good morning, with billy !
Lovely ~ @billysbot
Thanks for being patient while I worked on this. It's kinda angsty, but ends on fluff. Hope you like it!
Words: ~ 3,000
SFW Billy x Reader
Summary: Billy moves back to California with scars and unfinished business with you. He shows up to a party you're throwing. As usual, the two of you are the last ones awake, and it's finally time to settle your childhood beef.
Warnings: Aggressive behavior, angst, Mind Flayer, fluff
Billy’s been home a few months already. He has a job at his buddy’s surf shop and an apartment Susan insisted on putting him up in. What he doesn't have is the nerve to call you. The events at Star Court left him changed, and as he sat in the hospital through graduation, he couldn’t stop thinking about the road that had led him there. All the anger and resentment he’d brought with him to Hawkins, all the ways those negative emotions had torn through him, bringing out the very worst. Sure, some of it had been that monster, but there was plenty of darkness for it to feed on. Wrath he’d cultivated and thrived on. The Flayer had only taken advantage, turned it on him so he could feel it just as harshly as he inflicted it on others.
Steve, Nancy, and the kids all regarded him differently. With reverence and a little weariness. They had never trusted him, and now they never would. The only exception to this was Max. After the Mind Flayer was gone, she treated Billy like a brother, and in his injured state, he was in no position to refuse it. She visited him in the hospital, with food, and mixtapes she'd made of new songs coming out. He was grateful for her, happy the rest of them were alive. But he needed to get away.
Hawkins was a different place in the wake of that nightmare. Every shadow filled with movement, every sound insidious. Even the buildings themselves were strange. Besides, he was shaken, and there was no more energy for keg stands and ripping around town in the Camaro. He needed to rest in a place that felt safe. To rediscover the person he’d been before Hawkins, before his mom’s desertion. He needed to go home.
As soon as he was well enough, he packed up the Camaro and took off, bound for California. Max refused to cry but he could tell she was sad. It was wild for Billy to think his little brat of a step-sister would miss him. Back in Cali, the scenery was brighter, but Billy was flooded with memories of his childhood; days that were full to the brim with you.
The two of you met as kids, taking swimming lessons at the local pool. You were partnered up one day and from then on you were inseparable. You went to different schools, which didn't stop you from meeting every weekend to go swimming or hit the arcade or the movie theater. You spent Summer days riding your bikes around town trying to find trouble. He was the person you'd talk to when you fought with your girlfriends. Your house was where he ran when things got hard with his dad. You were best friends until the day his mom disappeared.
It was your junior year of high school. You'd watched each other change and grown attached to each other's company. Even though you'd both dated and cared for other people, you'd never felt for anyone else the way you felt about each other. The line between friendship and love was so thin the slightest pressure could’ve broken it. You thought you’d have the courage to confess your feelings that summer before senior year. Then, one day, he didn't wanna talk to you anymore.
“Are you kidding?”
You sat there on your bike, watching him flick a lighter over and over just to see the flame spring to life before letting it extinguish. All you knew was that his mom was gone, not how, or when or why.
“You're really not gonna tell me what happened?”
He sat on his porch steps, his face etched into a frown. He was acting tough but you could tell he'd been crying. When his eyes lifted to yours you expected they would soften like usual, but he glared at you.
“Hello?” You called.
He looked away. That's when you hopped off your bike, letting it fall in the grass, and snatched for the lighter. He shoved you away. You landed hard on your wrist, an instant burst of pain making you cry out. Usually when you horsed around and one of you got hurt, the other would snap out of it. Apologize. He just stood there on the porch steps, glaring down at you.
“Don't act like you care.” He sneered.
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
He turned to walk inside and something desperate let loose inside you. The need to reverse whatever was happening by whatever means necessary.
“William.”
He stopped in his tracks.
Slowly, he turned, his eyes full of ice. For a moment you thought good, I have his attention. Then, he came down the steps and grabbed you by your injured wrist, yanking you to your feet. It didn't seem to matter that he was hurting you. He got in your face, glaring with such coldness.
“Don't you ever. EVER fucking call me that.”
