#Steve and Nancy fight and then Steve storms out PAST JONATHAN

[emblazons]

That “did Jonathan lie” poll proving that following subtext / non-explicit storytelling and forgetting entire canon events for the sake of headcanons is an issue across the whole entire fandom because W H A T

We literally see Steve RUN INTO JONATHAN before he WALKS OUT THE DOOR. He didn’t tell Jonathan a damn thing and they literally show us that? Plus Jonathan was already of the opinion that Steve and Nancy were happy /he had no chance because of seeing them dancing earlier + kissing at school—he was just trying to support what he THOUGHT Nancy wanted just like his brother does with Mike in S4. Be serious

[biillyhargroves]

I adore the idea of Billy being casually, nonchalantly kind to others and people having no idea how to handle it because he’s usually so mean.

Like, not even big gestures. It’s always something small. He picks up a pencil that Max drops and she opens her mouth to snap at him only to realize that, for once, he is not being a dick. He nudges Steve out of the way when a basketball is coming at his head and Steve is ready to come out swinging until the ball flies past where he was just standing, slams the wall hard, and Steve is left staring at Billy like, “Oh.” Billy quietly slides his book toward Nancy when she’s called on in class. She’d been distracted, caught up in her own thoughts, and she gets all annoyed thinking that Billy is trying to mess with her only to realize that he’s actually just showing her where they are in the text. Jonathan all tense and ready for a fight when Billy approaches him at the tail end of some party only for Billy to tell him that he noticed that Jonathan was having car trouble and to offer help. He jumps Jonathan’s car when he can’t get it started, recommends a mechanic he’s gotten friendly with since the miles from California to Indiana were so rough on his Camaro. He sits with Chrissy after she storms out of a house party, all teary and frustrated from a fight with Jason, stays with her so that she doesn’t feel alone, even offers to drive her home. She’s nervous at first, has never really gotten to know Billy, but he’s quiet and doesn’t push her to talk and even tells her that Jason’s an idiot if he lets her go over some bullshit disagreement. He gives Heather his sunglasses or his hat at work when it’s hot as Hades outside and she left her own at home. She’s so used to him teasing that she almost thinks that’s where he’s headed, but he’s genuinely offering, even lets her keep them for the rest of their shift because he’s used to the heat anyway. He offers Dustin a ride when Steve’s too busy. Dustin wants to push back, has never really trusted him, but Max is there and Billy is quiet the whole ride, listens to Dustin’s directions and tells Dustin to find him if he’s ever stuck and can’t find a ride again. He does the same thing for all the kids on separate occasions, taking Will or Mike home when Jonathan or Nancy get stuck working on something after school, drives Lucas home after basketball practices. He gives Robin advice on flirting completely unprovoked when he notices her looking upset after she got nervous around Vicki yet again. Her haunches go up, she’s afraid that Billy is going to out her or make fun of her, but he’s sincere and even lets her practice lines on him.

Billy has never been a nice guy, per se, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t be kind.

[jadeylovesmarvelxo]

Treat you better

I have a request! What about eddie having a crush on reader but she's with steve and her and eddie meet at tina's halloween party and immediately hit it off, they chat and stuff but then eddie goes to make a deal and when he comes back shes gone, but when he looks up he sees steve harrington shouldering him (like he did with jonathan) and goes to look for her confused. He found her in the bathroom drunk and crying and takes her home, the next day she calls and asks him to come over, and she tells him how steve broke up with her last night and how they were fighting because he's been flirting with nancy but steve says he's not and last night was the final straw. time goes on and eddie and her become close friends but he wants more and eventually she does as well. they go to tina's next halloween party and steve was staring at her all night and trys to talk to her when eddie starts walking away but she's pulls eddie back and kisses him and he sees steve walk off and thinks it's just a kiss to make steve jealous but after catching up with him since he walked off from her the reader explains it wasn't like that, and she really liked him and she didn't see steve at all, she just saw her chance to kiss him and took it?

Warnings; Angst to Fluff. S4 AU, breakups, Eddie is crushing hard In reader, falling in love ❤

Pairings; Brief Steve Harrington x Reader

Eventual Eddie Munson x Reader

It was Tina's pre-Halloween party, everyone was at it drinking beer, smoking weed and generally having a great time.

Y/n was only a teeny bit drunk and spent the night chatting to various friends. She had struck up a conversation with Eddie Munson and thought he was really cool.

She didn't understand why people called him a freak? So he liked D&D and heavy metal? So what? Her cousin did too and he was the coolest guy she knew. Even cooler than her boyfriend Steve the hair Harrington.

Not that she would tell him that...

Eddie was really sweet and his brown eyes were so beautiful. All big and doe-eyed, she nick-named him, Bambi, in her head.

Unbeknownst to her, Eddie had a massive crush on her and his stomach was doing somersaults just from speaking to her. She was so beautiful, he had been crushing on her for so long.

Harrington was his friend though so he wouldn't do anything but shit did he wish he could be with her.

One of his usual clients comes up looking for a deal and he excuses himself.

He's quick as he can be around ten minutes but when he comes back y/n is nowhere to be found.

He looks around for her and Steve comes storming downstairs.

"She's upstairs, in the bathroom". He shoulders past Eddie and Eddie heads upstairs having a bad feeling about what had happened.

Some people are complaining outside the bathroom but one look from him sends them scampering away. When he heads inside his heart drops.

Y/n is on the floor sobbing and looks up at him her eyes so sad that it makes his heart ache.

"Sweetheart, what happened?" he helps her up and she shakes her head unwilling to speak about it, she was too tearful.

"Can you drive me home, please Eddie?" he nods and wraps his arm around her taking her downstairs and out the door to his van.

She's quiet all the way there except to give him directions. When they arrive at her house she kisses him on the cheek.

"Thank you, Eddie" as she heads into her home and gives him a small wave, he's too stunned to reciprocate however as his mind is still on the way her lips felt against his cheek.

Jesus H Christ he really was a goner for her.

💞💞

The following day she phones Eddie to thank him for driving her home. She got his number from Dustin (she used to babysit him when he was little and she was always fond of him)

Eddie picks up on the third ring and she feels a sense of comfort hearing his voice.

"Munson residence".

"Hi, Eddie". She swears he almost drops the phone.

"Shit! stupid phone. Hey sweetheart, are you okay?". She bites her lip and considers lying and saying she is fine but she enjoyed his company last night and wants to give him an explanation of why he found her crying in the bathroom.

"Can you come over, please? I want to explain what happened last night and I would like to hang out with you again?".

"You would?" he asks stunned and she is quick to assure him.

"Of course, I think you're really cool". He is silent for a second before replying.

"I'll be there as soon as I can sweetheart".

Within fifteen minutes he was at her house and her heart did a flip at his dimpled smile.

"Hey".

"Hi, would you like something to drink? Eat?". He asks her if she has any Yoohoo and they she gets one for her and him.

"So about last night... she begins and he softens.

"You don't have to explain sweetheart. I was happy to help". His kindness is so endearing and she gently takes his hand.

"Thank you, Eddie, you've been so kind, I need to say what happened though and why I kinda look a mess right now".

In Eddie's mind, he didn't think y/n looked a mess, she was in a hoodie and sweats, with no makeup and messy hair yet she was the most beautiful girl in the world to him. She always looked beautiful to him.

Pressing on with the conversation she recounts the events of last night.

"Steve broke up with me, we had a huge fight, he said I was an insecure mess and he has had enough of it". Eddie reacts angrily.

"I like Harrington but that was a fucking dick move".

"It was the same argument between me and Steve. It evolved around Nancy. He's been flirting with her, I know he is but he said he isn't but I've caught him out three times now".

Eddie shakes his head.

"Yup, he's an idiot. If I was lucky to have you there would be no other girl for me. Only you" his sweetness makes her heart race and she squeezes his hand still clutching hers.

"Long story short he dumped me and I was drunk, locked myself in the bathroom and cried my eyes out but I'll be okay. I know I will be".

She would be. She was sure of it.

💞💞

Her prediction was right, she and Eddie began to spend more time together. It progressed from them just talking to spending nights watching movies together.

Then she would accompany him to Corroded Coffin and he would visit her when she was doing cheer practice. They went for drives in his van and camped out together, she loved it.

Chrissy thought they were adorable together and y/n thought about telling her that they were just friends but truthfully she was starting to fall for him.

He was so handsome and whenever he was near her she honestly felt she could get lost in his beautiful brown eyes and stay forever in his arms.

Never had she felt this way, not even about Steve, Eddie made her heart race, her stomach fill with butterflies and made her ache in desire from just one look.

She was sure he felt the same but she was a bit nervous to ask. What if he didn't feel the same and she ruined their friendship?

No, she would wait until she was absolutely sure.

💞💞

Once again there was a party at Tina's, this time it was near Christmas, it was snowing and the fairy lights surrounding the trees outside Tina's house made everywhere look so magical.

She had arrived with Eddie, Steve was there with Nancy on his arm and he catches her eye. So she was right all along then? She expected to feel upset but she didn't.

Maybe because she had fallen so hard for Eddie that Steve had been driven from her mind.

Eddie clutches her hand and she squeezes his gently.

They have a few beers and she even coaxes Eddie to dance a few times. Steve keeps staring at her and even tries to talk to her but she isn't interested one bit and wraps her arms around Eddie's neck.

She giggles when she finds out that he's a pretty good dancer.

To her annoyance, Steve tries to talk to her again and Eddie sighs trying to leave. Furious she rounds on Steve.

"Steve, you made your choice now leave me alone". She desperately wants Eddie to understand that it's him she wants and she tugs his hand and kisses him.

When he kisses her back she moans in delight and his hands gently fist in her hair, the sensation of his lips on hers sends arousal pooling in her lower body.

Wow.

He moves away and strokes her cheek, then he frowns seeing Steve storm off looking back at her hurt.

She watched confused as he rushes out.

"Eddie wait!". She catches up with him and he wipes his eyes. Gently she tugs on his hand and he looks at her his eyes full of hurt.

"Eddie why did you run off? Did you not like the kiss?" She asks him sadly and he gapes at her.

"You're kidding, right? It was fucking perfect! I ran off because you did it because Steve was watching. To make him jealous".

That's what he thought? No, no no no.

"Eddie, I kissed you because I've fallen for you and I wanted to kiss you, I didn't even know Steve was there". He swallows and he cups her cheek, stroking it softly.

"You mean that?". She nods and moves closer shivering a little. It's really cold, he shrugs off his leather jacket and wraps it around her shoulders.

"Thank you, she murmurs and cuddles into it, and yeah I mean it. I'm over Steve, I want you, Eddie, only you".

He melts at that point, his features all soft and eyes full of reverence.

"You're all I want to sweetheart, only you".

He kisses her forehead and cuddles her into him.

"Let's go to mine sweetheart?". She beams at him and takes his hand and they head to his, she has a very good feeling that Eddie is the one.

❤

[natashasfilms]

Chapter Nine - Hunters

Summary: While having to deal with personal issues in her life, Aria Kaul has to fight off monsters from another dimension after one of the kids she babysits goes missing.

Pairing: Steve Harrington x Original Female Character

Warnings: This story contains mature themes such as sexual content, strong language, violence, mentions of alcohol and drugs, blood, gore, and death.

Note: I imagine Aria Kaul as South Asian but I have decided to let you, the reader, imagine her appearance, hence the reason why I have not given her a face claim. However, her race does not affect the story, whatsoever. You, as the reader, are free to imagine her however you want. If you don’t see her as South Asian, then that’s fine. It won’t affect the storyline.

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Aria, Jonathan, and Nancy were now at the shop buying any equipment that could destroy that monster once and for all. Aria was looking around, finding a sharp knife. She picked it up and examined it, twirling it with her hands.

“Hey,” Jonathan appeared next to her. “Careful with that.”

She smirked. “What? Don’t trust me with it?”

He shook his head and chuckled. “Come on, we have to go.”

They set all the items onto the counter for the cashier. He looked at them like they were insane, mouth agape. “What are you kids doing with all of this?”

Jonathan and Nancy looked at each other, unsure of what to say. “Monster hunting,” Aria said, tilting her head and giving him a sly smile.

“Monster hunting?” Nancy chuckled, putting the things they bought into the trunk of Jonathan’s car.

“At least I didn’t lie,” said Aria, smirking.

As Aria and Jonathan were putting the boxes into the trunk, Nancy started talking. “You know, last week, I was shopping for a new top I thought Steve would like.” Aria stiffened at the mention of Steve’s name but quickly went back to work, not letting it get to her. “It took me and Barb all weekend. It seemed like life or death, you know?” She laughed. “And…and now…”

“You’re shopping for bear traps with Jonathan Byers and Aria Kaul,” Jonathan said.

“Yeah.”

Aria’s hair was getting in the way so she used the hair tie on her wrist to tie it up. “What’s the weirdest part, Wheeler? Us or the bear trap?”

“You guys,” she smiled. “Definitely you guys.” That made all three of them laugh.

Just then, a car drove past them and honked, a guy from their school calling out Nancy. “Hey Nance!” The three turned to look at him. “Can’t wait to see your movie.”

The three had confused looks on their faces, eyebrows pulled together. “What the hell was that?” Jonathan asked.

Nancy moved away from the car to watch the car drive away. “I don’t know.” Then she turned around and saw what he meant. Aria noticed and turned around as well, still confused. Nancy ran, getting closer to whatever it was, the other two following behind.

“Nancy, wait!” Jonathan shouted.

They finally stopped and there, Aria saw, were big red words on the theater marquee.

‘NANCY THE SLUT WHEELER’

Aria’s mouth was wide open, shock written all over her face. She saw how Nancy was on the verge of tears and she felt terrible. Why would anyone do this?

“Jesus,” Jonathan said, eyes wide.

Everyone around was looking at the words, making Nancy extremely uncomfortable. They then heard laughing close by, Nancy going towards it. Aria had a feeling as to who it was and she was not going to let it slide. Nancy was her friend now, she was going to defend her all the way.

Nancy stormed her way behind the buildings, finding the culprits in an alleyway. She walked over to them angrily, heat radiating off of her. Aria ran after her and saw that she slapped Steve. She wanted to laugh but contained herself. He definitely deserved it. She should’ve done it the first time he abandoned her.

“What is wrong with you?” Nancy spat out.

“What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with you? I was worried about you. I can’t believe I was actually worried about you,” Steve scoffed.

Nancy was confused, not knowing what he was talking about. “What are you talking about?”

Carol decided to include herself into the conversation. “I wouldn’t lie if I were you. You don’t want to be known as the lying slut now, do you?”

“Oh, Carol,” Aria said playfully, bringing her hands out. “You know, I typically hate slut shaming but the only real slut here is you. I mean, I did see you and Fred leave the bathroom in school together the other day.”

Carol gasped. “How dare you?!”

“Ah, speak of the devil,” Tommy H. said, stepping off of the steps he stood on. “Hi.”

Now it made sense to Aria and she knew Nancy figured it out too. “You came by last night?”

Steve stared at her, anger written on his face.

“Ding! Ding! Ding! Does she get a prize?” Said Carol, Tommy putting an arm around her shoulder.

“Carol, do you ever shut up?” Aria retorted, getting heated at her comments. “Maybe there’s a prize for being the most annoying bitch.”

She let go of Tommy’s hold and stood in front of Aria. “Let’s see Kaul, maybe there’s a prize for being a bitch that’s still hung up on a guy that doesn’t like them back.”

Aria raised her eyebrows and scoffed. “Oh, you want to start a fight, now? You really want to get your short ass beat today, huh?” She didn’t notice but Steve’s mouth twitched, fighting a smile which was very hard to stop. He missed her spiteful comments. She was always good at them.

“Hey, stop,” Jonathan said, putting a hand on her shoulder. Steve noticed this and his heart twitched, getting angrier. Aria looked down at the girl, glaring at her. She stepped back, not looking away. She raised an eyebrow at her, pointing her head to go back to where she was moments ago.

“Look, I don’t know what you think you saw, but it wasn’t like that,” Nancy told him, trying to make things clear.

“What, you just let him into your room to…study?” Steve asked, looking back at Jonathan. His eyes left on Aria’s for a brief moment before going back to Nancy.

“Or for another pervy photo session?” Tommy said, making Carol and Nicole laugh.

“We were just…”

“You were just what? Huh? Finish that sentence.” He took a few steps closer to her, making Nancy back up. “Finish. The sentence.”

Nancy stayed quiet, not saying anything. Aria wanted to say something but didn’t. She didn’t know what to say. She was afraid that if she said anything else, it wouldn’t turn out pretty in the end. She had to control herself.

Steve scoffed. “Go to hell, Nancy.”

Jonathan walked towards Nancy and pulled her aside. “Come on, Nancy, let’s just leave.”

This didn’t sit well with Steve so he continued to say more. “You know what, Byers? I’m actually kind of impressed.” Steve pushed Jonathan while he was talking, shoving him away. “I always took you for a queer, but I guess you’re just a little screw-up like your father.”

Aria wasn’t having any more of this and stepped in between the boys, Steve stopping once he saw her. “And you know, Harrington, I always took you for a guy with actual compassion, but I guess you’re just like all the other low-life jocks that have no future in the end.”

She could see his eyes soften, looking down at her. She knew it hurt him and she actually enjoyed it, finally being able to hurt him the way he hurt her.

The look didn’t last long and it soon turned into a hard expression, his eyes boring into her. “Move.”

Aria pouted and shrugged. “Or what? Are you going to run away again like you always do?”

He stared at her for a few more seconds before ignoring her, moving her aside gently which made her scoff, and going back to insulting Jonathan. “That house is full of screw-ups,” he said, shoving Jonathan once again. “And I guess I shouldn’t really be surprised because there are a bunch of screw-ups in your family like your mom—“

“Harrington, you better shut your mouth right now,” Aria threatened him, anger filling her veins. He didn’t listen and continued anyway, angering Jonathan more and more.

“Jonathan, leave it,” Nancy told Jonathan, pulling him away.

“I’m not even surprised what happened to your brother, but I’m sorry to have to be the one to tell you this but the Byers family,” he continued, pushing him harder. “Is a disgrace to the entire—“

Jonathan punched him in the face, making everyone gasp.

“Oh, God,” Aria mumbled, fingers pinching the bridge of her nose.

That wasn’t the end. After Steve stood back up, he tackled Jonathan to the ground, throwing punches at him. However, Jonathan was too strong for him and started punching him in the face. Aria would’ve gladly watched the show but she heard police sirens and the cops getting out of their cars to stop the fight.

Jonathan, not paying any attention to anyone besides Steve, accidentally punched the cop, giving Steve the chance to run away from the scene with his clique. The cops then put Jonathan in handcuffs, Aria and Nancy looking at each other and scared for the shit they were about to go through now.

They were at the police station, waiting to be released. Aria was sitting with Nancy and Jonathan, waiting for anyone to get them out.

She watched Nancy and Jonathan, smiling at them. It was no secret the older Byers’ boy liked the older Wheeler’s girl. She wanted Jonathan to be happy but she was with Steve. How funny it was, the two being in love with people they couldn’t have.

