't think I would end up taking a third story to draw but things happened and I decided to draw something for @medusapelagia's fanfic because she deserved it. Her epilogue inspired me so much!

An angst story with some dark themes in it but a happy ending guaranteed!

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Also a moodboard I made for it under the cut.

Socials: beacons.ai/lemonhitsu Prints: inprnt

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They're Burning All of the Witches (Even if You Aren't One)

Harringrove Big Bang 2023

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The world is full of witches. But Billy Hargrove never cared until he matched with Steve Harrington on a dating app. The Hargroves don’t actively hunt anymore but Neil won’t take too kindly to his only son dating a male witch. They just need another year and then they’re out, away from this town and Neil’s grasp.

But then the bodies start dropping one warm night in September. Rot creeps in, the wells are poisoned, and Neil is convinced the witches are at fault. Something evil is at work in Hawkins and it’s a hard call whether it’s the ancient monster trying to break free or the witch hunt that threatens Steve’s life.

Tags: Established Relationship, Witch!Steve, witch-hunter!billy, Magic AU, Homophobic Language, Murder, Gore, Parental violence against a child, Allusion to sexual violence, Desecration of a corpse, Mob Mentality, Mentions of dead animals, Neil Hargrove is His Own Warning, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

Find the prologue and first eight chapters on AO3 here

@cronesfeetpics art to follow! Remaining chapters will be uploaded tomorrow.

I signed up to this on a whim last year with the vague idea of doing something based off a one-shot I'd done. I...seriously don't know where the time went.

Many thanks to Viridian Ink and especially to @medusapelagia and @suometar for saving my butt with a last minute beta. Fresh eyes and insight really helped fine tune it and gave me the final push I needed to get though the hardest part.

And obviously biggest love and thanks of all to @cronesfeetpics who has been a kindred spirit through all of this and so supportive the whole way. Couldn't have done it without you ❤

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Comment bingo - 5th line!

Andrew and I are so happy because we made another line and we are going to get a badge with our favorite colors! Courtesy of @feedthefandomfest (To be honest, Andy can't really see the colors but I told him those are my favorite and he agreed because he is a good friend!)

As always go give them some love to these fics if you want to! And keep commenting! A lot of my new entries are from The Harringrove Big Bang Collection! I still have to read most of them but they are all amazing!

Comment on a fic with under 50 hits: Dandelion Wishes by Carerra_os (@jellyfishloveletterghosts), rating T, WIP, Harringrove. This is a super sweet fic with child Billy and a very little magical Steve! And being part of the @bigbangharringrove it also has incredible art made by @raven-cl ! (now it has more than 50 hits like it deserves but I was lucky enough to be one of the first peole to read it!)

Theorize about world, character, and/or theme: and then you came by what_about_the_fish (@whataboutthefish), rating E, WIP, Harringrove. Another incredible fic from the @bigbangharringrove (so it has art as well! Made by LucaDoodleDoo) In a Dom/Sub universe Soft Dom Steve finds Billy, a Sub without a Dom that desperatly need one who took care of him like he deserves.

Epilogue comment: speculate on characters' futures: The Only Living Ghost In New York by beetlesandstars, rating M, complete, Steddie. A modern AU where Steve realizes that he is in love with Eddie... when Eddie gets married! It hurts so good!

Explain while the fic is better than canon: Let it happen by Romeren (@romeren), rating M, WIP, Harringrove, super sweet story written for bigbangharringrove and with beautiful art made by @lemonhitsu and @applewillowstone

Leave a long comment: Baby, I got sick this morning (heal me, darling)by TheRedHarlequin (@a-redharlequin) - rating: E, a lovely WIP with my favorite threesome: Steve, Billy and Eddie! Half sick fic and half magical AU! And it's not cheating if I put it again bacause it's a WIP and we finally got TO THE HOT CHAPTER and the world needs to know it! (Those are Andrew's the Octopus words, not mine, obviously...)