His eyes were stone, his lips pinched into a tight line, and for the first time in your life, you were afraid of him. You felt yourself shrinking away, and when he let you go you stumbled back, tripped over your bike, and landed hard on the sidewalk.
The boy you'd grown up with was gone, and in his place was someone too full of anger to get close to. He was a burning sun.
The two of you stopped speaking.
A couple of weeks later you heard a rumor he was moving, and then he was gone.
Billy has looked back on the day he pushed you so many times. Every time he remembers the look on your face, all that pain and confusion, it fills him with regret. He wanted more than anything to call you and apologize, but every time he picked up the phone he found himself frozen, just staring at it. What would he say? How could he explain? In the end, he heard from one of his old buddies that you were throwing a party, and he resolved to be there. He'd say what he needed to say. One way or another.
“Happy Youcla?”
Piper makes a face looking at the banner Tracy made, and Tracy makes a face back.
“You-C-LA. It's like, an acronym. For UCLA?”
“Okay. Why?” Piper asks.
“It's fine,” you interject before the two can start fighting again, “It's cute. It's unique, Trac, I love it.”
Your friend group is…eclectic, and only on special occasions do they tolerate each other for your benefit. Your college going-away party is just the thing to bring them all together for one night. Which didn't stop it from being nerve-wracking. The house is yours for one more weekend, your parents away on a strategically planned vacation, giving you space for one final iconic L/N bash. Your friends have pulled out all the stops, decorating, sourcing booze and grass, one of them even offering to DJ.
The party is going well, friends from high school plus some people you’ve never even met crowd into the house, sitting along the stairs and standing in the halls. Filling the house with noise and laughter. You quickly get lost in it, drinking and dancing. Your head is empty until Billy walks in.
He takes you completely by surprise. You recognize his face, of course (who could forget that face?) but the rest of him is a shock. Growing up, both of you were a couple of dorks. Your mothers dressed the two of you in corduroy and plaid. Matching Mickey Mouse sweatshirts. Now he's wearing denim and leather, putting a cigarette out in an abandoned solo cup. His chest is clearly bulky under his red button-up, and he saunters through the foyer with an undeniable magnetism that draws dozens of eyes.
He's fucking hot.
His eyes scan the crowd, and then he sees you. He pauses mid-stride and stares at you for a long moment, a little smirk curling his lips. You turn away, your whole body flushing hot. God damn. Your childhood bestie is a certified smokin'-hot baddie. When you glance back he's flanked by a few of your friends who didn't grow up around here. He gives them well-meaning smiles, but his eyes come back to yours, making you look away again.
Fuck.
You thought you'd be ready when B-boy came back, but you can hardly stand his gaze. You didn't expect he'd be this fuckin fine. You’d always found him cute, but it was nothing like this! Now, he's being mobbed by girls the second he enters a party. You find yourself wondering how you look compared to your old self. Billy used to tease you about your looks, and now here he is. You move around the corner into the living room, taking another long drink to take your mind off things.
“Is that who I think it is?” Piper says, coming into the living room with you. “Is that B-boy Hargrove?”
You make a weak, anxious noise and drain your cup, your body buzzing.
“Holy shit.” Piper continues “He’s a fuckin smoke show.”
You have to buy yourself time to figure out how to talk to him without losing your mind. What on Earth would you even say? You spend the night dodging him. Luckily, everyone's eager for his ear and keep flocking to him, flooding him with questions. You’re sure he hates it, the smell of desperation always annoyed him, but you aren’t ready. Your wrist had been sprained that day and ever since it tends to ache when you’re upset, as you are now. Your heart is thumping out of your chest, and old bitterness is filling your throat.
At some point, you're heading into the garage for more beer, and just as you're opening the extra fridge the door to the house opens and there he is. Billy stands there looking you up and down. Your body is warm and you're full of nerves.
“Hey.” You manage. You clear your throat and grab the six pack you'd come for. “I don't know why everyone insists on these being ice cold.” You say, at a loss for words. At least, words that make any sense. “I mean, of course, you don't want warm beer but it gives you a damn brain freeze sometimes.”