As they were talking, Hopper and Joyce came to the police station, most likely finding out what happened. “Hey, Jonathan, Jesus, what happened?” Joyce exclaimed, running over to them and demanding to know what was going on.

“I’m fine,” Jonathan insisted.

“Why is he wearing handcuffs?” Joyce asked the other police officer.

“Your boy assaulted a police officer,” Officer Calahan told them. “That’s why.”

“It was an accident,” Aria spoke up, looking at the two adults. “He didn’t mean to hit him.”

“Take them off,” Joyce demanded.

“I am afraid I cannot do that.”

“Take them off!” She said, more angrily this time.

“You heard her,” Hopper stepped in. “Take ‘em off.”

“Chief, I get everyone’s emotional here, but there’s something you need to see.” Officer Powell said.

The two officers took Hopper outside to show them their car, with all of the weapons they bought earlier that day. Hopper brought the box inside the station and Joyce started to rummage through them, asking what all of this was.

“You care to explain what’s going on?” Hopper asked, more so towards Aria. “Why was this in your car?” He asked the second question towards Jonathan, making Joyce gasp and look at her son.

“If we told you, would you really believe us?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.

“I wanna see you in my office,” Hopper told her. Aria raised an eyebrow. “Now.”

She followed him towards his office, him shutting the door behind them. “What is all of that?”

“Just so you know, whatever comes out of my mouth, I promise I am not going insane–”

“Aria. Please, just say it.”

Aria looked at him. “Monster hunting.”

“What?”

She shrugged. “Monster hunting.”

He blinked, mouth agape. “Care to elaborate?” And she did.

[kaypeace21]

Jonathan is repeating the same romantic mistakes as his mother (narrative analysis)

All of  us have heard certain arguments...

- Nancy is called out by Jonathan for how dating Steve is just her repeating her mother’s mistake of being with someone she doesn’t actually love (Ted).  And Ted and steve are both paralleled to eachother to illustrate this. Steve and ted continuing to eat chicken at dinner as their gf /wife storm off from the table upset , and they do nothing.  In s2, Ted and steve both give Mike advice via football analogies-telling him to “stay on the bench/you’re on the bench”. 

-Mike wears the same shirt as his mom and dad in s3- who are stuck in a loveless marriage. The same season he's in his awkward forced relationship with El. So-in s3, mother and son are both in loveless relationships but are both secretly interested in a dude named William. Yep.

But let’s discuss Jonathan...

-in s3 Jonathan is called “mother’s son”, and grabs an axe like Joyce does in s1 . Similarly, Will is called “Lonnie’s kid” ,and in s3 mimics Lonnie by grabbing a  bat . Joyce in s3 also wears Jonathan’s s1 shirt. (Comparable, to how Mike wears similar clothes to his parents - and repeats their romantic mistakes- specifically his mother’s).  Which begs the question. What romantic mistakes of his mother is jonathan repeating? Well this is going to be A LOT to break down...

Both Jonathan/Joyce make the same romantic mistakes. (which is why j*ncy/j*pper mirror eachother).  Murray  brings up Lonnie when talking about the potential of J*ancy/J*pper first getting together.Both j*pper and j*ncy get into a yelling match in cars in s3. And Murray asks if both ships are having "lovers quarrels '.

When describing j*pper in the car , Murray says Joyce thinks of Hopper as a “brute” that reminds her of a past "bad relationship" (lonnie) and that she wants to be with a “good guy” (like bob)  but that she’s “curious how (Hopper) is in the sac’ - ‘sac’ is slang for bed. Murray also says in the car to j*pper " cut the horsesh*t -and admit your sexual feelings for eachother”. Mirroring  In s2 murray saying for j*ncy to " cut the bullsh*t -and share the damn bed '.

The first thing we see of j*ncy in s3ep1 is them literally them sharing a bed , half dressed after b*nging, lipstick on Jonathan's face. Then Joyce (wearing jonathan’s s1 shirt)-points to and touches the lipstick on his face. After this J*ncy gets in the car - and as Nancy yells at jonathan to not give her a ‘jonathan byer’s pep talk’, he sighs /agrees , and Nancy applies her lipstick . Showing  a stark contrast between their physical chemistry vs emotional chemistry 

Even Nancy being shown pants-less and cutting off Jonathan’s emotional talk -parallels a doomed romance in s1. In s1,  Sandra walks out pants-less (after sl**ping with Hopper), and when Hopper tries initiating a talk about emotions (she cuts him off and suggests they do it again instead). 

The shirt Joyce wears that’s originally jonathan’s is specifically shown when Jonathan (in his room) tells Will not to mimic Lonnie’s teachings (about baseball). But also when Jonathan hears his parents arguing on the phone-in the flashback.

We see in s1 (after Will goes missing) Jonathan watches Joyce on the PHONE begging for Lonnie to respond. Jonathan in s3 specifically gets offended Nancy waited hours to call him about an emergency (that may relate to Will)- because when Joyce begged Lonnie to call her back over an emergency about Will- Lonnie never called her back.

We even have the Nancy applying Lipstick scene parallel the j*ncy phone fight.  Nancy saying to not give a Jonathan byers’ “peptalk-right now”/ “lecture-right now” (positive and negative words)cause “ I really don’t need/give a sh*t”. 

Both times Nancy says she doesn’t care about what jonathan has to say - it’s in the CAR (where Lonnie is mentioned and J*ncy is said to ‘not understand eachother anymore’-a line directly paralleled to Lonnie/Joyce’s relationship .)And the Byers’ PHONE (where similar to J*ncy , Lonnie/Joyce would argue on the phone too).Both relationships were based on the physical not emotional.

The line that parallels j*ncy to Lonnie/joyce : is when Jonathan says while shooting Lonnie’s gun.“ I guess *he and my mother* must have loved eachother { at some point}” . And in s3, Nancy says to Jonathan (in the CAR) “ I guess *we* just don’t understand eachother {anymore}”.

Jonathan even brought up his father-in his car fight with Nancy. So i believe this line comparison was intentional by the writers. In both the j*ncy/j*pper CAR fights Lonnie is brought up. Lonnie affects Joyce and Jonathan’s relationships without even having to be around.

Also , yes, I’m aware that neither side was entirely right in the s3 j*ncy fight (nor am I excusing what Jonathan did to Nancy in s1).But let’s break something down- Nancy causes him to lose his job (which he needs to support his family /for his own college-since his dad isn’t around). And then Nancy says “here comes the Oliver twist routine again” (showing she doesn’t care much about his poverty that Oliver and Jonathan share or the fact -similar to Oliver-a parent is gone. Heck both Oliver & Jonathan have ab*sive family members too- so bruh that’s messed up to say). Than right after Jonathan brings up his dad-she really put salt in his wounds calling him an “assh*le” (like  how Nancy called Lonnie a “assh*le”- right before jancy first hooked up in s2).

Nancy does apologize  and says she never even thought he was like “those assh*les” and “never meant it”. But Jonathan just dismisses the remark  by saying she just said it "in anger”- and then jonathan says to Nancy he’s “completely, entirely, mortifying wrong” for the fight. Which -no ... he wasn’t. Even Nancy did a double take at his comment- and Jonathan smirks cause they both know it’s bs to patch up their fight. Than Jonathan says to not let it get to her head .which it immediately does as she says “i look forward to you never doubting me again.” But you know he’s probably emulating what Joyce used to say to pacify Lonnie. Cause (similar to Nancy in anger) Lonnie in anger called Joyce “an assh*le” too- while hypocritically attacking her parenting. And Jonathan says nothing to this. But does excuse Nancy for doing so to him-by dismissing it as just anger/the fact she didn’t mean it. what is telling is in that same”assh*le” convo -Lonnie says about Jonathan’s words “ SEE. (cough audience) that’s your mother talking RIGHT THERE”. Again illustrating how he mimics  Joyce (especially in dysfunctional romantic dynamics).

The first scene of j*ncy in s3 after “sharing the bed” is even a back to the future ref-a film name dropped in s3 (by steve/robin who mention the creepy  parent /son vibes in the film) . Jonathan puts on his pants and trips and falls face first. This in ‘back to the future’ happens to Marty -when a younger-version of his parent hits on him. yikes...

We also know how Billy & Jonathan are foils. They have similarities but the big difference between them is: one is a good older brother and the other is not. But look at the similarities .  Both have homophobic dads who are into baseball , both had their dads shove them into walls, both had a parent abandon them. Both attacked Steve after their younger sibling dissappears. Jonathan also tells a story where his dad made him k*ll a rabbit- to " teach him" how to be more like him. Hargrove (Billy's last name) - means "Grove filled with rabbits". And in s4 it's rumored Jonathan works at 'surfer boy" pizza. And who was a surfer boy in s3...billy. And Billy is attracted to  mrs.wheeler cause she subconsciously  reminds him of the parent (mother) who abandoned him as a kid. SO... Jonathan is attracted to miss Wheeler ( Nancy) cause subconsciously she reminds him of the parent (father) who abandoned him as a kid. Both are subconsciously  getting into unhealthy relationships to fill that void of abandonment-caused by their parent.

*Also people seem to forget in s2, part of the reason Jonathan made a move on Nancy in the first place was to PROVE he didn’t have ‘trust issues’ relating to his dad. Which he does.

He’s internalized his parent’s romantic dynamic to a certain extent- he’s just more in the Joyce Role.  While Nancy fits more so in the Lonnie role (no I’m not saying she’s as bad Lonnie- it’s just a lose parallel).

But,It’s especially ironic since he criticized Nancy for “rebelling” and making the same romantic mistakes as her mother. And telling her she’ll just end up with someone like her dad. And that st*ncy will be “like your parents who you found so depressing”. He wasn’t wrong - stancy are like karen/ted. But-Yikes. J*ncy is resembling Joyce/Lonnie too. Both Nancy pairings fit Jonathan’s expression. ‘Black meet kettle’ (google that expression if confused). Nice work buddy you played yourself XD.

Ok back to discussing the SHIRT of Joyce & Jonathan.The shirt Joyce wears that’s originally jonathan’s is shown when Jonathan tells Will not to mimic Lonnie’s teachings / Jonathan hears Joyce arguing with Lonnie via phone. . Bob telling Joyce to ignore those sinister calls in s2, is prob a hint that Lonnie was the one calling.The other time Jonathan grabs the shirt is when he’s in his room (and thinks he hears Joyce on the phone) . It’s also worn by Joyce as she brings attention to the lipstick (which is a symbol of fighting/mostly the physical chemistry of j*ncy).   And Joyce also wears this shirt when she  picks up the bob drawing and sadly caresses it.

Later (in the same shirt) after Hopper asks her out :Joyce watches cheers (Ep “rescue me”) and jopper is compared to Dianne and fraiser. Diane says as joyce is listening to the tv “He (fraiser) had a couple of sips of Chianti tonight and asked me to marry him.” At dinner Hopper orders a chianti  while being stood up by Joyce. And Dianne and Frasier don’t marry and are also not endgame, cause she ditches him at the alter. 

The other ep of cheers she watches in s3 was with Bob in a flashback , and was called “ the rebound part 2″ in reference to Fraiser (aka Hopper). He’s just a rebound to Bob-why she’s thinking of Bob after Hopper asked her out. Aka lIke Murray said to her later in s3-she really does want to be with a “nice man” like Bob but goes for men that aren’t necessarily good for her. That she gets in yelling matches with similar to Hopper/Lonnie. Who both imply she’s crazy over lights/magnets and both say she’s “1 step over the edge’.  And she goes for guys like this because she’s curious how they’re “like in the SACK” (according to Murray). Also, remember how in s3 Jancy is compared to Lonnie/Joyce via a specific quote, that jonathan says to Nancy when they shoot cans. (Specifically, about how Jonathan never saw Joyce/lonnie love eachother? Well , when shooting cans Nancy also mentions ted/karen’s loveless marriage , and how they never loved eachother, and the relationship was represented by them being “on a cul-de-SAC’ (like the j*pper SACK line). In s3, both j*ncy/j*pper have car fights where lonnie is brought up, and both pairings in s3 are verbally compared to loveless marriages that Nancy/Jonathan discussed in s1, while shooting cans.

*You could also argue that m*leven /St*ncy being called bullsh*t (aka not in love) ties to Murray saying about the j*ncy/J*pper “cut the bullsh*t/horseh*t” (as foreshadowing that it’s not healthy either).

Also, no I’m not saying Nancy & Hopper are as bad as lonnie it’s just a loose comparison- that Joyce & Jonathan lean into relationships that involve a lot of “lover’s quarrels” and s*x (rather than something more emotionally healthy).

[urcuteharrington]

hi, I just saw your post asking for some requests. Maybe if you can do a Steve angst but with a little bit of fluff? 💛💛

forgotten?☁️🕊

summary-steve seemed to have forgotten you when nancy came into the picture

word count-1.8k

warnings-fighting and cursing

a/n-i really hope you guys enjoyed this because it took me so long to write but i appreciate you all and i’m so glad to be back 🤍

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huge thanks to @angsty-plots for giving me ideas for new angst plots<3

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steve and i were good friends that was until he started dating nancy wheeler. it use to be steve and i doing everything together hanging out at each others houses, long car rides , going to tommy’s parties , and now he forgot all about me. i knew steve had a crush on ever since the beginning... i saw the way he looked at her when she would walk past him , i saw the sparkle in his eyes when he talked about her or whenever she was around. it use to be steve, tommy, carol, and i hanging out at lunch everyday but i was soon replaced when steve asked nancy to go to his house for a hangout with carol and tommy since his parents were out of town. that night he only invited me out of pity and i saw the subtitle flirting between the two and it made me sick. i walked barb that night to the bathroom after she sliced her thumb trying to open a beer can.” i know steve has gauze and bandages somewhere here ill look just keep your hand under the water” i tell her. that night i saw nancy and steve go into his room and i knew what was going to happen and i couldn’t bare being their for it. I said my goodbye to barb wishing her a safe ride home and went on my way. remembering that night i cried my heart out wondering why steve never expressed interest in me.

That was months ago now it’s around october and it was tommy’s halloween bash. i wasn’t going to go but i decided that it was better than sitting at home doing nothing. i knew i was going to see steve their with nancy but i still went even if it was going to hurt seeing my best friend who forgot i even existed. I go dressed up as (whatever you want) and grab my keys getting ready to head off to the party. pulling up to the house i already see drunk teens walking around with their heels in hand or wobbling around. i walk in and head over to the kitchen and try to grab a drink of spiked punch. while pouring i look over and see them... steve and nancy dancing to the beat of the music. a sudden wave of sadness hit and i decided to take a sip of the punch feeling the alcohol run down my throat.

minutes pass and i decided to stay in the kitchen since i felt like it was my best bet to not run into them while on the dance floor. watching the drunken teens flirting and stumbling their words amused on how quickly the punch could get someone drunk.then i saw her , the girl who stole my best friend from me and the boy i loved. nancy walked into the kitchen and grabbed more cups of the spiked punch , one after another i was able to see her get completely shitfaced in the ,mater of only a few minutes. steve came looking for nancy and they got into a fight and i watched intensely. watching as the punch spilled all over her while sweater my mouth opened a jar shocked at how messy everything was getting. watching her and steve storm over to the bathroom. moments later i move to the living room near the front door and suddenly get shouldered by steve who seemed furious and watching jonathan rush to the bathroom. i decided to stay a little longer since the party was still going strong.

a few days later i noticed that steve and nancy were slowly falling out since he wasn’t visiting her at school anymore and her and jonathan seemed to have gotten closer. they seemed to be done and whatever was said in that bathroom must have been bad. i decided to go to steve’s house and check up on him, even if we weren’t friends anymore i didnt want to see him go through something like a breakup alone. knocking on his front door i waited anxiously wondering if i was making the wrong choice. “ hey how can i- oh hi y/n. i didnt uh expect you to be here?” steve says opening the door confused. “ i know steve but i wanted to talk to you” i say as he walks me to his room to talk.” hey i was actually gonna go out and apologize to nancy so if you can come and help me pick something out for her” my heart sank i haven’t talked to him in months and he already brought her up. not a hey how are you or a i miss you nothing its always about her i think to myself. “ oh i actually came to talk to you about something “ “ shoot” he says.” why did you stop talking to me” silence filled the room 1...2...3 minutes passed waiting for him to say something anything” steve you left me for nancy and i dont get what i did for you to sto talking to me. i understand shes your girlfriend but shit i didnt think you’d completely forget about me” i say standing up from his bed looking at him with sadness in my eyes.” i-i thought you didn’t want to hang out with us anymore y/n i didnt notice at first i i’m so sorry” he says guilt in his voice.” i feel like i lost the only person i truly cared about and and you were my friend and now you don’t even look my way steve how could you not notice me not being their... how did you not notice me not their at your basketball games cheering you on or the long car rides we would have just blasting music or going to tommy’s parties and taking turns getting shit faced. tell me steve is it me was i just not who you wanted to be around anymore was she my replacement because i saw it since the beginning” chocking on my words i hold back my tears. i didnt want to cry but eventually it fell and my vision blurred with tears.” y/n i never ment to make you feel that way and i am so sorry i guess i just got so caught up in nancy and i didnt notice you slowly leave and i i just feel terrible “ steve looked at me finally realizing how much he affected me and how much pain he caused me. “steve if you didnt want to be friends anymore you could have just told me you really hurt me” i say to him not daring to look him in the eyes.”i-i” is all he could say” you know what steve a simple hey i dont think we should be friends anymore its not your fault i just think we should go our own ways would have been nice” i say to him walking past him” you know thanks for being my friend for so many years but i cant be friends with someone who doesn’t give two shits about me anymore” i say as i walk out the door and walk back home since it was only a few houses down.steve not moving just in shock realizing that he was the reason why he lost his best friend.

days past and steve found out that nancy liked jonathan and accepted it telling her its okay and like that they broke up. driving around i felt a wave of sadness hit when the song steve and i would listen to while blasting music. tears spill down my face as i drive home. once i make it home i calm myself down and wash up when i suddenly hear the doorbell go off. walking over i open the door seeing the infamous billy hargrove “ hey their doll face i was wondering if you’ve seen my little sister max i know that you tutor some of her friends so i was wondering if you could help me figure out where the byers house is” he says licking his lips seductively “ yeah i could take you their and help you look for your little sister just let me grab my stuff “ i say looking at him.” after getting to the byers house i stay in the car until i see steve walk out confused at why he is their. everything happened so fast punches were thrown and now i’m driving the kids to this random area in hawkins. steve wakes up and sees me driving confused at how he ended up in this situation. getting to the destination steve and i talk while the kids grab everything. in the car they explained everything that happened in thus far with el , will, the upsidown , and etc. “ we broke up” steve says looking at me “ what why are you okay” even if we weren’t close anymore i didnt want him to feel like he had no one. “ she likes jonathan and the night of the party she called our relationship bullshit and i accepted it since i-“ dustin cuts him off by yelling at him how we didnt have enough time.

getting the kids out of the tunnels one by one steve was just about to help me up when he grabbed onto me tightly in a protective matter when the demo dogs ran toward us. watching as they ran past us he told me” i lost you once and i’m not gonna lose you again”getting out of the tunnels i was able to fully process everything that happened and once el closed the gate and steve and i were finally alone he broke the silence “ i love you y/n i never ment to hurt you and i’m sorry.” speechless i sit their “ steve i know you loved nan-“ he cuts me off “ after our first fight i knew she loved jonathan and i guess i couldn’t believe it till she called our relationship bullshit and i love you so much y/n and it was stupid of me to not tell you earlier” “ i love you too steve but what you did hurt me i mean you completely forgot about me” “ i know y/n but could you give me a second chance i’ll make it up to you... could i take you on a date and patch everything up” i really didn’t want to forgive him but i couldn’t just abandon him because i needed him i loved him and he loved me “ i would love that steve “ i say looking at him with love in my eyes and a smile plastered on my face.