The other fics that helped me fill my bingo card under the cut!

comment that is at least half keysmash: start by pulling him out of the fire by pricklywhicket, rating: E, complete, Steddie. This fic is SO good, I'm just at the first chapter but Wayne's characterization is amazing! If you are a Wayne lover (as I am) you have to read it!

Comment on a fic posted today: All I want for Christams is you, by LexiRoseWrites. rating: Teen and Up, Steddie, Complete. A sweet Christmas omegaverse fic!

comment detailing emotional devastation: hold me, scold me , by lydiah135 - rating: E, complete, Steddie. This fic has everythig! Transmasc Professional Dom Eddie, emotional pain and wonderful OCs! This is the 4th part of the series, I recommend to start from the first one!

revisit fic you read in the past & leave a(nother) comment: If I stare too long by brawls (brawlite) and ToAStranger, rating: E, complete- The first Metalsandwich fic I have ever read. It's hot, and fluff, and cute and it has incredible art!

Holy trinity: kudos, comment and bookmark: Sea of waking dreams by Oonionchiver, rating: E - Steddie, WIP. As everything that Azriel writes is intriguing, hot and supernatural!

Unhinged liveblogging reaction: Everybody wants you - Whataboutthefish - rating: E, complete - Harringrove. A sexy and painful song fic. It hurts so good!

Highlight & explains 3 favorite quotes: Baby, I got sick this morning (heal me, darling)by TheRedHarlequin - rating: E, a lovely WIP with my favorite threesome: Steve, Billy and Eddie! Half sick fic and half magical AU!

Find a comment you agree with & replay explaining why: The Long Night, by - Nox_Wiked - rating:E, another threesome Steve, Billy and Eddie and another WIP half survival and half unconventional omega fic!

Comment on a every chapter of a multichapter fic: Just add water by Just_my_latest_hyperfixation ( @just-my-latest-hyperfixation) -rating: E, complete, a super sweet Mermaid AU Steddie fic!

Comment on a WIP: To B, With Love by Triddlegrl (@fizzigigsimmer - rating: E, WIP an incredible Harringrove Omegaverse Western AU!

Comment on a fic posted at least 3 years ago: i think of you (i want you, too) i'd fall for you by To A Stranger - rating: E, complete, a Harringrove Criminal AU with hurt/comfort!

Leave a comment that is half emoji: what's mine is yours (to leave or take) by througheden - rating: M, complete, a Steddie sugary sweet AU with baker Eddie and nurse Steve and a lot of cakes!

Comment of a fic post in the last three days: Baby, It's Cold Outside by StitchedFox - Rating:M - complete, a Steddie Christmas fic about traditions and compromises!

promote a fic on Tumblr and/or Discord & tell the author so: All those fics!

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My final piece for @bigbangharringrove !! I had the lovely honor of working with @demogorgeously on her fic "Text to Heart" so be sure to check it out !!

Summary: When Steve received a slew of belligerent texts from one of his students' guardians, the best course of action would have been blocking them, Certainly, it wouldn't have been rewarding them by talking their little sister out of her impending expulsion.

And it wouldn't have been continuing to answer texts from the guy, either. But Steve wasn't known for his sharp decision skills, and he was kind of desperate for a friend who didn't make out with her girlfriend every time he came around. So maybe he could give this text-buddy thing a shot.

Unfortunately Billy was not just potential friend material. He was devastatingly hot, too. It was really, really inconvenient.

Go read the fic here !!

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Mr Steve and The Monster Hunter

It's finally there, time to post my fic for @bigbangharringrove (thank you mods for all your work for this event!)

I've been working so hard on this one... I even did some doodles of a couple of scenes from it (I might post them once I've posted all 6 chapters).

Art by @adelacreations (so very excited about this!!).