He's standing there stone-faced, looking at you so seriously you wonder if he's come with bad news.
“We should talk.”
Your breath catches in your lungs, staying there for a moment.
“About what?” You shrug, panicking.
Of all the ways you thought you'd react to Billy coming home, you didn't think it'd be like this. At the moment, all you want is to scramble away from him. Escape the tangle of emotions welling up inside you. The anger you thought you’d let go of, and the sadness underneath it. He’d thrown you away. There's so much you wanna say to him. Too much.
“Ya know, we were kids, B. It's whatever. I gotta get this beer inside, though.”
You approach him, hoping he'll move, and when he doesn't you're forced to confront the reality of how he looks. He’s fucking beautiful, and he’s looking at you like he wants to say something. You're right in front of him and memories are flooding you, rushing around in a whirlpool.
The time the two of you hid in the mall until it closed, or hacked one of the PAC Man games at the arcade and used the bounty of quarters to go hog wild in the candy store. The night you had your first kiss stolen by some jerk at summer camp and Billy kept ranting about finding the guy and beating him up for you.
His desire to defend you had put you at ease.
“You're a babe now, but you're still a chicken.” He says with a smirk.
“You're one to talk.”
You brush past him, successfully avoiding him for the rest of the night.
The house is quiet and littered with abandoned cups. Here and there things are where they shouldn’t be; a throw pillow on the stairs, a desk lamp in the bathroom. It’s so close to sunrise and you’re so tired, but you can’t sleep. You can never sleep after a party. So you go downstairs, finally leaving your room where you’d been hiding out (crying), and make your way to the living room. Someone left the TV on, and Singin' in the Rain is playing at a low volume. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor are tapping through the opening number. You pull a throw blanket from the floor and wrap it around yourself. Just as you’re getting comfortable on the couch, you hear rustling in the kitchen. Billy emerges with a coffee mug.
You both pause, and he leans against the archway, looking as comfortable as ever. Like he belongs there in your home.
“Can’t sleep.” he says.
You're too tired to scurry away and let him sit beside you.
“Since when do you drink coffee?”
“They gave it to me all the time at the hospital.”
This gets your attention.
“You got hurt?”
“It's a long story.”
The two of you sit side by side, falling into a comfortable silence. His presence beside you is warm and familiar.
“You’re different.” he says.
“Yeah well, so are you. Ladies man now.”
He smirks a real cocky little grin that doesn’t last. It melts away while he’s looking into the mug, and it's replaced with a forlorn expression. He’s nervous. You can always tell when he’s nervous.
“For a while, I thought I’d never see you again," you say.
His grip tightens around the cup. It’s the novelty mug you got from Virginia Beach the summer you turned 12. A vacation you'd shared with Billy and his parents.
“How was Indiana, anyway?”
He groans, leaning back against the couch.
“A fuckin nightmare. And I mean that in so many ways, when I tell you about all the shit…”
He looks at you, his eyes groggy from alcohol and lack of sleep.
“It was like that time I got stuck in the Devil's Mansion at the county fair.”
You nod at the memory.
“I remember. You freaked out, and started breaking all the puppets.”
His eyes are clouded with memories, and the kind of fear you haven’t seen in him in a long time. He’s come home haunted. Injured. Your heart beats hard in your chest.
“There's so much I wanna tell you.” he says.
“Just start by saying you're sorry.”
His blue eyes are the ones you recognize.
“I am, Y/n. I think about that day all the time.”
You look at him and see the boy you grew up with.
“What happened?”
He sighs, taking a beat to reach that tender place he hides away. It's hard for him, even with you.
“She left. She just left that morning and she didn't say shit to me.”
Your eyes tear up as he lets this out, replaying the day he’d hurt you.
“But that didn't mean I had to take it out on you.”
You bit the inside of your cheek to keep the tears at bay.
“It kinda…you kinda fucked me up that day..."
Your voice is strained, feather fragile. He sets down the coffee and turns his body to face you, pulling his leg up on the couch so there’s only a small wedge of space between yourself and his lap. His face is tight, and he runs his hands into his hair the way he does when he's frustrated.