[fakescenarios-tohelpyousleep]

tv| steve harrington ft. billy hargrove

I'll stay in the pool and drown so I don't have to watch you leave tv by billie eilish

(Rewritten)

Billy Hargrove. He was Hawkins' very own personal asshole. The mullet having, fast car driving, fight starting, beer drinking, abusive asshole. And yes, I will admit, he was all of those things, but he was also mine. 

It was October 1984 when you first met Billy Hargrove, and it was the Summer of 1985 when you saw him die with your own two eyes after a summer of scooping ice cream and getting kidnapped by Russians alongside Robin Buckley, Erica Sinclair, Dustin Henderson and Steve Harrington. 

No one will ever know him for his heroic last moments, or the handful of moments where his humanity showed that you’ve seen. Everyone will remember him as the asshole of Hawkins who drank and smoked a little too much and who probably almost ran you over with his car once or twice.

You had been dealing with a slight case of stress response syndrome when you met Billy. It was October 1984, a drunken Billy had stumbled and split a cup of beer on you at some Halloween party you had attended with your friend Nancy and your friend-threw-association Steve Harrington. He didn’t speak to you and instead stumbled away in another direction, as you approached the bathroom to clean yourself off, Steve stormed out of the door and right past you. “Steve!” You called after him, but he didn’t give you a second look, continuing to mumble under his breath as he rushes angrily out of the party. Looking in, you find Nancy also covered in alcohol mumbling something about how, ‘This is bullshit’, luckily you quickly found your oldest friend Jonathan Byers making his way through the party and put him in charge of getting Nancy home safe as you made your own way home. 

Home didn’t exactly welcome you that night. As you approached your front door, the door itself wasn’t enough to hide the screaming and carrying on caused by your mother and older sister inside those 4 walls. With a sigh, you make your way around to the side of your house and take the all too familiar seat besides the small hopper window at the base of the house that shows into your sister’s basement bedroom, once the yelling stops, that light will turn on showing she has retired to her room for the night, then and only then it will be bearable to walk back into that house. 

Rusling from the street made you quickly sit up straight from your position slumped against your concrete wall, squinting, you notice it was the boy from the party, still drunk off his ass, stumbling towards you. 

“Hey! Aren’t you the girl I drenched at the party?” He slurred his words slightly, pointing at you as he continued coming closer. “Yeah, thanks for that by the way.” You replied sarcastically looking up at him as he stopped once he reached you. He looked up to the house when another round of screaming began, he pointed, “You’re place?” You quickly put your hands up, “I take no responsibility for this shit hole.” “Yeah-” Billy began as he threw himself, a little roughly in your opinion, into a spot next to you on the ground. “This place is a shit hole.” He nodded, agreeing with you, as he pulled out a pack of cigarettes, putting one between his lips before leaning the box towards you. “Want one?” With a shrug you take one placing it between your own lips while he lights his before your own. You take a drag, one much longer than him before releasing the smoke with no effect on your lungs. Billy watches you before chuckling slowly and taking another hit of his own. 

That was night that started everything, the conversation ended when your sister barged out of the house taking your car with her, leaving you without a ride to school the next morning, one comment and a night of sleep later left Billy Hargrove forcing Max out of the house early and into the backseat of his Camero to get to your house to pick you up before you could start walking. 

One ride turned to two, your corduroy jacket turned into a leather one, and your reputation turned from Jonathan’s weird best friend to the girlfriend of the new asshole of Hawkins High and there was only really one person who despised it. Steve Harrington. 

Some would say fighting a creature from another dimension forms a bond between people, and that would bo’d true for Steve Harrington and Y/N L/N. Before fighting and killing the demogorgon, Steve was nothing more than a boy your friend Nancy was seeing, and a boy who bullied your other friend since elementary. You dealt with him, however, he quickly became a shoulder to lean on after everything had happened. You couldn’t turn to Jonathan as he was dealing with watching after Will and Nancy, god bless her, was losing her mind at the discovery of another dimension which only left Steve to turn to when the thought of an evil returning crept into your mind. Which is why when the bomb dropped that was you dating his new rival Billy such a big deal to him and he couldn’t help but feel like your unlikely meeting was his fault.. If only he hadn’t stormed past you at the party, perhaps everything would be different. 

His distan for Billy was the main reason he got you the job alongside him at Scoops Ahoy that summer. Billy's unhealthy attachment to you made it practically impossible for Steve to even speak to you anymore. Billy hated Steve, which was made clear when he beat the shit out of him at the Byers house when he found you and Max there with the two people he told you each to not hang out with. Steve had figured if you got a job with him, Billy had no choice but to let you two see each other, which worked, with a little bit of convincing on your part. Mostly by saying you’d be working mostly with Robin Buckley and not Steve.. Which of course was not true but how would he know, you both thought. 

Your first day is when Steve realized he loved you for the first time. At this point in time Nancy had broken up with him for Jonathan and he was single and ready to mingle. When you walked into work for the first time in your sailor uniform, stripped away was the new Y/N that had emerged from your new relationship, and he saw the old Y/N again. The girl he should have been pinning after in the first place. 

Steve always made it known how much he disliked your relationship with Billy and it was brought even farther to the forefront when you began your shifts at Scoops Ahoy. “I’m serious Y/N, I don’t understand what the hell you see in this guy.” He continued ranting, as you and Robin sat in the window sharing a cup of ice cream between the two of you. “If it’s the mullet, I can find you 10 other guys with the same haircut!” “Like yourself Harrington.” Robin was quick to cut in and with a death glare from Steve the conversation ended, with a final comment from you. “You only see the bad parts.” To which Robin would simply ask, “Are there any good parts?” 

You were right there were good parts to Billy Hargrove, however, for every good part there were 10 bad parts. Such as the last night you spoke to the boy. It was a fight over something stupid you’re sure, but it ended in Billy throwing a beer bottle in your direction and you fighting back with the biggest jag of them all, “You’re just like your father,” The next time you saw him was the moment he was being murdered by a creature from the upside down in place of Eleven. You fainted into Steve’s arms, a moment you don’t remember, but he sure does. In that moment Steve promised himself he’d never leave you, no matter what. 

Steve truly believed Billy never loved you, however on his deathbed, Billy could confidently say you were the only thing he loved in the stupid town of Hawkins. 

That promise seems to be more important that he realized in the moment. Within the next few months, everything in your life began to shift. Joyce did the reasonable thing and moved her kids and Eleven out of Hawkins, taking your childhood best friend Jonathan away. Max fell into a depression, refusing to talk to anyone and pushed everything, including you, away. Max never agreed with you dating Billy, however, you became close and used this to help protect her from Billy. The boys went off to begin high school, seemingly forgetting everything that had happened at the damn mall. Nancy had gotten a full time job and Robin, not knowing how to deal with tragedy well, only spoke to you while hanging with Steve. The only thing that didn’t change was him. Steve. 

He was there when your sleepless nights turned into weeks which turned into months and when that sleeplessness turned into you skipping school and lying in bed all day (which quickly turned into you dropping out of your junior year) and lead to your mother kicking you out of the house, tired of dealing with a catatonic child, Steve was there. With his parents out of town most of the time he figured what would it matter if you moved in. 

You didn’t know about the promise and truly believed Billy was the thing that stabilized your life, with him gone, it was only a matter of time before Steve left too. 

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Times like these were the only times your body didn’t feel like there was ten thousand pounds weighing down upon you. Due to the buoyancy caused by the water, you’ve found yourself floating in the Harrington’s pool. Fully submerged underwater from the mouth down. The yellow crewneck you borrowed from Steve and a pair of navy sleep shorts are now darker than normal. The wet socks on your feet didn’t even bother you anymore, you were just thankful for the lightness your body finally felt. 

Floating in the pool has become a daily thing for you now, ever since you discovered the pressure the water takes off your body, it’s the only thing you look forward to anymore. You remember the first time Steve found you in the pool. 

“Y/N?” You slowly turned to face Steve as he stood on the side of the pool. He was dressed in his work uniform from the video store, just returned from work. He stood with his hands on his hips and eyebrow raised, confused but not surprised at the sight he’s seeing. “What are you doing?” “Floating.” You simply responded like it was the most simple answer in the world. Satisfied with your own response, you turned away from him again, closing your eyes. Steve signed quietly to himself resentfully accepting your answer. It killed him to watch the girl he loved slowly drive herself insane with the memory of her lost lover. This same sigh left his lips when he returned home from work everyday and found you in the same position. 

It was now weeks later, in the same position floating in the pool. Anyone around wouldn’t be able to see the tear freely flowing from your eyes, your face was already wet with water from when you jumped in, fully submerging your body and for that split second your whole body was under the water… you felt at peace. The peace of not being able to use your senses. Not being able to breath, not able to hear or see… see him leave, just like everyone has before him. Before being able to stop yourself you sink fully below the surface of the water. 

“Y/N it’s okay, come with me.” Billy’s voice rang through your head as water rushed into your ears. You feel peace when the burning feeling of losing air in your lungs. 

“Y/N.”

“Y/N.”

“Y/N.” 

In a split second your eyes fly open as you gasp for air breaking through the surface of the water, the voice of Steve breaking you from the trance. You cough as you look up to meet the all too familiar concerned face of Steve, standing in the position as if he was ready to jump into the pool after you. “Y/N, what the hell were you doing!” You don’t respond, at the empty stare you return to him he speaks again. “What were you doing?” “Staying in the pool.” And drowning, so I don’t have to watch you leave. “No shit, come on, let’s get out for the day.” He reaches a hand out. 

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“Okay Eddie, truth or dare?” You stared into the center of the circle you were currently sitting in. The bowl of popcorn in the center of the table seemed incredibly interesting as you listened to the game of truth or dare going on around you. Steve had invited friends over in hopes to up your spirits. The presence of Robin, Nancy and Eddie seemed to be the best bet. “Switching it up, truth!” “Kiss, Marry, Kill. Me, Nancy and Steve.” “Kiss you because you’re gay, Marry Nancy, she can cook and sorry buddy but kill Steve.” “C’mon man! I can cook!” Steve threw his arms up in defense at Eddie’s answer. “Oh wait, do you want to marry Eddie?” Robin spoke seriously, to which Steve threw popcorn in her direction and they all laughed. “Alrighty, Stevie boy, Truth or Dare?” Steve rolled his eyes, “Dare I guess.” He shrugged, thinking nothing of his answer. “Kiss someone in this room, now notice how I said ‘someone’ and not ‘a girl’ because I know you want to kiss me, everyone does.” Eddie joked but it all stopped when without thinking about it Steve leaned over and pulled you back into reality when his lips met yours. 

For a split second you felt the spark of life light within you again. The weight of the world was removed by something other than water. You felt like Billy was back again. You made the mistake of breaking the illusion but you moved to hold onto his hair… it wasn’t Billy. Tears begin to form and you quickly shove him off you, taking off for the backyard. “Steve what the hell?!” Nancy yells at him behind you. “Y/N!” Steve calls after you, taking off on your heel. Making it through the back door, you reach the edge of the pool, turning your back and falling into the pool taking no moment to come up from the water and it all seems like a haze until you’re pulled back up for air by Steve, who has joined you in the water. Eddie, Nancy and Robin all stood frozen in the doorway. 

“Y/N what are you doing?!” Steve frantically yelled, shaking you, trying to pull you back to reality. “Let me go!” You yell back trying to pull your arm from his hold, which isn’t letting you go. “I’m not letting you go!” “Let me drown!” You scream at the top of your lungs, loud enough to have silence fall upon the scene before you. A sob finally left your body, as you collapsed completely into Steve’s body. He’s quick to ‘sh’ you, holding you so tightly in fear that you’d slip away if he didn’t hold on. “Guys help me get her out.” He turned to his friend quickly, and they rushed to the edge, Nancy and Robin grabbing a hold of you, pulling you from the water while Eddie assisted Steve. With both of you out of the water, Steve wrapped you in his arms once more, letting you know he was still there. “Let me drown. I can’t watch you leave.” You finally break and say into his wet chest. Steve’s heart snapped at last in that moment. “Y/N, look at me.” His hands find their way to each side of your face, forcing you to look him in the eye. There is where you see how much you’ve broken him. “I made a promise to myself that I’d never leave you, and I intend to keep that, do you understand. I’m not him.” That next moment you broke free of his hold, connecting your lips with his once more, feeling that spark come back yet again. Pulling back you hold your hands on your heart. “That.” You lightly tap your chest once more. “I haven’t felt that since he died.” You cried, and sobs continued uncontrollably as regret filled your body. “I never should have dated him, Steve.” Steve’s grip tightened in a way he didn’t think was possible. “It’s okay, it’s all over now.” “Please don’t ever leave me.” “I promise, I’ll never get tired of saving you from your own sadness.”

[growup-thatbeautiful]

drive is out now!! It’s a Post Season Harringrove Hurt/Comfort and I’m pretty proud of it. Read it on ao3 here or below the cut. Likes and comments are very very much appreciated :))

Billy doesn’t drive after starcourt. Something about being behind the wheel makes him sick with memories that he can’t understand. They’re abstract and totally unreliable.

But it’s kind of always been like that for him. He's used to having gaps in his memories, except most of the time it’s because of trauma. Or that’s what Joyce tells him and the rest of them whenever they have nightmares about things they don’t remember happening.

He's been living with the Byers and El. He tries to be useful around the house, doing whatever he can because he really doesn’t have anywhere else to go. It’s hard, though. It seems like everything he does, he does wrong. He never had to learn how to fold sheets or clean dishes. Not only was neil hargrove terribly homophobic, but also misogynistic, which is a word joyce taught him because she teaches all her kids that stuff. And he’s one of her kids now. So, yeah. Neil never had Billy do the chores because “he’s not a true man, but he sure as shit isn’t a woman.”

It's alarming how quickly this odd family replaces his old one. Neil seems miles away. Neil doesn’t try to look for Billy, and that’s fine as far as Billy's concerned. He's got scars to cover up the ones Neil made. no need to dwell on that when he has so much other trauma to process., right? Kind of.

He does check up on max. Asks her if neils pulling any of the shit he used to get from his dad. double checks for bruises hidden under makeup or long sleeves, and never finds any. Good.

Joyce is good. great, even. She doesn’t blame him when he breaks a dish because he heard a noise. She listens when he says he needs some alone time, and she knows when he’s just saying that. She gives good hugs and has no problem giving him Jonathan's old room to stay in while he’s off at college. leaving Hawkins behind him, calling every night anxiously awaiting the return of It. Nothing happens, and eventually they relax. Or they try to. That part of billy’s been broken for a long time, though.

So Joyce starts fading into memories of his mom, and he tries not to blame her.

Again. He's never had a great memory anyway. He does remember his mom telling him that boys don’t marry other boys when he was five and told her he wanted to marry his best friend. Then she told him never to tell his dad. It's strange, because he can’t remember her saying that she loved him, even though he’s sure she did. Did she? Huh.

At least the painful memories he gets to keep. Neil beating’s. Beating up on Harrington that night he didn’t know what was going on. The car crash before his mind was taken from him. Max’s terrible scream of “Billy” mixed in with the ear-ringing pain. Waking up in a hospital with starburst scars across his body. Skin that isn’t his. They remind him not to get to comfortable, remind him that the kindness he’s being shown isn’t well earned.

Because Billy knows he wasn’t worth those hospital bills and sleepless nights. All he’s done to the people here is hurt and scar and he’s seen them with the deepest kind of fear in their eyes. Fear because of him.

Everytime he goes down a path like this, he tries to stay clear of everyone. Because. They all tried to hide how much hurt he’s caused. They don’t blame him like they should.

He didn’t know any of them well before. But he knows El didn’t always carry around that police badge or look up at every siren, praying for a familiar face only to be disappointed and try not to show it. Because if Billy survived, couldn’t the more-deserving Hopper? Apparently not.

He knows Joyce didn’t always search for Will in every setting and have those folded up pictures of the two men that died because of all the shitty things that happened. Because she can’t stand to forget their faces or not carry that burden for just a second.

Will didn’t always get quiet every time a draft went through the room or refuse to go out that front door first. Because so many things have been ruined for him.

The rest of the kids didn’t always jump at every noise or bunch together for every corner, carrying lucky momentous and items. Because God forbid they have a break.

He doesn’t see them a lot, but Nancy and Jonathan definitely didn’t carry around an emergency kit everywhere they went, packed with medical supplies and Nancy’s choice gun. Because they’re going to be there to help if anything tries to take another person they loves away.

Some part of Billy reasons that it’s not all his fault. He wasn’t one of those scientists or government agents that started the whole thing.

But he did enough. Enough to warrant all the shit that he’s going through. It’s not the healthiest way of thinking, he’s aware of that, but it helps him get by.

No matter how hard he tries, though, there’s always someone at the house that finds him. Curled up into a ball, dry hitching sobs and no tears because “Hargrove men don’t cry.” Billy gets damn close sometimes, but the fear that Neil’s going to come out from the cracks in the wall and kick him where he lays is too real.

There are usually soft words.

“We don’t blame your here, honey. That wasn’t you, that did all that stuff. And I’m not going to let anything else bad happen to the people under this roof.” Joyce’s strong and sure voice, only breaking at the edges.

“I know what it’s like to have him control you like that. I know better than anyone else, and I know how scary it is. Mom says it’s over now, though, and I can’t feel It anymore. I would tell you first if It came back.” Will never says anything more than that, which is comforting in itself. It’s nice to have someone else.

“They lost. You’re here. I’m here. Will’s here. It is safe.” El’s statement is simple, but she makes it easy to believe.

He believes them until he gets another new memory of what he did. The Mayors blood on the floor. Heather’s petrified screams. Standing before that thing and feeling nothing but a perverse sense of but awe and, buried beneath that, a screaming sense of horror and the constant feeling of slipping in the sand.

There are times, like right now, when he doesn’t want someone to make him feel better. He wants someone who can drive him away from here and sit in an empty parking lot and smoke away the thoughts. Someone like Steve.

He would do it himself. He would. But he can’t. Can’t get over that fucking gas pedal. So he calls Steve.

They’ve done this enough times for it to make sense for Billy to have Steve’s number memorized. And his work schedule. And to know when he with Dustin or Robin or any of the others on one of those group outings Billy can’t bring himself to go to. There are too many sad faces, too many broken homes.