I want to thank @ihni for Olivia’s name, @spaceofentropy for noticing I'd forgotten about Will (oops!) and @akioukun for Cindy’s name

Also on Ao3

Steve gets the surprise of his life when one of his students gets picked up by her father. A man who Steve thought had died on the dirty floor of Starcourt Mall fifteen years ago.  Billy Hargrove is alive... and a dad. He runs a security company called HellGrove and he hunts monsters in the Upside Down for a living.  When Billy opens a portal into the Upside Down in Robin and Heather’s backyard, Steve follows because he wants answers.

Chapter 1 - Mr Steve isn't a boy

Steve is looking forward to the weekend after a long week teaching six-year-olds. Having the school trip to the zoo the same week as the talent show is not something he’s keen to do again in a hurry and he let his principal know as much. 

He smiles as the last of the kids rush past him, waving him goodbye as they squeeze in the doorway before running down the hallway towards the exit, a spring in their step. He notices Olivia is still in the classroom and he walks over to her desk.

“Everything okay, Olivia?” he asks as she shoves the last of her drawings in her backpack. He reminds himself for the hundredth time to ask Robin where she found the Hawkins Lifeguard backpack because he didn’t know such an item existed and he was a lifeguard at Hawkins Community Pool for a few summers, both while he was in high school, and after, during summer breaks from university.

He knows he isn’t supposed to have favorites but Robin and Heather’s daughter is one of the brightest students he’d had in his ten years of teaching elementary school and she is extremely funny to boot, at a level that her classmates usually don’t get.

“Yep, Mr Steve, I’m spending the weekend with my dad so I want to show him all my work.”

“Your dad?” Steve asks, confused. As far as he knows, the little girl only has her two mums. Of course, Steve figures there has to have been a man involved in the process, he did pay some attention in biology class, but he never asked. Heather still scares him a little and he isn’t as close to Robin as they were fifteen years ago.

Nope, not thinking about it.

“Yes, he works a lot all over the country so I don’t see him very much.”

“Then I bet you’re very excited to see him!” 

“I haven’t seen him since Christmas, he’s very busy but he rings me when he can,” Olivia says matter-of-factly as she closes her bag. 

“That’s nice,” Steve says, smiling even though he thinks two months is a long time without seeing your child, not that he has any of his own.

“He lives in California, you know,” she adds as she starts walking to the door. 

Steve follows a few steps behind, in a daze, her words unleashing the memories of loud metal, leather and cigarettes, and a blue Camaro.

Nope, not thinking about him.

He watches Olivia step out of the classroom and turns towards the mess he still has to clean before he can go home when the voice coming from the adjoining hallway stops him in his tracks.

“Hey, princess!”

It can’t be. But that voice… He’s heard it before, and those words…

Shaking like a leaf, Steve turns towards the open doorway and takes the three steps that separate him from the owner of the voice.

It isn’t possible. Billy Hargrove is dead, Steve reminds himself. He died at Starcourt Mall fifteen years ago, in what remains the scariest night of Steve’s life. This is just his brain playing tricks on him. 

He steps into the hallway and freezes. The shock of seeing Billy Hargrove, alive and in the flesh, dims Olivia’s gleeful screams.

He looks… Steve feels all the air leave his lungs. Billy looks fucking good for a dead guy. His hair is cut short, some golden curls on the top still, he looks broader in the shoulders, his muscles more defined than they were in high school, not that Steve is looking, but the guy is wearing a t-shirt that looks painted on, okay?

He is also sporting a scar across his left cheek that looks not too recent but doesn’t make him look any less handsome, as well as some gnarly looking, but silver, older, scars on his arms and Steve knows there would be matching ones on his sides and in the middle of his chest, where the Mind Flayer had hit him with its tentacles.

“Pretty boy?” The shock is evident in Billy’s voice. He clearly didn’t expect to see Steve either.

“Daddy, you’re silly. Mr Steve isn’t a boy, he’s my teacher!”

Billy clears his throat and looks down at his daughter. “I can see that, princess.”

Billy Hargrove has a daughter!! What. The. Fuck? 

“Billy. Long time no see.” 