“I know, I'm- I'm fuckin sorry, I…I've been thinking about all this shit lately. I've hurt a lot of people, and it all started that day. You were the first person and you didn't deserve it.”
You can't help it anymore, you're swelled with emotions and the tears start coming. You wipe them on your sleeve. He looks so sad to see you cry, his face growing red.
“Ya know,” you begin “My biggest fear for a while was that you'd never apologize, and we'd never go surfing on Lizard Island.”
He laughed. It filled him with so much relief that you were the same sentimental weirdo he'd left over a year ago.
“You forgive me?” He asked.
Outside, the first rays of sunlight were peeking through, and on the screen, the trio tapped across a grand foyer singing ‘Good mornin’, good mooornin’!’
“Yeah, B,” you manage, your voice breaking “I forgave you a long time ago.”
He smiles, and in the light of morning, it’s the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. You can't stand it anymore, you lean over and kiss him and he pulls you into his arms, your body falling into his warm lap. He kisses you deeply, taking your lips and tongue in a greedy show of affection.
The sweetest ‘Good Morning’ you’ve ever known.
Thanks for the request! ~
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Lucio thoughts
Sleeps in a hammock (he needs this weight of sinking into the cloth and the whole thing still moving slightly)
Topless with baggy comfy pants, hair cap to protect braids
Morning routine: wake up, clean face, moisturize skin and hair, trim beard, put hair up, go into kitchen, brew coffee (black, pure, raw energy - Overwatch coffee isnt as strong as the brazilian coffee he is used to, so as a treat he gets some imported), lil bit of breadrolls/toast with butter
Dog person, spoiling Murphy
Still gets along fine with cats though, Mitzi likes to chill in his room (Mitzi lives at the base in my head because yes)
Owns several pairs of heelies
If he doesnt wear skates he wears heelies
Would put rolls on patent shoes to wear with a suit
Skates in the halls and gets flamed by Phara for it (continues to do it, nothing will stop the rio drift)
Would be great at skateboarding but never actually tried it even though its on his bucket list (Genji was a skateboard kid for sure, he would definitely love to teach him)
Can play guitar and ukulele
Strumming a little tune helps him calm down and keep his fingers and head occupied
Regularily carries both his instruments around the base and forgets where they are (lore behind the guitar in helicarrier spawn)
Baggy comfy clothes for the win, comfort over style
Used to casually wear a lot of sports team shirts and still does
Gets cold quickly (brazil curse) so often wearing more layers than others (bro is already complaining at around 25°C/77°F)
Saw snow for the first time in his life just one year ago and still gets all bubbly and excited when Mei tells him its going to be snowing during a mission/at the base
Desperately needs social contact and feels anxiously lonely very quickly
Charges up by being around people and just enjoying their company, even if everyone is kinda doing their own thing
Often hangs around DVa, Bap or Brig since they are very cheerful and fun to be around
They play videogames together (Im sure DVa owns a retro game collection so they play wii sports or guitar hero or smth)
Eats burger with knife and fork and gets laughed at for it
Good cook! Likes veggies :)
Dont look at the state of the kitchen after he is done though
Not the most organized or tidiest person, proud owner of a clothing pile in the corner of his room
That clothing pile is Mitzi's favourite spot
Honestly I see him having his hammock hung up over his normal bed. And he uses the bed as a couch or storage room even when Winston offered him multiple times to take it out of the room.
When you visit his room you just hear "oh wait I'll make some space" and the noise of a bunch of stuff being "moved" to the floor before he offers you to sit on the bed
One of the people you'd hear roaming through the base at 2am looking for food or his guitar he left somewhere
At the same time very concerned about other people's sleep schedule (DVa will not know peace)
Responsible for the music playing during helicarrier flights, master of the aux cord
Custom mixtapes based on destination (he takes it very serious)
Has playlists set up for each Overwatch Agent and carefully builds them up as he tries to figure out everyone's music taste
this started because Reinhardt asked him about David Hasselhoff
not everyone knows about their playlists yet, Lucio himself decides when the time is right to solemnly present it
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