It doesn’t matter what he wears. It’s just Steve, and they’ve gotten past the point of caring about things like that.

Which. Is obvious to anyone who looks at Billy, not that he sees anyone. He’s lost a lot of weight. Muscles that used to be defined are gone, replaced by scars. He can’t get them back yet, because he’s not strong enough to lift any of them. And because muscles like that can hurt and hit. His eyes are surrounded by heavy bags, bloodshot and tired. The new callouses on his hands are mostly scars from anxiety ridden breakages, and the pained nails are because El wanted to try the new dark blue out. His hair is greasy and flat, nowhere near what it used to be. It hangs around his shoulders in curled waves, so far from where he used to be.

He doesn’t even try to smile to the sad reflection in the mirror.

Steve doesn’t honk when he arrives. The first time he did that and the noise sent Billy spiraling, and Steve had felt terrible, cussing up a storm that actually helped Billy out of it. Luckily, it was just Billy home and no one else was there to witness they’re collective train wreck.

Before he leaves, Billy grabs something from the bathroom and stuffs it in with the rest of the random shit he brings.

Billy slides into the passenger seat, leans his head back against the headrest, and says, “So, Harrington, how you been?”

Steve, mercifully, looks the same as always. He looks good, the asshole. It’s a relief that he’s still able to feel that fire Steve lights up. Different than all the other King’s from California. A few more scars, but they all have that. His shades are pushed through his hair, brown strands flopping over lazily.

“Same as usual, so fairly shitty and on the brink of breakdown. You?” It would be a normal conversation if Steve wasn’t completely serious, corners of his mouth only ticking up when Billy reaches over and bats at the band-aid charm hanging from the mirror. A joke from Billy to say sorry for, you know, almost beating him to death for no real reason.

“Oh, you know.” He doesn’t need to say more for Steve to get the idea. It’s the same way they’ve been feeling for months now.

“Yeah.” The car ride over isn’t far from the Byers’ house, and they spend it in almost silence. Some pop station is playing low on the radio.

“This the shit you listen to, pretty boy? I expected more than this.” It’s an attempt at normalcy, something that they’ve slowly been working up to.

“At least I don’t blast out my eardrums every time I want to listen to music,” replies Steve quickly, smile evident in his tone.

And it’s normal. It’s them. The way they were before it all got so messy. For that brief moment, there’s no winter night or july 4th. For a brief moment Billy can entertain a reality where he went to the find Steve instead of a fight. A world where Steve, with those pretty eyes and snap remarks, could hold his hand and stop him from doing all the bad things in the future.

But the moment passes. Steve clears his throat and looks forward at the road.

They arrive to the quarry, water at the bottom glinting, tossing, teasing. The car doors slam shut, and they slide up on to the front of the car. Billy pulls his last minute grab out of the bag and hands it to Steve.

“I want you to cut my hair.” Steve takes the scissors and towel in his hand, looking at Billy.

He doesn’t ask if Billy’s sure. Billy figures that Steve knows at this point he wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t real. If Billy wasn’t sure. Steve cards a hand through Billy’s hair. It feels. Good. Real good.

Steve starts cutting, and Billy winces at the sound of the scissors closing around his hair. His past.

“I like to think it isn’t just part of me.” The comment comes out of nowhere, surprising Billy more than it surprises Steve.

“What?” Steve’s voice is calm, the sniping of the scissors is methodical.

“The anger. The aggression. The tendency to hurt. I like to think it’s not in my nature, but my nurture.”

“I don’t think you’re violent.” It’s a laughable statement.

“You’re joking. Did you forget most of last year? I’m the one with the bad memory here, Harrington.” Billy can practically hear Steve’s disapproving mother’s frown behind him.

“That wasn’t you.”

“Right, sure, whatever, bullshit. But what about…you know. Last winter.”

“What happened before that?” asks Steve patiently.

“Jesus, you’re worse than Joyce. My dad sent me after Max. Found her at Byers’ place with you. Hurt you a whole fucking lot.”

“Is that all he did? He just told you to go after her?” Billy ignores the way his stomach does flips when Steve runs a hand through Billy’s hair, straightening it out.

“So you’re my fuckin’ therapist now? What do you want me to say? He kissed my head and sent my on my merry way? That’s now how he works. I’ll admit, I was saved by his new wifey. He can’t use me as a punching bag when she’s standing right there, not like he did with mom. Nothing I couldn’t handle. Nothing worse than what you’ve done to me. And the insults weren’t too bad either. He forgot to call me a fag.”

“Oh. Shit, Billy, I-“

“It’s fine,” cuts in Billy, hating the pity in Steve’s voice. He’s not the one who should have it.

“You didn’t deserve that.” This time it does make Billy laugh. It’s a hollow and haunting sound, an echo of his charming boyish laugh.

“Sure I did, dipshit. You’re probably one of the people who knows best why I did, in fact, deserve it.”

“So then I’m the best person. to tell you that you aren’t that person. You haven’t been that person since you left him and all of that shit. Let me ask you something. Do you want to hurt people now?”

“No!” Billy startles himself with his sudden enthusiasm, and Steve jumps a little behind him. Steve is quicker to recover, though, and he runs a hand through the hair he hasn’t cut yet. It’s soothing. Billy barely resists the urge to lean into it. Ask for more.

“Did you ever want to hurt people? Like really, truly want to see them hurt?” Billy has to think about the question. Steve deserves an real answer.

Flashes fly through his mind, bringing on too familiar emotions. Anger, a need to make someone, anyone, feel the way that he’s feeling. Fear that not having this power over people would make him weak. Horror at what he’s about to do. Detachment, painful as he grinned and laughed.

“I just wanted to have control. Take some of the hurt I was feeling and give it to other people. It was a rush that I was addicted to. The thrill of the fight, the feel of flesh against my fist, the look of blood on my knuckles. I liked fighting, still do. I didn’t like hurting people.” Steve puts the scissors down on the car hood, fluffing Billy’s hair and sliding down next to him.

“I’ve been on the wrong side of the fists of two people I’m now okay with,” admits Steve. “Believe me, I know now to take a beating. I’ve been heartbroken by two other people I’m close friends with. I forgive too easily.”

“So you’re a compulsive truster and I’m a compulsive fighter. What a pair we make, huh Harrington?”

“Yeah.” agrees Steve, bumping his shoulder against Billy. “What a pair.”

Maybe it’s the haircut. Maybe it’s the sunlight confessions. Maybe it’s how carefree and happy Steve looks. But Billy feels lighter. Like there was this unspoken weight he had been carrying around that no one knew about. Or everyone knew about, but couldn’t help.

The thing is, Steve didn’t even say anything. He didn’t promise a better future, he didn’t say that he was safe. He shared some of the personal pain they all carry around.

“I don’t think I ever said sorry. I am sorry, you know. I. I didn’t-“

<i>Mean to hurt you. Want to hurt you. Mean to let you see how much I hurt. Want to need you.</i>

“I know. I’m sorry too. Someone should’ve known. About you.” Steve leans closer, and Billy chalks it up to the night chill as the sun settles below the glistening rocks.

“I was good at hiding things I didn’t want people to see.”

“Yeah, well you’re not alone there either.”

“You good at hiding, pretty boy?” Billy’s eyes flick down to Steve’s lips, and, is Billy imagining it or is Steve looking at him the same way?

“Apparently not good enough,” jokes Steve. His smile falls off of his lips, and he leans minutely closer. If Billy wasn’t paying attention to all of Steve…

The way his hair glows white and gold in the sunset. That wrinkle between his brows. The way one of his eyes is a little darker than the other. How he smells like cigarette smoke and that fancy hairspray, even when his hair is blown from the wind.

The way he looked that night. Cool and collected, then terrified and fighting for his life. So beautiful in the harsh starlight and then so abstract in the broken kitchen light.

Before he knows what’s happening, Steve is filling that gap. Kissing Billy like he’s trying to sooth the pain from their past. Maybe he is. Billy wouldn’t put it past him.

His hand finds a way to Steve’s hair, the same way Steve’s been running his through Billy’s now shorter hair. He curls it into the strands, holding on tightly. Soft.

The way Steve sighs his name takes Billy away from it all. The pain. The memories. The lack of memories.

They lay out under the stars for a few minutes, but Billy knows Joyce will freak out if she can’t find him. Not because she doesn’t trust him, he has to remind himself, but because she doesn’t trust others.

On the drive home Steve plays that pop stuff again, and Billy gives him the appropriate shit for it, a smile on his face the whole time. His fingers laced through Steve’s.

They arrive at the house, and Steve declines to come in. Gives the excuse that his parents will be waiting up when they both know it’s not true. Billy can’t blame him. Billy understands needing to be alone, needing to get away.

Billy leans through Steve’s window and wished that he could kiss him goodbye. Well. The teasing will have to do.

“Night, King Steve.”

“Goodnight, Asshole.”

If Joyce gives him a knowing smile at the door, Billy doesn’t smile back. Probably.

He definitely does. Maybe he deserves the smile. If Steve thinks he does.

[polyamoryinfandoms]

Monthly Fic Roundup!

Hey gang! I’m posting the fics that were recommended on our last surveymonkey poll; thanks for everyone who recommended fics. Please note I did not get to read every fic on here and depended on your responses and the AO3 tags to mark for any triggers or story notes, so please read with caution if you’re worried about any content warnings!

If you want to recommend more fics, I’ll be posting another roundup poll later in the day today! 

Under the cut are 32 fics from: 

Agents of Shield (1) 

Bill & Ted (1) 

Castlevania (1) 

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (1) 

DCU (2) 

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (4) 

Game of Thrones (1) 

Harry Potter (1) 

Leverage (1) 

Mission Impossible (1 -- series) 

Sanders Sides (1-- series)

Sense8 (1)

Sherlock (1-- series) 

Star Wars (1) 

Stranger Things (8) 

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1) 

The Untamed/CQL/MDZS (2)

Teen Wolf (2) 

White Collar (1) 

Agents of Shield: 

is it chill that you’re in my head? by lazyfish 

Pairing: Lance Hunter/Bobbi Morse/Alphonso Mackenzie

TW/TAGS: PTSD, Referenced Torture

Summary: It doesn't take long for Mack to realize he's in love with Bobbi and Hunter and has been for a while. Other realizations take slightly longer.

Bill and Ted (movie):

Our Home, Our Family, Our Love by CaptainWeasley

Pairing: Bill/Ted/Elizabeth/Joanna

TW/TAGS: slurs, implied/referenced child abuse, internalized homophobia, self harm

Summary: A series of firsts in Ted's life, as he slowly comes to terms with his sexuality and learns how to handle being in love with both his wife and his best friend. When Billie and Thea come out as trans, each in her own way, he does everything he can to help them be who they are.

Castlevania: 

Deliverance by cricketsong1985

Pairing: Trevor Belmont/Sypha Belnades/Alucard

TW/Tags: Blood kink, explicit sexual content,  gore, trauma, angst

Summary: Adrian is beginning to think that Wallachia will be a smoking pile of ash long before he, Trevor, and Sypha can stop Dracula’s war on humanity. They’ve been chasing the castle for months, but each time they get close, it vanishes. Traveling with such genuine and trustworthy allies has been unexpectedly pleasant; Adrian doesn’t mind that Trevor and Sypha are involved with each other, but he is taken entirely by surprise when they open their relationship to him one evening. Hopelessly in over his head, his heart keeps urging him forward, even when he’s forced to confront the darkest aspects of his nature. Adrian must learn to swallow his pride and let himself be vulnerable if he wants a chance at happiness. Unfortunately, there isn’t much time for looking within when the world is drenched in blood and magic, and the path to victory may destroy him completely.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: 

We will be judged by the courage of our hearts by MagicClem

Pairing: Harvey Kinkle/Sabrina Spellman/Nicholas Scratch

TW/TAGS: mention of an abusive parent 

Summary: It's been a month since the 13 almost destroyed Greendale. Now a full Witch, Sabrina tries to move on, with the help of one Nicholas Scratch.But one night, Harvey arrives at the Spellman's house and everything becomes complicated.

DCU: 

not for the faint of heart by pasdecoeur

Pairing: Hal Jordan/Bruce Wayne/Clark Kent

TW/TAGS: Explicit Sexual Content 

Summary: Clark opens a door that was meant to stay closed. Things spiral. or, What Not To Do When You’ve Fallen in Love with Batman: A Guide by Hal Jordan & Clark Kent.

All Good Things Come in Threes (Legends of Tomorrow) by IncendiaGlacies

Pairing: Gideon/Rip Hunter/Miranda Coburn

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

Summary: “Two is a couple, three is a crowd,” Gideon stated. In which Gideon navigates her polyamorous relationship with Rip and Miranda. Domestic slice of life goodness.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off:

Pairing for all of these are Pairing: Cameron/Ferris/Sloane and are written by @fbdo1986

it’s enough to be whiplash

TW: death mention (no character death), drowning

A/N: To put it plainly, I took a few tricks from John Hughes’s earlier scripts of the film, which were more surreal and up-front with discussing death and end of the world scenarios. It was inspired by a concept that I couldn’t seem to shake after I thought of it: what if the pool scene was just a bit more high stakes?

all the things I never told you 

Summary: It’s Sloane, Ferris, and Cameron’s first afternoon alone at the Bueller residence in months. The busy twenty-four year olds who’ve struggled to find time together as their lives unfold in front of them try to think of what to do for the day when Cameron decides to let them in on what he’s been keeping from them.

bye bye love 

TW: Death mention (none of the main characters)

Summary: A hopefully angsty number that details Sloane’s, Cameron’s, and Ferris’s journey through heartbreak and loss after their Sophomore year in college. The title is named after a song by The Cars by the same name!

firestarter

Prompt #5: Where it doesn’t hurt with the OT3

Game of Thrones: 

Constellatory by blueandbulae

Pairing: Theon Greyjoy/Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell/Robb Stark (polycule, NO incest) 

TW: Some canon typical violence

Summary: It’s strange and messy and maybe nobody else will ever understand them but it works. It’s theirs, and theirs alone, and nobody can take that from them.Or: Robb and Theon storm King's Landing, rescue the princesses, and save the kingdom. Then comes the hard part.

Harry Potter: 

Unconventional by silver_fish

Pairing: Harry Potter/Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger

Summary: A few years, now, have passed since Hedwig’s death, and Hermione thinks it’s time Harry got a new pet. What sort of pet, though, neither she nor Ron know. Not until Harry himself offers her the perfect solution, that is.

Leverage: 

for better or worse (we change together) by idkimoutofideas

Pairing: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer

TW/TAGS: Canon typical violence

Summary: The moment Parker saw the stranger standing by the elevator, a dozen alarm bells went off in her head. She froze, and Hardison nearly walked into her as he entered behind her. It took her a moment to realize that while half of the alarm bells were telling her to get the fuck out of there, the other half were telling her to look closer. Or, Eliot Spencer is a recent war veteran who just moved to Portland in an attempt to lead a calmer lifestyle. He ends up with some weird neighbors, but it's Portland, everyone's a little weird.

Mission Impossible: 

Polyamorous Spies (series of 2 fics) by MagicClem

Pairing: Benji Dunn/Ethan Hunt/Ilsa Faust

TW/TAGS: Blood & injuries (2nd fic) 

Sander’s Sides: 

Love and Other Fairytales by SoDoRoses (Fairychess)

Pairing: LAMP/CALM (Logan, Roman, Virgil, Patton)

TW: violence, major character death, no NSFW in the main fic but there is a side series with NSFW, animal death, description of rot, nonconsentual control of another person, 'like death' state of being

Sense8: 

Crazy Life by MagicClem

Pairing: Kala Dandekar/Wolfgang Bogdanow/Rajan Rasal

Summary: Rajan would admit that this past few years had been crazy and life seems determined to make it crazier and crazier.Or: This is "Amor Vincit Omnia" from Rajan's perspective.

Sherlock: 

Lorem Ipsum by Saathi1013 (series) 

Pairing:  Sherlock Holmes/John Watson/Sarah Sawyer

TW: Abduction

Star Wars:

so just pull the trigger by Darnaguen

Pairing: Han Solo/Qi'ra/Lando Calrissian

TW/TAGS: Alcohol use 

Summary: “Oh, don’t pout Haan.” Lando lounges back, licking his newly berry-tinted lips with a lazy grin. “You know all you have to do is ask.”(Qi’ra’s eyes are glinting and her smile is dagger-sharp. Han knows the look: it’s one she wears whenever she has a winning hand.The dice on the table are mediocre at best. He shakes his head and drinks deep.)

Stranger Things: 

All pairings are Steve Harrington/Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler

The Hawkins Three by nonymos

TW: Some canon typical homophobia and slurs

Summary: It's two weeks after the Snow Ball, Nancy's officially with Jonathan, and Steve is trying to move forward. If only he wasn't on a path that keeps circling back to the both of them.

lovers in a dangerous time by diogxnes

TW/TAGS: Briefly: panic attacks/PTSD, parental neglect

Summary: “So,” says Robin, sitting back in her chair, “what’s the deal there, anyway? With the whole you-Nancy-Jonathan thing.”The question makes his mouth run dry. Why would she ask that? Can she tell, possibly, how much he’s been thinking about Nancy these past few days? How starstruck he was when Nancy showed up at his house? Does she know about the mysterious warmth in his stomach when he thinks about Jonathan? “What do you mean, the whole me-Nancy-Jonathan thing?” “Come on, Steve. She’s your ex and he famously beat you up two years ago and now they’re dating each other and all three of you somehow ended up a part of this weird little monster-fighting club together. There’s gotta be a story there.”“I don’t know, Robs,” says Steve, rolling his eyes, relieved beyond measure that that’s all she meant. “You pretty much just covered all of it. There’s not much more to tell.”

Have Happened by cortexikid

TW/TAGS: Homophobia

Summary: "I overheard you. You were talking in your sleep.”Steve's heart fluttered nervously.“It was a little funny at first,” Nancy admitted, her tone a mix of teasing and apologetic, “you were moaning my name and I thought it’d be kinda funny if Mike accidentally overheard you having a sex dream about his sister—”Steve couldn’t control the guffaw that escaped him. “But then you said Jonathan’s name. Right after mine. All in the same breath.”

it’s a risk, it’s a gamble by nondz (pinkjook)

TW/TAGS: NSFW

Summary: “I think we should pretend to date,” Robin says. "What?" Steve answers.

still turning out by scoutshonor

TW/TAGS: Homophobic language

Summary: Steve knows senior year's supposed to be tough, but seriously?Not only does his dad want him to take over his business, but he lands himself into a fight with his best friend leaving him friendless and booted out of his inner-circle, gets stuck watching a bunch of kids after school because of a missing credit, has to repeat eleventh grade history, and, oh yeah. He has the minor issue of having no idea what he actually wants to do with his life.But it's not all that bad: not the kids he has to watch, and certainly not Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers, two friends from his history class. Friends. Just friends. Yeah, he and you both know that's bullshit.Steve's got a lot of figuring out to do.(or: HSAU Stoncy with Steve as a senior, doing his best)

(Following Stoncy fics are by @pterawaters​) 

Now and For Always 

TW/TAGS: Explicit, Sex where one party is drunk and the other isn't

Summary: Between graduating from college, starting new careers, and planning a wedding, the summer of 1990 is a busy time for Nancy, Steve, and Jonathan. When a war starts in the middle east, Jonathan gets called away just three weeks before the wedding. He’s determined to make it back in time, no matter what it takes.