“Mr Steve, you know my daddy?” Olivia is looking between the two of them, trying to work out the connection.

Billy crouches so he is level with Olivia. “Mr Steve went to school with me and your moms, Livi.” He looks around and picks up her cardigan from her hook. “Is that all your stuff?”

“Yes, Daddy. I gotted all the stuff in my bag to show you.”

“That’s great, princess. Can you wait here a minute while I have a super quick chat with Mr Steve?”

She nods. “Can I play the word game on your phone?”

“Sure thing.” 

Once Billy sorts Olivia with her game, he looks at Steve who is still hovering in the doorway and gestures towards the classroom. Steve nods and heads back inside, Billy a few steps behind him.

Steve stops when he reaches his desk, trying to compose himself. He hears Billy behind him and turns around.

“Robin never said—”

“You probably hav—”

They both stop at the same time and Steve knows he’s being awkward but he is not prepared for this. It’s not like he was friends with the guy back in high school, but Billy sacrificed his life to save them that day in1985 so for him to just show up like that is just… Steve doesn’t even know at this stage. He needs time to process. 

“Listen, I have to run, haven’t seen Livi in way too long and I want to make the best of it but if you want to talk, or like, I dunno, have questions for me, here’s my card. Call me.”

Billy pulls out his wallet and hands Steve a business card with a tentative smile. Steve takes it, trying to wrap his head around what just happened. He nods as Billy puts his wallet away.

“See you around, pretty boy.” Billy doesn’t wait for a reply and he heads out. 

Steve hears Olivia’s voice then the chatter moves further away as they walk towards the exit. 

He finally looks down at the card in his hand. It’s dark gray, almost black, with the letters HG in white in the middle. He flips it to find the same monogram on the left then his eyes read over the words, taking them in.

HellGrove Security Consultants

William H. Hargrove

CEO & Head of Security

Followed by a phone number and an email address.

What. 

The. 

Fuck?

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It’s after midnight and Steve is lying on his bed, flipping Billy’s card over and over, the dim light of his bedside lamp catching on something in the corner of the card. It’s embossed in the same color so he didn’t really notice until now. He brings the card closer so he can have a proper look and…

It’s a demogorgon flower head. 

Motherfucker. 

He grabs his phone to call Robin but then remembers that they’re not really best friends anymore, besides it’s late and she’s a parent now. Olivia did say she was spending the weekend with her dad but Steve isn’t sure what the arrangement is. 

Billy Hargrove is alive and he’s a dad. 

More questions than answers and it’s making Steve want to scream. So he sends Robin a message, figuring that she can choose to reply if she’s awake. 

He hopes she does.

Steve: So I met Olivia’s dad at pick up today. 

Immediately the reply box shows three littles dots. Steve holds his breath for a bit but has to give up after a minute. Either Robin is typing a novel-length explanation or she is not sure what to say.

Robin: Surprise? <cringe emoji>

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Steve yells in the empty room, his frustration at boiling point. His phone dings again and he looks to see what else Robin had to say.

Robin: Come over for lunch tomorrow. We’ll talk.

Steve sends a brief text saying he’ll be there then puts his phone down and switches to his laptop, giving into the temptation to visit HellGrove.com.

The website mentions the usual stuff: the various services offered (most of which mean little to Steve), reviews from clients as well a page about the company and its staff. Steve keeps looking on the main page for the freaky flower and finally finds it, hidden on the Reviews page when his cursor hovers in the bottom left corner and HOLY FUCK!

There’s no photos of the Upside Down but the hand drawn illustration in the banner is enough for Steve to suppress a shudder at the memories. There are a handful of anonymous written accounts by survivors who were rescued by HellGrove and reports about unsuccessful rescue missions. The wording is vague but, to someone who’s experienced it first hand, it’s clear they’re talking about the Upside Down.

Steve goes back to the home page and clicks on Staff. His eyes immediately focus on the black and white photo of Billy. It must have been taken some time ago because the scar on his face is missing. 

The short bio tells Steve that William H. Hargrove joined the Marines at eighteen and left after six years to start his own security company. Steve scrolls down and he is surprised and a bit shocked to find out that Max, Lucas, Will and El also work for Billy. And some guy named Argyle, who apparently has no last name.

He vaguely remembers Dustin mentioning that Lucas got a job in California after college and he knew El and the Byers already lived over there. He feels bad when he realizes he hasn’t thought about Max in years. He ponders reaching out to Dustin but that would open a can of worms and even more questions.

He closes his laptop and dumps it on the other side of the bed and settles on his side to go to sleep.

The feeling of an arm around his waist pulls Steve from his slumber. He gasps when he realizes there’s a (warm!) body behind him, the owner of which is dragging him closer and dropping a string of kisses on his shoulder.

Steve can’t remember the last time he shared a bed with someone, especially while being naked, though he is sure he was wearing pajamas earlier. The kisses morph into a bite and a needy moan escapes his lips when he feels teeth nibbling on his skin. The embrace around his middle tightens and Steve’s hand drifts to the one holding him, fingers locking with the ones of the man behind him. Because it is a man, of that Steve has no doubt.

He looks down, noticing the silver scars in the soft glow of his bedside lamp. “Billy?”

“Sorry I woke you up, pretty boy,” comes the hushed whisper from behind him.

“No, it’s okay. What are yo—” The words die in his throat when Billy moves their linked hands south. Steve can feel Billy harden against his ass as their hands start stroking his dick and he shivers.

Billy gives a light squeeze and Steve rolls his hips, arching his back and groaning when Billy bites down on the crook of his neck.

“Oh god… Billy…”

Steve lets go of Billy’s hand to bury his fingers in golden curls instead. It’s been so long since the hand touching him wasn’t his that the pleasure of it is blinding in its intensity.

He moans loudly, earning himself another bite from Billy.

“Shhhh, pretty boy, not so loud, you’ll wake the baby.”

Steve sinks his teeth in his bottom lip in an effort to be quiet, so he doesn’t wake this baby he doesn’t remember having. His entire focus is on not making noise while Billy does unspeakable things to his body. He shudders; he’s so close already…

Billy notices, because of course he does, he always did notice things, and his hand starts moving faster, his closed fist squeezing the head of Steve’s cock on the upstroke. It’s slick, it’s heady, and too soon, Steve can feel his orgasm rushing at him.

He comes with a shout he can’t silence, but when he opens his eyes again, he’s alone in his bed. It’s his hand around his cock, his mess in his pajama pants. 

Chest still heaving, he quickly cleans up using his pants and gets back into bed wearing a clean pair, reeling from the shocked realization that he wants Billy Hargrove. And a baby.

What the fuck?

Chapter 2

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Week 4 Wrap-Up (2/19-2/25)

It is officially posting month for this event, and some amazing creations have already been posted! Every week we'll be doing a round-up of every post so you don't miss anything. Also, be sure to check out the Ao3 collection here.

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In the Water, With You - Fic by @azrielgreen & Art by @lemonhitsu

Let it Happen -Fic by @Romeren & Art by @applewillowstone and Art by @lemonhitsu

Highway Star - Fic by @discodeviant & Art by @cuepickle

An Affinity for Dead Things - Fic by @spaceofentropy & Art by @raven-cl and Art by @bigolemantiddies

Yuck - Fic by @passivenovember & Art by @imsodishy

He Who Holds the Devil - Fic by @fizzigigsimmer & Art by @alicetallula & @sketchy-scribs-n-doods

The Burrowing Kind - Fic by @.deathstranded

Squeeze your hands (around my bleeding heart) - Fic by @billysblueeyes & Art by @alicetallula & Art by @alicetallulaafterdark & Art by @dreaminginpencil

standing in the doorway - Fic by @whenyouwishuponastar7 & Art 1 // Art 2 by @applewillowstone

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An Affinity for Dead Things - Art by @.Raven_Cruel

He Who Holds the Devil - Art1 and Art2 by @.ATallula03

Squeeze your hands (around my bleeding heart) - Art by @.ATallula03 and Art by @.ATallula03nsfw

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My @bigbangharringrove fanfic is finally up on AO3! I had an absolute blast writing it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Barbarian Youth

Summary:

The day he faced a monster at the Byers' house, that should have been the end of it. That's how stories are supposed to go, right?