It's not like people live like this

TW/TAGS: Car Accidents, Period-Typical Homophobia, NSFW

Summary: Concerned that Steve's less-than-stellar grades might have been making them look bad, his parents hired him a tutor, Jonathan Byers, they were sure he wouldn't find as distracting as his last one. Sure, Jonathan had good grades in school, but he really wished he didn't have to take the extra work to help his mother put food on the table. After all, everyone knew Steve Harrington was a jerk. Right? It turned out, not so much. After an impromptu study-session-turned-party and a game of spin the bottle, Steve and Jonathan both found themselves dating Nancy Wheeler. And that wasn't even the strangest thing that happened to any of them that week.

Mr. Sandman (series) 

TW/TAGS: Canon-typical violence, Explicit scenes

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: 

Simmer On Low by canardroublard

Pairing: Illya/Napoleon/Gaby

TW/TAGS: semi-implied consensual voyeurism, whump

Summary: Scenes from five kitchens.

The Untamed/CQL/MDZS: 

inclusions by keiyashi 

Pairing: Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn/Xiǎo Xīngchén/Xuē Yáng | Xuē Chéngměi

TW/TAGS: NSFW

Summary: “I guess I feel left out. And I’m asking you to show me how not to?”“Show you?” Xue Yang laughs, easing the tension the only way he knows how. “Daozhang, if you aren’t careful, I might think you’re implying something quite forward.”Xingchen blinks at him. “Xue Yang, I feel like you’re trying to embarrass me, but that is what I was implying.”

melting the glacier by keiyashi 

Pairing: Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén/Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo/Niè Míngjué

Summary: Wanting to be with Nie Mingjue is something Lan Xichen accepted about himself long ago. He wants only happiness for his friend, no matter what form it takes. Even if that form is quite lovely and possesses an enchanting mouth.

Teen Wolf: 

Feels Better Biting Down by callunavulgari, hiza-chan (callunavulgari)

Pairing: Stiles Stilinski/Derek Hale/Lydia Martin

TW/TAGS: Blood

That I See You by FiccinDylan

Pairing: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski/Jordan Parris

TW/TAGS: NSFW, abo, m-preg (non graphic), werewolves, triads are normal

Summary: Deputy Jordan Parrish and Chef Derek Hale are in the prime of their lives and ready to take the next step in their relationship by courting an omega. Everything seems to be progressing smoothly until the new omega (aka Stiles Stilinski, the sheriff’s son) surfaces some unresolved tension from Jordan’s past. Jordan originally had the benefit of amnesia to block out his harried background, but now with his amnesia behind him, will he be able to resolve his past before he ruins his future?

White Collar: 

Always Starts the Same, with a Boy and a Girl by lightgetsin

Pairing: Neal Caffrey/Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke

Tags: AU 

Summary: Summer, 1998. Neal Caffrey robs the gallery where Elizabeth O'Dell is working late, and comes away with a lot more than art. Agent Burke has no idea what's about to hit him.

[addictofsupernatural]

Emotions (pt. 13)

Billy Hargrove x reader

Summary: Y/n wants Billy and Steve to call a truce, while other people have other plans.

Word Count: 1858

Chapter 1 • Chp. Masterlist • Chapter 12

When you woke up, Billy was gone. Part of you was disappointed, shamefully craving his comforting touch. The other part of you was screaming about how fucking idiotic it was to let him come inside in the first place. You needed to straighten your emotions out and make a decision. You just needed to look at the pros and cons of it.

Getting back together with Billy.

Pros. He would be happy, at least for now. You'd feel less crappy about yourself. You could protect him from his dad. You loved him with all your heart.

Cons. They could still be trying to find you. They could learn about Billy, and hold that against you. He could probably find someone better, prettier, and be happier with that girl.

Fuck, what the hell were you supposed to do? This had as much powerful pros as it did cons. But like Hopper said, you just needed to be on your own for now.

Hopper made ego waffles by the time you got out of bed. He passed you the chocolate syrup while he got out the whipped cream for him and El. He kicked the chair out for you as well, which you took as a sign that he was really trying to help you feel better, in his awkward dad kind of way. It made your chest feel a little lighter. Once you opened the door to your house, you saw Steve almost fall back while he leaned on it, sitting on the ground and waiting for you. He looked tired.

"Y/n!"

You said nothing as he stumbled onto his feet. Hopper gently pushed passed you before roughly shoving Steve out of the way, causing him to knock back down to the ground. "We're not looking to buy any cookies today, sorry. Have a nice day!"

Hopper then grabbed your shoulders and led you to the car. You went inside the car in silence. You saw him come to your window, and you looked down. "Y/n! I'm sorry. Talk to me, please!"

Hopper then stepped on the gas petal and left Steve back there. After leaving the woods, you could see him calm himself. It honestly took everything in Hopper not to smile. Even you could feel his happiness. No more boys.

Once you got to school, you gave him a side hug and said your goodbyes. You only had to get through today and tomorrow, then you were on Spring Break for a week. Once Hopper drove off, you saw Steve's car quickly pull up the driveway.

"Y/n! Please talk to me!" You sucked in a breath. You knew this would eat up at you both, but you still continued walking. You didn't say anything and he ran over to you, panting. "I... I'm sorry. I was... stupid, and..." He was huffing.

"Catch your breath first." You quietly said.

He nodded. "Yeah... okay, thanks." He took a second, then started again. "I was a jackass, and you didn't deserve that last night. I don't even think you're stupid, I just got mad. It just seems like nobody really cares about me, so I just, uh," He sighed and looked down. "I feel like I have to care about everyone else, so maybe people will start caring back."

He rubbed the back of his neck, having just said something he'd been denying to say to himself.

"Okay." You said after what seemed like a whole moment of silence to Steve.

"So, okay?"

You nodded with a straight face. "Okay. I forgive you. And you don't have to worry about me. I still don't know what I'm going to do, but I'll be okay at the end of the day."

The both of you hugged, and you pulled back. All in all, he meant well. Well damn, there goes your being away from them two today. As your hug came to an end, Billy suddenly swooped right in front of you, staring Steve down. "Typical. She's too nice and you know she'll forgive you no matter what you say."

"Did you tell him?" Steve looked at you, and you merely shook your head.

"I was the one who called her, and she yelled at me thinking I was you. I put two and two together. Care to explain why the fuck she was crying about thinking she was stupid?"

Steve fell silent out of guilt, and you painfully felt those emotions radiating off him. You lightly tugged on Billy's sleeve from behind, fiddling with it. "We talked it out. It's okay now." You said quietly with a reassuring smile.

He wanted to melt looking at your smile. It's been a while since he's seen your comforting smile, and he just wanted to hold you while kissing you with that smile on your face. He fully turned to you, grabbing your hand and entwining fingers. "Sweetheart, just because he said sorry doesn't mean you just forgive them."

He kissed your hand, and Steve overly gasped. "Hey hey! First of all," He said, slapping Billy's hand away. "Don't do that! Second, you're one to talk about apologies when you did the same thing after flipping out on her."

Billy then took a step forward and grabbed Steve's jacket. "You better fucking watch yourself."

You went in between them quickly. "Okay, how bout this? You." You looked at Billy. "Calm down! He's my friend, and you have to deal with that." You then turned to Steve. "And you. Chill out when it comes to Billy. I still don't know what I'm going to do yet and as my friend you need to respect my decision."

"Then can you let him to stop being a dick?" Steve asked.

"And can you tell him to grow a dick?"

"Jesus, is it so hard for you two to at least try to be on my side for once? It's such bullshit to even involve me at all in your crap. Why do you guys always have this rivalry going on when I've been trying my best to make things easier?"

"Five—" Steve started, before you gave him a look and he stopped. "Y/n."

"Maybe I should just get out of the picture. You two have fun together." You walked away, radiating pissed off energy to those passing by.

"Nice going dick fuck."

"You know what?" Steve said, putting his hands in his pockets. "I'll be the bigger person and accept that I pissed her off. So did you. She's all over the place and we're making it worse." He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I guess, um, let's try not to hate each other out loud for her? We gotta do that before she stops forgiving us."

Billy looked away and huffed before mumbling, "Whatever man. Sure."

The bell rang and the two boys walked away separately. Billy felt like shit all day. He made you mad, and was an ass. He couldn't wait for fourth period to explain himself.

He could imagine the situation if you two were still together. He would pull you into his lap, and you would give him that cute pout. He'd tell you that he wouldn't hate Steve as much, just for you. He'd then kiss your neck, maybe even nip at it. You'd giggle, before telling him that you accept and that he's not fully forgiven, even though he really is. You'd tell him that you're proud he made it that far for you. He'd get a kiss on the cheek as his prize, before having a nice make out session.

Once he got to fourth period, he buried his face in his hands. Was this really going to be the day you didn't forgive him? What about last night? You have to know that he was there for you when you needed him still, right?

He saw you sit down from the corner of his eye, and and suddenly sat up, smiling. That smile quickly faded when he saw tears in your eyes and a cheek that was stung red. "What happened?" He demanded.

"It's nothing." You mumbled, fiddling with your textbook.

"Who hurt you?" He brushed his thumb over your cheek bone, and you leaned into his touch involuntarily.

"Just these girls. Um, they saw me with you and Steve. They called me a slut and a whore and pushed me around. I fell, and they started kicking me."

"And was one of these girls named Heather cock sucking Holloway?" You stayed silent. "She needs to get a fucking clue!"

He stood, causing you to grab his hand in panic. "Please don't! I want all this fighting to stop for once. I just want to stop causing all this drama."

You began to bounce your knee. This wasn't good. You never had full on anxiety. How would you react to it? You felt Billy gently squeeze your thigh to stop you. "Hey, you don't cause drama. Everybody in this damn school is just trying to have interesting lives, and they're jealous because you're the only one who isn't boring."

You gave him a nervous smile. "You think so?"

"I know so." He brought his hand back, resting his elbow on the table and his palm underneath his chin. "I'm okay with Harrington, by the way. I'm gonna try not to hate him that much, and he's gonna do the same. We agreed on it. Just wanted to put less stress on you."

He flashed you a grin as you just stared at him with a blank face. You were just staring at him unreadably for a bit before leaning to him to kiss him. You caught both him and yourself by surprise. You pulled back and saw Billy's shocked expression.

"I–I'm sorry. You probably don't even need this right now and I shouldn't have—" Billy grabbed your neck and brought you in for a passionate kiss. You both felt all the weight on your shoulders being lifted, the heavy feeling of being so close yet so far gone. Once the kiss was over Billy rubbed his nose against yours. You giggled. "I missed you."

"I missed you too doll."

"I'm sorry, my emotions are all spiked today."

"It's okay sweetheart."

You grinned. "I'm proud of you, by the way. I didn't expect you to ever be okay with Steve. Thank you for doing that for me." You swiped your finger across the side of his jawline, which you know tickles him.

"Course. Am I forgiven then?"

"I guess, but not fully."

Billy's smile became wider, and before he could tease you, Jonathan, Nancy, and Steve stormed into the class with worried expressions. "So they're not here yet?" Jonathan asked.

"Who?" You responded with.

Suddenly Tommy and his friends shoved past them, and Tommy pulled Billy back unexpectedly as Heather grabbed you by the arm and yanked you over to the front of the classroom. She pushed you to the ground, and these other guys then dumped a big cooler full of cold water on you.

A lot of emotions were going to bubble up today.

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Author's Note: Kind of an awkward cliffhanger, sorry, but I do have more written for the next chapter.

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[sunnyie-eve]

9 | It's Weird

Series: Trouble In Hawkins (Steve Harrington x Henderson! Billy Hargrove x Henderson!)

Word Count: 2.2k

Warnings: Language

| MASTERLIST |

"Why didn't you dress up? Are you getting like everyone at school is now? Nobody dressed up today." Lucas rants as we waited for Jonathan and Will. 

"She's too old she says." Dustin said, making me hit him. 

"Little asshole." I laugh, as he ran away. "I'm Sandy from Grease." I turn around, showing my outfit off. 

"Where did you get your outfit?" Mike asks. 

"She bought it from the store then re-did the whole outfit. Lost of cutting and sewing. I need to look good Dustin!" Dustin says in a girly voice. 

"I hate you." I glare at him. As soon a Jonathan pulls up I see him and Will talk before Will gets out and Jonathan calls me over. "What up?" I ask as he shows me an orange neon paper. "No, really?" I ask and he smiles at me. 

"Come on, please." He begs and I get in the car. 

"Go before I change my mind and decide to hit you," I tell him and he starts the car. As we pull up to Tina's house, I send Jonathan a glare as a few guys staring at me. "You are so going to pay for this." I cover myself up with my jacket walking towards the door. 

"How will we find them in here?" He asks, making me hit him as a girl stops him to talk. 

I look around and spot Nancy and Steve, "Look, they're right there." I point my finger at them and they walking towards the kitchen. "I'm going to get a drink, want one?" I ask before walking towards the kitchen. 

"No, I'm good." He says and I leave him bumping into a figure as I got to the kitchen. 

"I'm sor-," I didn't even want to finish the word. 

"Henderson, funny seeing you here? You look nice." Billy eyes my body as I glare at him. 

"I told you not to talk to me," I growl at him through my teeth. 

"Look, Princess." He puts his arm around my shoulder and I quickly remove it. 

"I said don't!" I raise my voice catching Tommy H, Carol, Tina, and Vicki's attention.

"Wow, almost didn't recognize you there, Skylar. You look good for your ugly self." Carol smiles at me and I roll my eyes at her. 

"Billy sweetie, is she bothering you?" Tina asks, touching his chest. 

Before he could answer I speak, "No, I'm not bothering him because I don't give a shit about him. He could fuck all of you whores then fuck himself before I ever want to talk to him." I glare at him but smile at the girls. "Now excuse me, I need to go back to a friend." I turn around but Carol pulls me back. 

"What did you call me?" She had a tight grip on me, but I knew I was stronger, twisting her arm back, making her cry for help. 

"I'll be leaving now." I let go of her and Tommy H steps out in front of me. "Move or else," I warn him. 

"Or else wh-." I punch him right in the nose, making him fall to the ground. 

"Did you forget how hard I hit Steve last year and you?" I say, walking back towards Jonathan. "I'm walking home." I pass Jonathan on the way to the door storming outside. As I was walking, someone else rushes past me, making me trip and fall. "Fuck. Really?!" I yell, and I notice it was Steve when he turns around. 

"I'm sorry, Skylar." He comes over and helps me up. "You okay?" He asks, checking me.

"I'm okay, just walking home. I hate parties, you know." I laugh, making him smile. 

"Yeah, I know. Who brought you here? Thought you didn't want to come? You were going out with the boys and Jonathan?" He asks, confused. 

"Jonathan did. He decided we should let the boys go by themselves. Where's Nancy?" I take notice that her name made him moody. 

"Steve, are you okay?" Johnathan shows up in front of us. 

"Yeah, Nancy is drunk, and we had a small fight. Do you think you can take her home?" Steve asks, confusing Johnathan. 

"Yeah, sure, okay." He says, leaving the two of us? 

"You wanna talk about it?" I ask, not knowing what to do or say since we aren't close. 

"You wanna ride home? I'll tell you about it on the way there." He scratches the back of his neck. 

"Sure, I don't want to walk anyways. It's a very long walk, and I'm in heels so." We walk over to his car and hop in. For a while, it was silent till I spoke up, "So you gonna tell me what happened?" I turn my head to look at him. 

"Nancy wouldn't stop drinking, so I tried to stop her, which made her spill her cup on her shirt. While we were in the bathroom, she told me that we killed Barb, and it's bullshit, bullshit this, bullshit that..." He stopped taking a deep breath in. "I'm bullshit, and like we're in love, bullshit." He says as we pull up to my house. 

"Steve, I know we aren't exactly close or near it really... but I'm here for you if you need someone." I put my hand on his rubbing the top of it. 

This was super odd, probably for the both of us because we are never alone and talk to each other. We're always with Nancy, and those conversations don't last that long. He looks over at me and gives me a weak smile, "Thank you, Skylar." I get out of the car, bending down to the window. 

"Of course, see you tomorrow Steve." I wave goodbye walking into the house going to my room, getting ready for bed.

"I am not acting weird!" I hear Dustin yell then both him and mom scream a little.

I leave my room to go see what's going on and they both were nervous laughing. I watch Dustin go to his room carrying his box that was moving. I follow him and he locks his door behind him. I put my ear against the door to hear what he was saying. "Dustin," I knock on his door, and he rushes over opening it. 

"What up, Sky?" He asks, not opening the door all the way. 

"Did you bring a new pet inside?" I look over him and open his door to see it. "What the fuck is that?" I bend down to look at it. 

"It was in our trash." He looks at me. 

"Just find out what it is. It looks bad, Dustin." I say, leaving his room going back to mine.

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I walk into our kitchen and I see that mom wasn't there, so that meant she left already. "Dustin, you still home?" I call out and no answer. I looked at the time, and I rush out the door to get to the bus stop. "Oh! What are you doing here?" I ask, almost running into Steve as I slam the front door behind me. 

"I know your car isn't starting again, and I'm sure you don't like the bus. So, I was wondering if you wanted a ride to school?" He asks, smiling at me, rocking awkwardly. 

"Umm sure, let's go, Harrington!" I hop into the passenger seat. "Hey, did you ever turn in that paper for the early applications?" I try to make a conversation instead of it being an awkward silence.

"No, because there was no point in doing it. I can't write for shit so the paper is just shit. I told Nancy I'll end up work for my dad anyway." He huffs, getting annoyed thinking about it. 

"Why do you say that like you won't have a different path to take?" I ask him. 

"Because I won't. My grades aren't the best. Plus at least my dad's job has insurance and benefits." I can tell that he hates it. 

"It's only the first semester of your senior year you could work harder on your grades. Hell, I'll start to help you if you need help. I'm really smart you know." I laugh, making him laugh too. 

"I'll think about that offer."

The first couple of classes went by fast, especially since Billy never showed up to first period. I just finished getting dressed for gym and we then ran a few laps. "Okay, ladies, go rest in the gym." The coach said, and the girls ran to watch the boys play basketball. I climb to take a seat and see Steve playing against Billy.

Damn, he looks good shirtless... I still hate his guts but damn. I talk to myself in my head, taking in Billy's body since I didn't pay attention to him last night only wearing a jacket.

They seemed to be talking while Steve had his back to him. Billy ends up knocking Steve down winning a point. "It's okay Steve!" I yell making Billy look over at me then Nancy showed up calling Steve out. 

"You're friends with Harrington?" He walks towards me. 