It's October 1984, and Demogorgons are still coming to Hawkins from the Upside Down, opening gates around Hawkins Lab. Every night, Steve patrols the woods, hoping to stop them before they kill anyone else.

Hawkins has had a hard year.

When the new guy that's been giving him shit in gym class is attacked by a Demogorgon, Steve saves his life. Now if only he would stop turning up in dangerous places in various states of injury... Because Demogorgons are attracted to blood.

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“I know I should’ve expected it—I did expect it, but it doesn’t make it hurt any less to know that nobody missed you.” Billy couldn’t look Steve in the eyes as he finished his thought, afraid of seeing the warmth go away.  But, the warmth comes back without him even having to look, as the hand that he recalled was just sitting on Steve’s lap has come to wrap around to Billy’s back, palm flat against his shirt and moving slowly up and down.  “People missed you, Billy.” Steve said, “Hawkins was not the same without the sound of your car speeding through town.” Billy scoffed. “I’m not so sure everyone would agree with you,” he said. 

This is an excerpt from the wonderful emotional roller-coaster of a fic by @mourntheantagonist for this year's @bigbangharringrove! Read the fic here:

Tied Together With A Smile (But You’re Coming Undone)

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moonflower, mine 36.5k | M | Regency AU beta'd by @chrisbitchtree

Summary: Weeks before his sister’s sixteenth birthday, Billy Hargrove is brought into his father’s study, where he discovers that Neil wishes to marry Max off to an old family friend, Mr. Beaumont. Unwilling to marry the old man with a shady past, Max begs her brother for his help, and so Billy promises to find her a gentleman to marry. Enter Mr. Steven Harrington of Greenfell, a romantic and wealthy man whose parents urge him to marry in the height of the Season. With the help of his friends, Billy attempts to match Mr. Harrington and his sister for a spring wedding – however, he doesn’t anticipate being charmed by Mr. Harrington himself. Torn between his growing affection for Steve and the future of his sister, Billy must make a choice that will change their lives forever.

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It's finally here!! my fic for @bigbangharringrove has been posted on AO3 🥹 I have had such an amazing time being part of this event, thank you to the amazing mods and congrats to my fellow participants!! and, most importantly, my insanely talented hgbb partner @hellfirefucker did a breathtaking piece for this fic! you can admire it here 🤍 Namor has been a dream to work with, he is unbelievably funny and is now someone I can call my friend!

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“These are my favourite,” Steve says softly as he approaches the flowers, Billy following him and watching the careful way Steve pets the petals with the tips of his fingers, his eyes soft and almost glowing in the moonlight as he admires the flowers, “They’re moonflowers, named such as they only bloom at night – isn’t that amazing?”

Billy smiles softly and nods, admitting, “I have never seen such a flower before.”

“They are rather enchanting, in my opinion,” Steve hums as he carefully plucks one from the wall and turns to Billy, holding it out to him.

Quietly, Billy takes it between his fingertips and admires it, unaware of how Steve is doing the same to him…

Read “Moonflower, Mine” (DO IT NOW)

When I joined the @bigbangharringrove, I never expected to work with someone who I’ve admired for a while now! @bigdumbbambieyes is such a lovely person and I’m glad we were able to bring her hard work/writing to life. She deserves all the love I’m but a humble servant!!

To Bambi, I had so much working with you and I hope this will be the start of a lovely friendship! Hit me up whenever you need some art done I’d be lovely to make your dreams a reality once more! <3

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Yay!! My fic for the 2023 Harringrove BigBang (@bigbangharringrove) with gorgeous art by @disterra!!