"Hargrove, didn't I tell you to stop talking to me?" I roll my eyes at him while the girls stared at us. 

"But we still have to do that paper together." He smirked up at me. 

"I can do it myself and put your name on it." I tilt my head smiling at him. 

"You know I thought we were getting along?" He leans on the bleachers. 

"That's before you tried running over my brother and his friends, who are like brothers to me too." I shove him away with my foot and he goes back to playing basketball.

During lunch, I wanted to go out to Jonathan's car to sit with him, but as I make my way over Steve rushes over in front of me. "Hey, wanna eat with me?" My eyes scan his face. "I know you really don't eat lunch and I don't feel like eating either today... so you like wanna just sit over at your table by the tree?" He asks so I just say yes walking over to the table. 

"It's okay If you don't wanna talk about it but what happened when y'all went to go talk?" I ask him as he stares down at the table. 

"She was mad at me for not picking her up so she missed first period." He shakes his head. 

"Why didn't you get her?" I ask. 

"I picked you up instead. Thought Jonathan would get her." I nod my head slowing still not understanding why he picked me up instead of her.

Again it was weird having a conversation with Steve with it just being the two of us. Before in the past after everything, he would be the one to make things awkward when we talked. Now he's talking to me more like we are sorta friends and picked me up this morning. I mean, I finally put what he did to me in the past not caring about it... Just like he has, I guess since he still never apologized I just, yeah. 

"She remembered everything up until our fight at the party so I had to tell her everything she told me. The bullshit that we killed Barb and I don't care, I'm bullshit, everything is bullshit, and she doesn't love me." He sighs. 

"People say stupid things when they're wasted. Things they don't mean... well sometimes, sorry I'm not helping." I shut up. 

"That's the thing... What if she did mean it? I asked her if she loved me earlier and she never answered." He looks up at me. 

"You know she went through some things... Barb... She feels like it's her fault because she made her go when she didn't want to. Steve, being around Nancy last year... she started to change and I can't explain it." I tell him. 

"I know."

After school, Steve was going to give me a ride home but I turned down his offer because I was going to head to the Middle school to see my brother. "Can't you hang out with me some before ditching me for kids?" Steve asks, leaning against his car. 

"Why?" I ask turning around to look at him confused. "What do you want to talk about? How you need to learn how to win in a basketball match against asshole Hargrove?" I joke smiling as he glares at me. 

"Not funny, Sky..." He says making me tilt my head at him since he called me Sky. "No, just like before you have to run over there... We can talk about random things." He says shrugging his shoulders.

"SKYLAR! IT'S WILL!" Lucas yells from a distance and I start to run. 

"Skylar?!" I hear Steve and I yell back at him while running. 

"Sorry, I gotta go!" I run faster following the boys and Max. "What's wrong with Will?" I ask joining them. 

"I think it's another episode," Mike says as we watch Joyce try to get him back to normal.

[natashasfilms]

Chapter Four - The Body

Summary: While having to deal with personal issues in her life, Aria Kaul has to fight off monsters from another dimension after one of the kids she babysits goes missing.

Pairing: Steve Harrington x Original Female Character

Warnings: This story contains mature themes such as sexual content, strong language, violence, mentions of alcohol and drugs, blood, gore, and death.

Note: I imagine Aria Kaul as South Asian but I have decided to let you, the reader, imagine her appearance, hence the reason why I have not given her a face claim. However, her race does not affect the story, whatsoever. You, as the reader, are free to imagine her however you want. If you don’t see her as South Asian, then that’s fine. It won’t affect the storyline.

Series Masterlist

Aria was seated outside in the waiting room with Hopper as Joyce and Jonathan were taken into the back room to confirm Will’s body. Something felt off about this. Will left Mike’s house, he rode his bike back, he fell and left his bike, and then fell into the quarry?

“Does any of this make sense to you?” Aria asked the man sitting next to her. “Do you actually think Will accidentally fell into the quarry?”

Hopper sighed and rubbed his eyes. “None of this makes sense, kid,” he admitted. “But I saw his body, it was Will.”

Aria bit her lip and shook her head. “Joyce refuses to believe that that body is Will’s. Maybe she’s right.”

Hopper turned to her. “What are you on about?”

“I mean, a mother’s intuition is almost always correct, right?” She looked him dead in the eye, not wavering one bit.

“I don’t expect you to understand, kid. She’s going through grief. Of course she’s going to be in denial.”

“She told you about the lights, didn’t she? That Will was talking to her through the lights?”

“Kid.”

“And then also the phone? A phone doesn’t just get destroyed like that in the house by a storm. I mean–”

“Aria.”

She stopped talking. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Sorry.”

He shook his head and then it was silent for a few seconds before he spoke. “You know Barbara Holland?”

Aria faced him with a confused look on her face. “Yeah, she goes to my school I’m pretty sure. Why?”

“She’s missing. You two friends?”

“Never spoke to her a day in my life,” Aria stated. “Nancy Wheeler’s her best friend though.”

“She was the one who reported her missing. Says she was gone after they went to a party,” says Hopper.

She sat back and closed her eyes. Barbara Holland was missing. Will was missing a few days ago and now they’ve found him dead. What’s going on?

Jonathan joined them and sat next to Aria. He looked sick and his skin was pale. She put a hand on his shoulder to reassure him that she was there for him, that she would always be there for him.

“How’s your mom doing?” Asked Hopper, looking at the boy next to Aria.

“I don’t know.” He responded truthfully.

“How long has this stuff been going on? With the lights and, uh…” Hopper said. “Will and the thing in the wall?”

“Since the first phone call, I guess.” Jonathan recalled. “You know, she’s had anxiety problems...in the past. But this...I don’t know.” He takes a deep breath. “I’m worried it could be...Ugh, I don’t know.”

Aria reaches out and rubs his back. “She’ll be okay.”

“Yeah, she’ll be okay. We’ll be okay. My mom...she’s tough.”

“Yeah, she is.” Hopper states. Jonathan looks at him with uncertainty taking over his features and Hopper puts a hand on his shoulder to reassure him. “Hey. She is.”

“Ma’am! Ma’am, I need you to sign!” The coroner follows Joyce as she barges out of the room, trying to stop her.

“I don’t...I don’t know what you think that thing is in there, but that is not my son!” She shouts.

Hopper gets up from his seat to stop her but she leaves the building. “Joyce, wait a second.”

“No!”

“Mom!”

Hopper turns to both the teens. “Both of you go after her. I have to see some things for myself.”

Nodding, Aria looked at Jonathan and they both ran outside to calm down Joyce. “Mom!” Jonathan shouted, trying to find Joyce. She was nowhere to be seen now. Aria still didn’t know whether to believe Joyce or believe that that body was actually Will. The nagging in her chest just wouldn’t leave and she was so sure that everything about this was strange.

“Damnit!” Jonathan yelled, making Aria jump. “Get in the car, we’ll find her quicker.”

Nodding her head, she ran to Jonathan’s car and got into the passenger seat, Jonathan getting into the driver’s. He drove them around town, looking for Joyce. That woman was fast. They finally found her outside ‘Melvald’s General Store,’ Jonathan parking the car as fast as he could before getting out. Aria stayed put, letting the two handle their business.

She heard them arguing even inside the car, people on streets watching them. Her heart broke watching the scene. Joyce was so convinced that that body was not Will and that he’s still alive. The strange part about it was that Aria was starting to believe her too. The shredded pieces of the photo from yesterday taped together in her pocket was just a fragment of the evidence she had.

Aria was with Jonathan as he was looking for a coffin to bury Will in. Everything about this was shattering her heart. She didn’t want to believe any of it. She was holding onto that last bit of hope until it was taken away from her. She tried so hard to protect the kids and yet failed to do so. She never wanted to see this day come.

As Aria was waiting for Jonathan, Nancy Wheeler suddenly showed up. Aria narrowed her brows and crossed her arms. “Hi?”

Nancy stuttered, trying to speak. “H–Hey…”

Aria raised an eyebrow, urging her to talk. “Um, not to be rude or anything but, why are you here?”

“I was, um, I wanted to talk to Jonathan…” said Nancy. “His mom said he was here.”

Jonathan saw the two of them and walked up to them, standing beside Aria. “Yeah, uh, I’m here.”

“Can I talk to you?” Nancy asked him, looking away from Aria.

Aria glanced at Jonathan who looked back at her. “Yeah, but Ari stays.” That made Aria smile. At least he wasn’t leaving her out.

Nancy nodded. The three of them found a spot to sit down to talk. Nancy then pulled out a photo, the same photo that was ripped to shreds the day before by Steve and his clique. Aria’s eyes widened as she saw the same exact shadow on the photo that was on hers. The only difference was that Barbara was in this photo.

“It looks like it could be some kind of perspective distortion, but I wasn’t using the wide angle,” said Jonathan, looking at the photo. “I don’t know. It’s weird.”

Nancy looked down. “And you’re sure you didn’t see anyone else out there?”

“No.”

“And she was there one second and then, um…”

“Gone.” Aria breathed out. The two looked at her and saw her digging through her pockets. She brought out the photo she taped back together to show them what she discovered. “I–I found this yesterday. This shadow here, it caught my eye. It looks similar to the one in your hand, Nancy. Except, Barbara isn’t in this photo.”

Nancy’s eyes widened and she grabbed the photo in Aria’s hand to take a closer look at it. “Everyone keeps assuming she bolted.”

Jonathan stared at Aria. “When were you going to tell me this?”

“I was actually going to go over to your house last night to show you but–”

“That was when I called you to tell you that they found Will,” Jonathan said, putting the pieces together. Aria nodded.

“The cops think that she ran away,” said Nancy. “But they don’t know Barb. And I went back to Steve’s…and I thought I... saw something.” Aria looked at Nancy and saw the look of fear in her eyes. “Some...weird man or...I don’t know what it was.” Aria recalled from earlier today when Jonathan got back in the car after his argument with Joyce and Jonathan told her how she saw a faceless creature last night before the cops came. It was all slowly coming together. What if this thing took Will?

“I’m sorry. I... I shouldn’t have come here today. I’m...I’m so sorry.” Nancy got up, ready to leave but Jonathan stopped her.

“What’d he look like?”

“What?” Nancy asked, confused.

“This man you saw in the woods.”

“What’d he look like?” Jonathan asked again, him and Aria needing to know if what she saw was what Joyce saw as well.

Nancy stammered, not knowing how to explain it. “I don’t know. It was almost like he...he didn’t have–”

“Didn’t have a face?” Aria and Jonathan spoke at the same time.

Nancy, shocked, widened her eyes. “How did you both know that?”

[kaypeace21]

The fathers of Stranger Things:  (narrative analysis)

This analysis will discuss all the dads in st. But will mostly focus on the parallels between Brenner, Lonnie, Neil,and Hopper. And the ramifications on their kids.And no i’m not saying Hopper is necessarily as bad as these other fathers/doesn’t have his reasons. But i think the parallels are worth mentioning.

Cycles of Ab*se  & internalizing your father’s teachings

Baseball-We see in s2 the cycle of abuse is there- Billy mimics Neil, and then Max mimics Billy. And uses violence to stand up for herself- which earlier she said she was trying to combat … explaining she can be angry like Billy sometimes but she never wants to be like him (her nickname symbolizing this: aka ‘mad max’).  

We see in s3 Neil taught Billy baseball and bullied him  and called him a “p*ssy” so Billy as a child bullied others and calls them a “p*ssy” (internalizing his father’s teachings and probably venting his anger towards his father on to others). We also see Billy in s2 antagonizes max and demands “say it. say it!”And later Max yells at Billy “say it! say it” and attacks him with a bat. Showing that even Neil has influenced her to a certain extent (via Billy’s ab*se of Max). 

We also see in s3 when Will is frustrated he destroys cb (a symbol of his artistic ambition/the day his father left) and destroys it with a  baseball bat (and then we see the mf officially return) . We also see in s2, Will has a baseball next to the mf drawing (in his room). This is noteworthy due to the fact Jonathan in s1 asks if Will even likes baseball or is just doing it to appease his father. in s1, Will admits he isn’t a fan of baseball -showing how this ‘interest’ in baseball in later seasons just reflects his desire to win his father’s approval (through more sterotypically masculine hobbies).  And we see how both Neil & Lonnie taught both their sons baseball- who are both named William -and who they would call  “f*gs”. We also see in s1 Jonathan lugs around a baseball bat & his father’s gun -however neither tool is used by him in the end successfully. However, in s3 we see Jonathan using an axe (like Joyce) showing by this point he’s mostly taken on Joyce’s influence. 

El’s spying , fighting the Russians, and  lack of care for her safety shows she internalized Brenner’s teachings- We know in s1 El was trained to be a spy/weapon against the soviets (by Brenner). And in later seasons when it comes to her interpersonal relationships- she continues to spy on everyone around her.  she spies on Mike despite his vocal discomfort in s3. Brenner specifically tells her to spy and repeat the words the guys are saying back to him- which is exactly what she does to Lucas and Mike (spying on them and repeating their words back to Max). And when Mike is concerned for her safety we also have El mimic Brenner’s words (from s1) . in s1 she is also said to be taken by Brenner to be a “weapon to fight the commies” and in s3 that’s exactly what she did!  She does literally everything Brenner ever wanted from her!!!!!!!

Jonathan & Billy’s fights with Steve (reflect their father issues... which Steve accidentally triggered)- We see Billy and Jonathan both shoved into walls by their father’s . For Billy this is in a direct consequence of Max running away and for Jonathan- Will’s disappeareance. Billy first shoves Lucas into the wall similarly to Neil. And both Jonathan and Billy are told to “STOP”.

Billy also breaks a plate over Steve’s head. What’s interesting to note is in s3 we see Billy’s mother threw a plate at  Billy’s father (so he was mimicking the dysfunction he saw as a child). kind of like how in s3 he backhands max (mirroring how neil backhanded his mother in the s3 flashback). 

When it comes to jonathan we see jonathan tell nancy to leave and it’s “not worth it” to argue with Steve. However he stops in his tracks when Steve says he’s “like his father”. Then Steve proceeds to insult his family. And  eventually Jonathan who throughout every season is generally portrayed as non confrontational attacks steve. similarly when Billy and Jonathan are beating Steve (who is laying on the ground)-multiple people are yelling for them to stop.But both are in too much of a triggered daze to stop themselves. Even when the cops come- Jonathan elbows the cop in the face and kicks steve with handcuffs on and even says handcuffed for the cop to “get off’ (like he told Lonnie earlier). 

Both would rather do this to their own fathers-but Steve (and the cops) were used as their proxy instead. The fights might reflect what the boys have been taught by their fathers-aka vi*lence. Also on some subconscious level jonathan may have been like-oh you think i’m like my dad? I’ll show you what my dad is like (beats steve with no mercy).

***also, tw se*ual ab*se (you can skip)-during the jonathan fight they also bring up the “pervy photo sesh”- which jonathan took right after seeing his father. in the movies said to inspire s4 they often had a se*ually ab*sive dad/relative who would take innaproriate pics of his kids.uuuuugh. So jonathan may have just been mimicking that past behavior of his father. ugh.***

father’s ab*se  reflects the supernatural

*if you know about my did theory-part 1 and 2 you’ve heard this stuff in detail but i’ll just give a brief synopsis 

- The demogorgan that attacks Will in s1 is  a demon called the “deep FATHER” in d&d.

-El first comes across the demogorgon  (“deep father” ) eating it’s own eggs- symbolically this shows the ‘father’ is hurting it’s own kids ( a motif in the show)!

hunting/baseball/trunks connecting to Lonnie and the monsters:  Will is attacked by the demogorgan in Lonnie’s old shed (and Will tries to defend himself with Lonnie’s old hunting gun). The demogorgan jumps on Jonathan and knocks the bat out of his hands, when he tries defending himself from the demogorgan( both activities: hunting/baseball Lonnie taught the boys).  We also see the demogorgan also attack hunters and a deer- a ref to the lonnie & Jonathan hunting story about Bambi. In s1 we see Jonathan check Lonnie’s trunk to see if Will is there . But also we see the mf throw heather and later her parents in the trunk as well. Also when Jonathan starts talking car repair lingo in s3 -Will senses the mf (since Lonnie repaired cars as a hobby in s1). When lonnie returns in s1 jonathan asks Joyce “did that thing (demogorgan ) come back?” And when Lonnie says he explored around the quarry-jonathan mentions how the demogorgan only traveled a few miles  around his house. When Lonnie says “someone should be held accountable” for what happened to Will- it transitions from lonnie hammering a nail into the wall to Mike piercing a pencil into paper explaining the hole in the upsidedown and how Will got trapped there- hinting at how Lonnie causing trauma to Will is the explanation for everything supernatural. Also need to point out how we zoom in on the lightbulb in Lonnie’s shed (after Will is taken) and they later zoom in on a red lighbulb (when Jonathan tears the innappropriate photos down from the red room) and then it transitions to the christmas lights. And then we see Lonnie berate Jonathan and there’s a glowing lightbulb beside Lonnie (to mirror him to the demogorgan).

-flowers & monstrous fathers: when Brenner (”papa”) first hurts Terry on a hospital bed she wakes up with sunflowers next to her bed. Lonnie in s1 is shown to have a sunflower blanket, and in s2 we see a sunflower book next to Will’s bed after he has a nightmare. We also see that the demogorgan ( ”deep father’-also called the “the man without a face” in s1 ) have a face that resembles a flower. Brenner also gave El a flower when on her bed (although not a sunflower) before forcing her to face the demogorgan for the 1st time.

I believe  credit goes to the tumblr user lazy-storm-cloud for noticing Lonnie’s sunflower blanket. I noticed most of the flower imagery but never noticed that blanket until they mentioned it.

-supernatural “wounds” connecting to Will,  El, Kali and fathers.The lab workers say the upsidedown’s influence over crops/hawkins is “spreading”  while joyce says the tunnels Will drew are also “spreading”. Will says his now-MEMORIES” (connected to the mf-who parallels lonnie) are “growing, spreading, and killing.” Later, Kali in reference to Brenner says her wounds “spread” because she didn’t address her pain caused by Brenner (her papa). And when kali creates a brenner-double he says El has a terrible wound that’s “growing, spreading, and eventually it’ll kill you.” (if not addressed) and they don’t stand up against their father.

-doors connecting to problematic fathers: We see Will in s1 have a sign on his bedroom door that says “do not enter”. And he also requires a password for cb for people to enter. When joyce in s1 hears aggressive knocking on the door she assumes it’s lonnie and says to “go away, Lonnie”.  In s1 we the demogorgan unlock the door telepathically and chase Will. later we see Will stare at the shed door terrified as the demogorgan sneaks up  behind him. in s2 we see the mf slam open the arcade door by itself, and also open his house door in the same manner . when the house door opens it zooms in on the back of his neck- which indicates it’s based off an old memory-a now memory.  We have El also telepathically unlock people’s doors in a similar fashion-not respecting such boundaries. And El asks in s1e1 for the door to stay open.  And Neil, Hopper, and Billy  angrily yell to “OPEN THE DOOR!!!!!” And Hopper slams doors open demanding they stay 3 inches open. We also see El enter a door in the void to see Heather being attacked in a tub and entering the darkness.

tubs:brenner forces El into a sensory deprivation tank. Later El refers to it as a “tub” after seeing the byers tub. we later see the mf is afraid of the byers’ tub. And tub iconography shows up for billy & heather. the s4 movies hint at Will having a tra*matic memory occurring in the tub.