Rating: M

Content Warnings: disordered eating, mentions of torture, fatphobia, references to child abuse, depictions of anxiety

Chapter 1: Prologue

“Hold on, baby you’re losing it”

If someone had told Billy a year ago that he would be happy to be back in Hawkins, he would have laughed in their face. He would have told them all about his plans to run off to California the second he had the chance, tossing in a couple choice words on his opinion of their quaint little town in the center of nowhere. And yet, there he was kneeling in the grass of an open field where the helicopter landed, placing his hands into the great American soil, sobbing in utter relief.

He felt a hand on his back, Chief Hopper, who somehow wound up in the same Russian prison—locked up, starved, and forced into physical labor…tortured…Billy didn’t know why he was there too, and he didn’t ask. He wouldn’t want to talk too much about what happened to himself there either.

Hopper had rubbed slow circles into his back, standing beside him and staring into the sun resting just above the horizon, feeling the heat hit their faces. “Feels good huh?” Hopper asked.

Billy allowed his eyes to fall shut, taking in all of the warmth, feeling his frostbitten fingers and toes begin to wake up out of dormancy. He didn’t say anything, he just sat there, basking and breathing.

“It’s good to be back home.” Hopper said, and Billy felt no need to correct him, not at that moment. Hawkins may not have been the place he considered his home—far from it—but he was more than happy to be there. His opinion on the place hadn’t changed, it still was a far cry from sunny skies and sandy beaches, but it was warm and familiar and it did feel a little bit like home in a way—but that could have just been the freedom talking.

“Yeah.” Billy said, wiping the snot from his nose into his oversized flannel sleeve, “It’s good.”

“Come on you two,” it was Joyce’s voice, the tiny woman and mother of the two Byers kids who somehow managed to break him and Hopper out of a maximum security prison across international borders. It was safe to say Billy would do anything she told him to do, if only to avoid getting a taste of whatever wrath she used to get them out of there. “It’s time you boys get a good meal.”

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My final entry for the @bigbangharringrove💕

When I joined the bb I didn't think I would end up taking a third story to draw but things happened and I decided to draw something for @medusapelagia's fanfic because she deserved it. Her epilogue inspired me so much!

An angst story with some dark themes in it but a happy ending guaranteed!

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Also a moodboard I made for it under the cut.

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They're Burning All of the Witches (Even if You Aren't One)

Harringrove Big Bang 2023

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The world is full of witches. But Billy Hargrove never cared until he matched with Steve Harrington on a dating app. The Hargroves don’t actively hunt anymore but Neil won’t take too kindly to his only son dating a male witch. They just need another year and then they’re out, away from this town and Neil’s grasp.

But then the bodies start dropping one warm night in September. Rot creeps in, the wells are poisoned, and Neil is convinced the witches are at fault. Something evil is at work in Hawkins and it’s a hard call whether it’s the ancient monster trying to break free or the witch hunt that threatens Steve’s life.

Tags: Established Relationship, Witch!Steve, witch-hunter!billy, Magic AU, Homophobic Language, Murder, Gore, Parental violence against a child, Allusion to sexual violence, Desecration of a corpse, Mob Mentality, Mentions of dead animals, Neil Hargrove is His Own Warning, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

Find the prologue and first eight chapters on AO3 here

@cronesfeetpics art to follow! Remaining chapters will be uploaded tomorrow.

I signed up to this on a whim last year with the vague idea of doing something based off a one-shot I'd done. I...seriously don't know where the time went.

Many thanks to Viridian Ink and especially to @medusapelagia and @suometar for saving my butt with a last minute beta. Fresh eyes and insight really helped fine tune it and gave me the final push I needed to get though the hardest part.

And obviously biggest love and thanks of all to @cronesfeetpics who has been a kindred spirit through all of this and so supportive the whole way. Couldn't have done it without you ❤