The fathers of St  (recap):

Brenner (“papa” to El and Kali). He forces El into a dark room for hours when she doesn’t obey him. At one point tries to force her to k*ll an animal.  Given the way she ate at Benny’s- he may have starved her as another form of punishment.He allows El no ability to express herself (and dresses her in a masculine/androgounous way) and bans her from the outside world. He tries using a calm-kind demeanor to try and manipulate mothers (Joyce & Karen) into thinking he cares about their kids. And uses El as a weapon/spy .  He would read to El and give her flowers and  a lion plushie . in the st novel  (suspicious minds) he compared the children/numbers to  “rabbits” he could “hurt”.

Lonnie-(dead beat dad of Jonathan and Will). divorced.Forced Jonathan to k*ll a rabbit. It’s implied he has thrown his kids in his dark car trunk  (since Jonathan checks if Will is lonnie’s trunk in s1). He tries manipulating Joyce into thinking he cares about Will. But he just wanted to use Will’s death to make money. He canonically-joked about his son dissappearing. And insulted his ex wife. Then when he realizes he can profit off his son’s death-who he hasn’t seen in years. He leaves his 20-something live in gf, flirts with Joyce calling her “babe”. And pretends to care for Will and the rest of his family. Then gaslights them when they call out his bs. He also has called Will a “f*g” and it’s implied he forced Will to hunt/play baseball. He also shoves Jonathan into a wall. He can have a relatively calm demeanor like Brenner-but then blows up. He smokes, and it’s implied he may be an alcholic since beer cans are littered all over his house. Will has lion plushie in cb (and since lonnie means ‘lion’ it may have been given to him by Lonnie?). He  (like Hopper) implies Joyce is mentally ill and that she’s hallucinating due to grief-and says she’s going to go “over the edge” mirroring Hopper’s words about Joyce in s1. 

Neil- divorced.Calls Billy a “f*got”, and forced him to play baseball. He later shoves his son into a wall and slaps him. He has a calm demeanor and then yells to make his points with Billy.  He also yells at first wife cause romantically jealous. Him & Lonnie both have fights with their ex wives where the phrase “I’m not lying to you” is used. 

Hopper- divorced.in s1-3 we see he smokes, pops pills,  and is an alocholic. The pilot pitch explicitely states he is . He is shown to have anger issues, sells out El’s location to Brenner in s1. In s2 threatens to send her back to her ab*sers if she doesn’t listen to him/ stay isolated from the outside world. dresses her androgonously and tries controlling her romantic relationships. He yells at Joyce cause romantically jealous . joyce annoyed at Hopper: “yes everyman i speak to is my boyfriend”. El says “you are like papa.” And in the pilot Brenner and Hopper were said to dress similarly. And Murray says to Joyce that Hopper is a “brute” who “reminds (her) of a (past) bad relationship”. Aka Lonnie. 

Steve’s dad- is called an “asshole” by Steve and it’s implied he cheats on his wife.

heather’s dad - is sexist to Nancy and cold to his wife. We see Heather (who is the same age as Nancy) has some hidden resentment towards him.

Sam (Max’s dad)- divorced/out of the picture like Lonnie. in the novel ‘runaway max’ is said to be a criminal who often took Max to shady places/bars. And also taught her how to pick door locks-similar to how Jonathan picked a car lock open in s1 like max with a door in s2.

Dustin’s dad- also out of the picture ? dead... maybe?

Recap: Parallels of fathers

forced their kids to k*ll animals/violence toward rabbits/throws kids in dark places/gave their kids lion plushies/tries unsuccessfully to manipulate mother’s  into thinking he cares for their kids: Lonnie & Brenner

taught kids shady stuff like how to pick locks: Lonnie & Sam 

are described as poor/called their sons “f*gs”/forced sons to play baseball/slam sons into walls/have their sons attack Steve/have sons who are into hard rock music: lonnie & Neil

“i’m not lying to you”-:Neil/ex wife and Lonnie/joyce

dr*gs/smokes/alochol ab*se/womanizers/hunters: lonnie & Hopper

imply Joyce is wrong about the supernatural and is just mentally ill: Lonnie and Hopper. Both use a similar expression of her being on “the edge”.

lie to Joyce: Lonnie and Hopper (specifically lies claiming he took her advice and uses that lie to try and get a date with her)

Gave them cat plushies: Lonnie,Brenner, possibly hopper with sara’s tiger 

being connected to flowers: Brenner & Lonnie

yell at love interest when romantically jealous:Neil and Hopper in s3

Hopper: compared to Lonnie (by Murray in s3) and Papa/brenner (by el in s2). in the original pilot Brenner & Hopper were supposed to look similar. Brenner was supposed to have a beard, and wear jeans and plaid shirts similar to hopper in s1. it’s also interesting to note how Hopper started to look more like Neil -they’re both blondes-and in s3 they have matching moustaches (and billy started growing out a moustache in s3-mirroring him becoming a mini neil too).

dress El in masculine clothes/isolate her from outside world/spy on El/read to El:Hopper & Brenner

calm demeanor but quick to anger/ also divorced: Hopper, lonnie, Neil

yells to “open the door”: Neil, Hopper, (and possessed Billy) .it’s also implied Lonnie can pick door locks open.

outliers

jonathan - In the pilot pitch he’s described as taking on the father role for Will (after Lonnie left).  However, he is often paralleled to the mothers of st. Most likely because he never had a healthy father figure- and distrusts even good men like Bob- so models his parenting behavior more so on maternal figures. We see  Jonathan being paralleled to the mothers taking photos of their kids on Halloween, and Jonathan being paralleled to Karen twice.  We even see him bored/annoyed in s2 watching the film “mr mom” since the comedic premise was haha - dad has to stay at home- cook for their kids , drive them to school, do laundry, whaaa how can a man do that ... look it’s so hard  ? isn’t that what moms do instead? All things Jonathan does without literally tripping over himself and failing like the older male film character, initially does .  He also in canon helps pay for the mortgage. We also see Jonathan is unlike the other problematic fathers (who demand entry into their kid’s room) since we see him knock on Will’s door and get verbal permission before entering Will’s room in s2 (respecting Will’s sign). Similar to joyce ringing cb’s doorbell and getting verbal permission from Will to enter.We also see on Halloween Jonathan mocks Bob but when Will defends him Jonathan later mimics Bob telling Will “hope it doesn’t suck” (in a vampire voice) showing at least subconsciously he was mirroring the parenting-like behavior from Bob (since Will liked Bob). So Bob became the first male he used as an inspiration for his ‘parenting style’.

Ted-  is shown in direct opposition to Lonnie.In s1 we see Ted help Mike put on a tie mentioning to Mike it has to be a “little tight” and that it “looks good”. And  after this scene: we see Jonathan struggle to put on a tie (and then ripping it off in frustration-signifying his lack of a father figure that could have taught him how to do this when younger). So in s3 we see Jonathan’s ties are always poorly done and slightly loose around his neck. The same season Jonathan comments about how Nancy’s dad makes 6 figures and his dad “isn’t even around”. He finacially supports his family. cuddles Holly on his fav laze-boy and takes her to fairs. Wants to comfort Mike after Will dies (but listens to Karen to give him time). Has Karen tell Mike that if he wants to talk to him about Will’s death- he can call him at work and he’ll come home for Mike. His calm demeanor seems genuine -unlike the other father figures who quickly lose their cool facade (Ted has never yelled at his kids). Even when kids yell or insult him he doesn’t lose his cool. Worst things he’s done: told kids to stop cursing, naps alot, gives an outdated football analogy about How Mike needs to stop acting out . Why st fans claim he’s a bad dad : boring af aka the human embodiment of wonder bread, in loveless marriage,  and not rambo-esque like Hopper so people act like he’s a horrible dad in comparison to Hopper. Despite being a  more stable parent in the normal everyday situations.

Lucas’ dad- unfortunately we saw very little of him. But he seems somewhat similar to Ted. He’s nice and gives somewhat dated  advice at the table to his son-like Ted did. He seems like a mellow, chill dude, who finacially supports his family. But,Unlike karen/ted it seems like he loves his wife and vice versa.

Bob-the wannabe stepdad-  as the first romantic interest after Lonnie-He contrasts him. He doesn’t do drugs or smoke.  Is emotionally vulnerable with Joyce and vice versa. He never makes fun of Will or Joyce’s mental health issues. he relates to Will -who was bullied as a kid, and is into computers, comics, and was in av club (just like Will). He is supportive of Will’s non-manly interests and encourages those interests (bringing brain puzzles, and board games over when told Will is sick).  Unlike Lonnie who tried to force ‘manly’ interests on to Will. He isn’t mad when Will busts his brand new camera but is simply concerned that Will is being bullied. He’s also shown being concerned about Will’s mental health. He helps joyce with little things like finding her keys and taking Will to school. His happy calm demeanor  is genuine-and he is never shown yelling in anger. He kindly disagrees with joyce on the ‘ drawings on the walls game’ cause he was concerned it wasn’t good for Will’s mental health (and tells her she can talk more about Will’s issues). He sacrifices himself to save Will, joyce and everyone around him.  And unlike Hopper- Bob was never jealous or mean to joyce about the men in Joyce’s life. Bob was serious about Joyce and the boys-he wanted them to be his family and move them near his own blood relatives. We see he had an impact on the boys at the end of s2- Will drawing the “bob newby superhero” drawing and Jonathan using Bob’s camera. 

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Always Waiting- Chapter Eight

Always Waiting- Steve Harrington x Henderson!Reader

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Summary: The whole group regroups and gets to the Byers’ house. Y/n figures why Steve has been so nice to her lately, lets just say, the demodogs are the least of her problems.

Pairing: Steve Harrington x Henderson!Reader

A/N: Ngl I really switched it up in this chapter, even surprised myself. Anyways I was going to just finish up seasons 2 in one chapter but I figured the whole fight scene with Billy and when they go in the tunnels and everything is going to need a whole chapter to itself so this chapter is a little short but next chapter will probably be uber long. As always lmk if you want to be added to the taglist!

Warnings: I think just language?

Word count: 1.7k

The group made their way to follow the monsters to wherever they were going. Steve was in front and you were walking behind, making sure no one wandered off. You started thinking, So when Steve wrapped his arms around you on the bus when you fell on top of him was he just being protective and not wanting anyone to die? Would he have done that for anyone? He didn’t even have to wrap his arms around you, was it just a precaution? How red were your cheeks when that happened? Why are you even thinking about this right now?

“You’re positive that was Dart?” Lucas’s comment pulls you out of your thoughts.

“Yes, he had the same yellow stripe of his butt,” Dustin answers. “He’s going to molt again and when he does, he’s going to be full size or at least close to it, and so will his friends.”

“Yeah, and then he’ll eat a lot more than just cats,” Steve chimes in. Lucas holds his arm in front of Dustin’s chest, causing them to halt.

“Wait, he ate a cat?” Lucas asks.

“What? No? What?” Dustin plays dumb.

“What are you talking about? He ate Mews,” Steve says. You look up at him trying to get his attention.

“Who’s Mews?” Max asks.

“It’s their cat,” Steve says.

“Steve!” Dustin scolds. Lucas and Dustin begin bickering back and forth. You, Max, and Steve stand around, awkwardly waiting for them to be done. You hear a screech in the distance. At first you think you’re just imagining it, seeing as no one else seemed to notice it. Then you hear it again. You look over to Steve but he’s already looking at you.

“Did you hear that too?” He asks. You slowly nod.

“Hey guys,” you say, trying to get the attention of the arguing teens.

“Guys!” Steve yells, you look over to him, silently thanking him.

You all run through the woods, trying to find where the sound is coming from. You stop once you get to the edge of a small hill, overlooking Hawkins lab. The lights in the lab where flickering on and off.

“What the hell is going on?” You ask, hoping someone had an answer.

“They were headed back home,” Lucas says, a hint of panic in his voice.

You all take off running towards the lab. You get to the front gate of the lab. Nancy and Jonathan were already there, looking just as shocked to see you guys as you were to see them.

“Steve?”

“Nancy?”

“Jonathan?”

“Y/n!” You say. This causes everyone to give you a puzzled look. “Sorry, I thought we were doing a….you know what? Nevermind. What are you guys doing here?” You ask.

“Looking for Mike and Will,” Nancy answers.

“They aren’t in there are they?” Dustin asks, pointing to the lab. Nancy hesitates before answering.

“We’re not sure…why?” Another loud roar comes from the lab causing you all to jump. Jonathan quickly makes his way over to the gate operating station, trying to push the button to open the closed gate. Dustin pushes him out of the way and starts reportingly pushing the button.  The gate doesn’t budge. There is a small buzzing noise and then, finally, the gate opens. Nancy and Jonathan run to get in Jonathan’s car, telling you guys to wait there.

You all stand around waiting for them to come back. You couldn’t help but notice the tension between Nancy and Steve earlier, did you miss something? The sound of cars racing down the street shakes you out of your thoughts.

“Woah! Watch out!” Steve yells as you all run to the side of the road. Jonathan’s car zooms past you guys, followed by Hopper’s police car. He stops in front of you guys, yelling at you all to get in. Steve opens the door, allowing you all to pile in. He slams the door shut and you guys are off.

*      *       *

You and the kids sit around the table. Steve wanders around the house, checking out the huge map that is linked from room to room. Hopper is talking on the phone to the military. You slump in your chair, wishing you could do more to help Joyce. Although you never knew Bob, you had heard nothing but good things about him, other than that he was a bit of a nerd, and it pains you to know Joyce lost him and is close to losing Will too, for a second time.

“I am the police! Chief Jim hopper! I’ll be here!” Hopper yells into the phone, obviously frustrated.

“They didn’t believe you did they?” Dustin asks.

“We just have to stay and wait for help,” Hopper says, defeated. You sigh.

“We’ve got to be able to do something!” You say, getting aggravated.

“What do you want to do Y/n? We can’t stop the demodogs on our own,” Dustin says.

“Demo-what?” Steve asks, joining the conversation.

“It’s a compound, you know, Demogorgon, dogs, demodo-“ Dustin trails off. “ I mean when it was just Dart, maybe, but now there’s a whole army,” Dustin points out. You groan putting your head in your hands.

“His army,” Mike says, looking towards Will’s room , “Maybe if we stop him, we can stop his army too.”

While you were rather confused on the whole situation, you think you had a basic grasp on what was happening. The “mind flayer” attached itself to Will, that day in the field, and now you just have to figure out how to get it out.

“The mind flayer, it wants to conquer us, it believes it’s the master race.” Dustin explains.

“Like the Germans,” Steve pipes in. You furrow your brows at him but you can’t help but to giggle at him trying to understand.

The conversation only got more and more heated and eventually turned into an argument.

“I want to kill it,” Joyce says, bringing the room to silence.  All eyes are on Joyce.

“Me too, but we don’t know what we’re dealing with,” Hopper says.

“We don’t but he does, if anyone knows how to kill this thing, it’s Will.” Mike declares. You can see the look of determination in his eyes.

Now you were taping black tarps and cardboard on the walls, ceilings, and floors in the shed in the Byers’ backyard with Nancy and Steve. You were doing one wall while Nancy and Steve worked together on another. You tried not to eavesdrop in on their conversation, but it was hard not to.

“What you did, helping the kids, that was really cool,” Nancy says to Steve. Hey, you helped too.

“Yeah, those little shits are real trouble,” Steve replies.

Why were they acting so weird? You were wracking your brain trying to think of why they were being so awkward, that’s when you realize, they must’ve broke up, they had to. It all makes sense now. The night of the party you remember him looking sad, you didn’t see them in the hallways together the next day, he was bringing her flowers when you and Dustin saw him at the Wheeler’s. That’s why he’s being so nice to you. This whole time, you were just his rebound. Last year when they broke up he was pretending to care about you and now that they broke up again he’s pretending to care again, just so he can butter you up, make you fall for him so you can give him the attention he wants until someone better comes along. Great, that’s real great. You should’ve known this is what was going to happen. He was the king of Hawkins after all, why would he change for you?

You set the tape down and leave the shed, ignoring Steve asking where you were going. You storm inside the house and head to the bathroom so you can collect yourself. You lean on the sink while you take deep breaths, trying to keep yourself from losing your cool. Is that really all you are to Steve? A rebound so he can feel better about himself?

Someone knocks on the door, you open it and see Dustin standing there.

“Are you ok?” He asks, examining your eyes.

“What? Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” You murmur while you push past him making your way to the kitchen. Dustin doesn’t buy it.

*     *     *

Hopper, Joyce, Jonathan, and Mike are all in the shed trying to get Will back. Lucas, Dustin, Max, and you all sat at the table. You were slouched over, picking at your nail polish, wishing you had something to do to get your mind off of Steve.

Hopper busts through the door, writing dots and dashes on a piece of paper. Morse Code.

“What’s going on?” You ask.

“He’s talking, just not with words,” Hopper responds, translating the dashes and dots to spell out “here,” Hopper looks up at all of you. “Will’s still in there.”

After a while, the kids and you got the Morse code translated.

“Close gate,” you all read aloud. You all stare dumbfounded at the paper, trying to figure out what that means. The phone rings causing you all to jump. Dustin runs over, picks up the phone, and hangs it back up. The phone rings again. This time, you get up and rip the phone off the wall, throwing it on the ground.

“Do you think he heard that?” Nancy asks.

“It’s just a phone, it could be anywhere, right?” Steve reassures. You roll your eyes at him. Joyce, Mike, Jonathan, and Hopper barge in the house carrying a knocked out Will.

“It knows where we are,” Hopper says. You can hear the demodogs screeches, sounding like they are right outside. You grab Dustin, making him stand behind you. Steve steps in front of you both, holding your bat. Nancy and Hopper points their guns towards the sounds, every sound coming in a different direction. The demodog roars  right outside the window. You grip on to Dustin’s hand for dear life, waiting for one of those things to jump through the window at any given minute. The demodog yelps then it’s deathly silent. You can hear your heart pounding in your ears. The window breaks and a demodog gets thrown into the room, but it’s already dead.

“What the fuck?” You mumble under your breath. Hopper goes to inspect it, declaring it’s dead. Everyone lets out a sigh of relief.

The sound of the doorknob turning startles you all. The door swings open. Standing there, like a badass bitch, is Eleven.

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Hi love ❤️your work is amazing and I was just wondering if you could write a Steve Harrington x Byers!reader where the reader is Jonathan and wills middle sister and she’s in the house when billy shows up and instead of Steve fighting billy the reader does and she puts up a good fight but billy beats the fuck out of here and when Steve gets to billy he freaks out and fights billy and wins and admits he likes the reader sorry if it’s so specific thank you love ❤️

Protect You

Steve Harrington x Byers!Reader 

Warnings: Fluff, cursing, mentions of blood

hi anon!!! I’m so sorry this took so long, I just really wanted this to be accurate with the actual episode! I really enjoyed writing this and I hope you love it! (I kinda got carried away oops) and thank you so much for sending in a request!!

It seemed to you that all hell was breaking loose at the moment. As if your family hadn’t already been put through enough with your little brother Will’s disappearance a year ago, this year was somehow even worse, as Will was now possessed by this shadow monster thing, and you were too terrified to even question it. Your mom, brothers, and Nancy were currently in Hopper’s cabin, trying to expel the demon-like entity from Will’s body, Hopper and El were closing the gate at the lab, and you were at your house, along with Steve and four very chaotic children. 

You had offered to stay at your house, because it was where you felt most safe, and also because dealing with four kids would have been too dangerous anywhere else. Steve had offered to stay and help hold down the fort, which you were thankful for because to be quite honest you were scared shitless and could use a little company from someone your own age. You also weren’t complaining because you had been crushing on Steve for a while now and having another opportunity to spend some time with him sounded pretty good to you. Well as good as things can be when you are fighting an inter-dimensional monster and all of its spawns. But nonetheless, you were glad Steve was here with you. 

You had always seen Steve around school, and sure you thought he was cute, but his ego was always too much for you to handle. He was so concerned about his title as “King Steve” that you knew he would never give you the time of day. Then Nancy and Steve began dating and you shut off all of your feelings toward Steve for the sake of your friendship with Nancy. You two weren’t the closest of friends, but your brothers were best friends so you saw a lot of each other and you enjoyed her company from time to time. Now that Steve and Nancy had broken up, you felt the familiar feelings coming back, and you knew you were in for trouble. Now that Steve had become involved in this whole demogorgan thing, you got to see his true character. He was a really sweet guy, he enjoyed being around the kids, and you realized he wasn’t the duchy “King Steve” you thought he was. Now it seemed like he was just Steve.

But crushes and love were not what you were concerned about at the moment. The kids were all a little nervous, which was expected, but especially Mike. The poor kid just saw the love of his life for the first time after almost an entire year and she had just been swept away to complete the potentially most dangerous task of any of your lives. You felt bad for the kid. Steve and Dustin had just finished arguing about where to put the demodog, and the general consensus had somehow become your fridge. 

“Is this okay?” Steve asked whilst shoving the creature into your refrigerator, “who am I kidding of course this isn’t okay. Jesus Christ Dustin, why couldn’t we just bury the damn thing!” Steve said shooting you and apologetic look. 

“Because Steve! This is a scientific breakthrough and we can’t just bury it like a dog!” Dustin shouted passionately. 

“I am so sorry, y/n” Steve said once the dog was successfully stored in the fridge, “We will buy you a new fridge.”

“Don’t worry Steve, we’ve got bigger issues at the moment,” You said, chucking slightly, still mind-blown that you were even in this situation. Not only were you nearing the apocalypse but your crush Steve was in your house with you, helping you babysit four kids. 

Meanwhile Mike, Lucas and Max were orchestrating an elaborate plan to storm the tunnels and light a fire to distract the dogs and lead them away from the lab in order to protect El and Hopper. 

“This is not happening. y/n and I promised to keep you shitheads safe, do you understand me?” Steve said, his inner babysitter coming out strong, making you swoon. 

Before anyone could say a word you were interrupted by the sound of an engine revving furiously. Max jumped up and peered out the window. “That’s my brother! He can’t know I’m here, he’ll kill me. He’ll kill us!” She said, a panicked look forming on her face

“Don’t worry Max, Steve and I will take care of this,” You said, putting on your brave face. The apocalypse was literally looming over Hawkins, how bad could Billy Hargrove be? “He’s on my property now and I’ll make him leave. He can’t tell me no.” You said defiantly. 

“No y/n,” Steve spoke up, “I don’t think that’s a good idea, you should stay in here with the kids.” 

“It’s okay Steve, what’s the worst he could do?”

Max opened her mouth to speak against you, but before a word could come out you saw the bright headlights of Billy’s car pull into your drive way. Before anyone could stop you, you were opening your front door and walking out to meet Billy in the drive way. Steve followed behind you anxiously. 

“Can I help you?” You asked, your attitude making an appearance. Billy snarled at your words and you suddenly had major regrets about coming outside. 

“Yeah, what are you doing here, amigo?” Steve asked, now standing protectively in front of you. 

“I could ask you the same thing.” Billy said. Tension becoming so thick you could practically cut it with a knife. 

“We’re watching a movie,” You said, improvising, “Indiana Jones!” 

Billy scoffed, “I’m looking for my sister.” 

“I didn’t even know you had a sister Billy, what makes you think she would be here?” You asked, playing stupid.

“A little birdie told me she was here.” 

“Huh, weird. No one’s here but me and y/n. You’re kinda interrupting movie night, so if you don’t mind…” Steve said, waving his hand off, motioning for Billy to leave.  

“I don’t appreciate being lied to.” Billy snarled. 

“Well she’s not here.” You spoke up. 

“Then who is that?” Billy asked pointing behind you. You turned to see the four kids, looking our from the living room window.

Billy stormed past you barging through your front door. “Hey asshole, you can’t just barge in my house like this!” You shouted at him. Billy swiftly pushed you to the ground, knocking the wind out of you. 

“Oh shit are you okay?” Steve asked, helping you up.

“I think so, just knocked the wind out of me.” You said standing and rushing into your house where Billy was currently holding Lucas against the wall. 

Your inner motherly instincts kicked in and you suddenly had no fear of Billy whatsoever. “Don’t touch him!” You shouted, and suddenly you felt as if you soul had left your body and you were now functioning on autopilot as you punched Billy square in the face.

Unfortunately, your punch had virtually no affect on Billy, “Big mistake.” He said, a maniacal laugh coming from his lips.The next few moments were a blur to you. Billy threw a punch directly to your nose and you were sure it was broken as you felt a tremendous amount of blood gushing from it. Once you were on the ground he repeatedly kicked you in the ribs. He even kicked you in the side of the head and your ears began to ring, the pain becoming too much for you to handle. You heard shouting in the background, but it was only faint. 

Suddenly you saw Steve come up from behind Billy. With one swift punch, Steve had knocked Billy on the floor, and was on top on him, repeatedly punching him in the face over and over again, Billy’s face becoming bloodier and bloodier by the second. A few moments passed before Billy was knocked out cold. 

Steve got off of Billy and rushed over to where you were on the floor, a bloody and whimpering mess. 

“Hey you’re okay,” Steve said, taking your face in his hand, “That asshole isn’t gonna hurt you anymore.” He whispered softly, eyes wide at the destruction Billy had caused to your body.

“Steve,” You whimpered, tears flowing liberally at this point. 

“No, no y/n don’t cry, you’re okay, I got you.” He said, bending down and softly placing a kiss on your forehead. “I need to get you cleaned up. I’m going to take you back to your bedroom, okay y/n?” Steve said, gently picking you up and carrying you in his arms back to your room. He carefully placed you onto your bed making sure to be extra gentle. 

“Just stay still okay, I’m going to get some bandages.” Steve said. You nodded your head slightly and closed your eyes, trying to focus on something other than the extreme pain you were in. 

While Steve was in the bathroom gathering first aid supplies, you heard him talking to the kids. “She’s not good. There’s no way I’m leaving her to go into those tunnels. No way. It has to wait.”

“But Steve this is our only chance!” Dustin said.

“And what about Billy?” Lucas asked, “We can’t just leave him here?”

“I can drive us.” Max said, followed by protests from everyone else. “No I’ve done it before when Billy was drunk. I’m pretty good! Anyway, we can get Billy and drop him off at our house, he’ll be out cold for the night so there’s no chance he will wake up and try to find us. Then we can go to the tunnels ourselves while you stay here and take care of y/n. It’s a great plan!” Max said. 

“Absolutely not.” You heard Steve say in his babysitter tone again. “A. I’m not letting you drive a car, you’re literally 9 years old. And B. I am definitely not letting you go into the tunnels alone.” 

“So what, we wait here with Billy’s useless body and put El and Hopper in even more danger than they already are? I don’t think so Harrington!” Max yelled. You had to admit, Max was mature for her age and you didn’t doubt that she could drive a car. The thought of your favorite kids entering the terrifying tunnels alone made you shiver, but you also had to admit that it was better than leaving El and Hopper for dead. 

“Steve please,” Max begged.

Steve huffed, “Fine. But please do not speed, and don’t forget to turn your headlights on. Also bring a walky-talky and make sure you radio in if anything happens. Okay?” He asked, and you heard everyone agree. “Please be careful. I’m trusting you guys.” Steve paused. “Let me put Billy in the backseat before you go.” You heard the sound of Steve lifting Billy’s unconscious body off the the floor and go outside, followed by faint voices from the kids. You heard an engine rev and you knew the kids had left. 

“Hey sorry to take so long,” Steve said, and you saw that he hand an arm full of various towels, bandages, and rubbing alcohol to clean you up with. 

“It’s all my fault.” You said, voice cracking and tears flowing again. You couldn’t handle the guilt you were already feeling at the thought of Mike, Lucas, Max, and Dustin in danger. 

“Hey no its not, shh, you didn’t do anything wrong, y/n.” Steve said, sitting next to you, wrapping his arm around you as you leaned into him. 

“I had to go and pick a fight with Billy and now you can’t even go with the kids to help them in the tunnels. I could have stayed behind, I would have been okay.” You cried. 

“No, y/n I’m not leaving you.” Steve said, tightening his grip around you. “And I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I have faith in the kids. They’ve been through a lot. They can handle it.” 

You began to cry harder now, “I’m just worried about them.” 

“I know. I am too, but they’ll radio in if anything goes wrong.” Steve said, looking down at you, wiping a tear from your cheek. “Let’s get you cleaned up, alright? Just lay back okay, I’ve got you.” 

You nodded, sniffling. The pain in you body was still debilitating, but you had become more aware of your surroundings. Steve was being the kindest person ever and you were in shock that you were in this crazy situation with Steve. 

“This may hurt a little,” Steve said as he dabbed your nose with a wet towel, and you flinched. “I’m sorry, I’m almost done,” he said wiping away the rest of the blood from your face. 

“I also brought you some ice to hold on your ribs, you got kicked pretty hard.” Steve said, handing you an ice pack. 

“Thank you for taking care of me. You really didn’t have to… Will you come lay with me?” You asked, scooting over in your bed, whimpering at the pain your ribs were causing you.

“Of course,” Steve said, climbing onto the bed next you to. You leaned into him and he put his arm tightly around you shoulder. “I’m so glad you’re alright. I care about you so much and to see you get beat up like that hurt me a lot. I never wanna see you get hurt again, y/n.”

You began tearing up yet again at the thought of Steve being so kind to you. Never in your life had someone been as nice to you as Steve was being now. 

“You look so beautiful when you cry. I mean it makes me really sad when you cry, but you’re so pretty.” Steve said, his face turning slightly red. 

“Even after I just got pummeled?” You asked, giggling. 

“Yes. Always, y/n. Actually,” Steve paused, “there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you.” He took a deep breath, “These past few weeks I feel like we’ve gotten so close and I love it. I love being around you. I mean I always saw you in school and thought you seemed nice, but getting to know you has really made me see how awesome you are. You’re so kind to everyone, you’re a great friend, and you might even be a better babysitter than I am. But that’s beside the point. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I like you. Like a lot. And I can’t wait anymore, I had to tell you. I just care about you so much and seeing you hurt makes me realize that I want to be there to protect you forever.” 

“Steve,” You said, not much louder than a whisper. You were so shocked and your emotions were already all over the place that you could help but let the tears flow again. 

“I’m sorry if that was too much, you don’t have to say anything back. I’m sorry if I made this weird-“ 

You cut him off, “I like you too, a lot actually.” You signed a breath of relief, finally getting it off of your chest. “I’m kinda embarrassed to tell you, but I’ve kinda liked you since sophomore year.”

“Really?” Steve asked, a shocked look on his face, followed by a goofy smile, you nodded. “This is amazing. I can’t believe this is actually happening! The girl of my dreams likes me back!!” Steve said, more to himself this time, making you blush.

You snuggled closer into Steve, if that was even possible. 

“What do you say when all of this is over, and if we actually make it out alive, you let me take you on a date?” Steve asked. 

“I would love that.” You said, sighing. Despite the current situation your heart couldn’t be more happy. 

“Good. So would I.” Steve said, looking down at you, staring into your eyes. He slowly began to lean in, you did as well, almost like you were a magnet being pulled towards him. Steve’s lips gently landed on yours, and you depend this kiss, leaning into him slightly for a few seconds before pulling away. 

“Wow.” Steve said with wide eyes. 

“Yeah, wow.” You said. 

“I’m never leaving you, y/n. I’m always going to be here to protect you. I promise.” Steve said, and eventually the two of you drifted off to sleep. 

A few hours later you were woken by the sound of people entering your house. You sat up quickly, worried you may be in danger. 

“Don’t worry,”  said Steve who was awake next to you, “it’s you mom and brothers, and everyone. Everything’s okay. Its over.” Steve said, pulling you into a tight embrace, not letting you go for anything, and knowing he would continue to protect you and never let you go as long as he could help it. 

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St. Elmo’s Fire (Billy Hargrove x Reader) part 1/2

Disclaimer: As the title already tells this is heavily inspired by St. Elmos Fire. Especially one scene (which you might recorgnize in part 2 of this fic). And because you know…Billy is inspired by Rob Lowe’s character in St. Elmos Fire (which also happens to be called Billy..what a coincidence). This is most likely going to consist of only 2 parts.

Warnings: swearing, profanity, nsfw-ish

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You were tapping your fingers against the half empty glass in front of you. Staring at the shimmering crystals that the neon lights seemed to create in it, while listening to the muffled sounds of the band playing on the small stage at the corner of the dimly lit room.

Spending your friday night at the local bar with your friends wasn’t very unusual. It wasn’t the nicest place in the world but there weren’t that many places for teenagers to go in Hawkins, especially none where they would serve you alcohol without checking for your ID.

However, today it was even more crowded than usual since it was the weekend after your High School graduation.

You should propably be enjoying yourself, having a laugh with Nancy, Jonathan and Steve that were seated right next to you at the small table. But you weren’t exactly in party mood. Everybody was going to leave after this summer and even though you wouldn’t admit it, you kinda had gotten attatched to your small group of friends that had formed over the course of the last two years.

„Oh come on I didn’t know she was your fucking sister. And to be honest I thought she was you at first.“

The roaring voice of Billy Hargrove echoed across the crowded bar, followed by a loud slapping sound that caused you (and many others) to turn your head.

Billy was standing in the center of the room, rubbing his cheek, furiosly gazing down at the girl that had just slapped him across the face.

„Fucking bitch.“ he mouthed as she pushed past him, immediately focusing his gaze on another girl that had been standing behind him this whole time. „Well, you’re way hotter anyway babe. How about I’ll introduce you to the backseat of my car and we can finish what we just started?“

Another slap echoed across the room, this time even causing the band to quit playing. „Oh I’m sorry I wouldn’t have thought that you were such prudes judging by how fast you get down on your knees.“ Billy yelled after the second girl, his voice slurred from obvious intoxication.

„Jesus Christ.“ Steve mumbled, the rest of you agreeing in silence by rolling your eyes.

Many people didn’t quite understand how all of you could be friends, especially after Billy had tried to make Steve’s life a living hell during his first weeks in Hawkins. But they also didn’t know about the supernatural shitshow that had been going down right in front of their door during the last two years. Stuff like that kinda brings people together.

You had been getting along with Billy right from the start, since both of you were into Heavy Metal music, fast cars and horror movies. And to be honest you were kind of an outcast in Hawkins anyway.

At first the others weren’t too fond of you hanging out with him but after they found out about how Billy’s dad had been treating him basically all his life, they were willing to accept him into the group. Even though they would get fed up with his bullshit from time to time. Or more like: all of the time.

„What did you just say about my girl, asshole?“ some tall blonde guy had emerged out of the group of bystanders, only to push Billy against the chest which caused him to stagger for a short moment.

„Which one?“, the curly haired boy laughed as he faced his attacker, „The one that was very eager to get to know me at Tinas party or the one that just sucked my dick in the restroom?“

Billy got closer and closer to the guys face, smirking at him cockily.

„Ok that’s enough.“ you sighed, getting up from your seat „I’m gonna go get our loverboy over there before he gets the shit beaten out of him again.“

„Hargrove! We’re leaving.“ you ordered, grabbing your friend by the shoulder and dangling your car keys in front of his face.  

„(Y/n)!“ His eyes lit up mischievously at your sight, „You know I would love to but I’m just having so much fun with our new jock friend over here. Sorry I didn’t quite catch your name…” Billy gestured dramatically into the guys direction,”..Matt?“

„It’s Michael.“ the tall blonde mumbled through gritted teeth, fists clenched.

„Well buddy, that’s not what your girl was screaming in my ear last night.“ Billy chuckled, licking across his lips while turning his back at Michael. Only to be struck by his fist just seconds later, causing him to fall to the ground face first.

„Billy!“

You immediately rushed to Billy’s defense, helping him to get back up on his feet. At this point the rest of the group had rushed to your side aswell. Steve and Jonathan were holding back Michael, stopping him from doing even more damage to their friend’s face. Nancy was standing beside you, making sure that Billy was alright.

„You really had to wait for him to turn his back at you, hadn’t you? Fucking coward!“ You barked at the tall jock.

„He fucked my girlfriend! Why would you defend this asshole?“

„Maybe blame your girlfriend then!“ you clapped back, „He’s drunk as hell. Jesus Christ. Fuck off and pick a fight with someone your size.“

Steve and Jonathan let go of the guy who immediately stormed off while cursing several other things into your direction.

„You alright man?“ Jonathan asked Billy who had only just gained back his full consciousness.

„Yeah sure. That little bitch didn’t even aim correctly.“ „Shut up Hargrove.“ Steve shook his head, „You can be lucky that we were here to save your ass once again.��

„Yeah whatever…“ Billy mumbled, wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. „Fuck…“

„Are you sure, you’re okay Billy?“ Nancy asked concerned.

„Yeah everything’s fine. Let’s party.“ „Definitely not! You! Leave my bar right now!“

„We’re sorry. It’s not gonna happen again.“ Nancy tried to appease the bar’s owner, who had obviously witnessed everything that just happened.

„That’s what you tell me every time and then he pulls some of this bullshit over and over again.“ He pointed towards Billy, his voice roaring. The curly haired boy seemed rather unimpressed and only reacted with his typical cocky grin.

„It’s fine guys! I’m gonna take him home.“ you intervened before he could say another stupid thing that would propably get him banned for life.

„You sure?“ Steve asked.

„Yeah I didn’t drink too much and I’m not really feeling like partying anyway…see you around guys. Have fun.“ you smiled at your friends and grabbed Billy by the collar of his shirt „Come on asshole let’s go.“