#basically just harringrove

[lazybakerart]

YEs, keep talking about Jeremy and Gator because I am listening. I am nodding along. I am fully supporting this.

they ran in separate circles in high school. jeremy said some shitty thing to gator once. years later, gator is high up his own ass and runs into jeremy and that one insult loops in his head. and like, it's a coin toss how this can go. he's got his cuffs and a daddy as sheriff.

but jeremy smiles at him.

but doesn't remember his name.

calls him croc.

but does say he looks sick in his uniform.

and it's still a coin toss, but gator feels that nagging inside of him from high school, since he was a kid with a daddy that might as well be god, that wants to impress this guy into remembering the name gator.

(they go for a beer and gator lets jeremy shoot his gun nearly killing the both of them and jeremy gets to make out with the douche from high school in the back of a patrol car.)

[psychdelia]

steve and billy getting close after starcourt and not understanding that they’re basically a couple. while billy’s been aware of his feelings about steve since his first day here, steve doesn’t realize his feelings aren’t platonic. the way he gets in billy’s space at any given chance, sitting next to him and scooting closer until there’s no distance from their shoulders down. he holds billy’s hand, hugs and lays with him on his bad days. when steve’s having a bad day, he manhandles and bullies billy into straddling his lap, feeling more grounded. he’s clenching his jaw and frowning deeply as he presses his face into billy’s neck and chest, arms locked tight around him so he can’t move— not that he would ever want to.

but they’re not a couple. they’re just friends who help each other out because they’re the only two who understand. he tells himself that a lot, ignoring the fact that he’s not going to robin, nancy, or jonathan for anything of the sort. they’re just friends who can’t sleep without spooning and sharing a bed every night. they’re just friends even though billy steals gentle touches when he thinks steve is sleeping, running his hands over steve’s arms, chest, shoulders, appreciating being held so strong and tight. they’re just friends when steve finally stops pretending to be asleep and leans into billy’s touch. billy looks scared like he’s been caught doing something wrong, trying to think of what to say. they’re just friends when steve’s pretty sure he cuts off an attempt at an apology, leaning in and planting one on him. then he’s mumbling his own apology against billy’s lips for taking too long to do that, but billy’s cutting him off right back, wasting no time and moaning so soft and sweet into steve’s mouth.

[all-the-gae-things]

okay everyone, here they are! My fave ships ranked based on how sick they make me. I'd like to say that i love all of them pretty much equally, there are just different levels of *pain* they put me through

please feel VERY free to send me questions about this i am VERY open to explain myself and also hear some opinions

[fizzigigsimmer]

Reality collision where Billy shows up to school one day with a baby. No one knows who the kid is or why Billy showed up with him; but he waits to corner Steve in the parking lot. Shoves the baby into his arms unceremoniously all - "Take your spawn Harrington."

Steve's never seen this baby in his life, and if anything it looks like Billy. Brown hair sure, but the eyes,chin, and those ears are all Hargrove. He's confused even more when Billy starts babbling about holes opening up on the walls and what sounds like demo-dogs, which he shouldn't even know about!

One thing he is sure of, he definitely didn't get attacked by a demo-dog last night or run into Billy's car out near the powerplant. He definitely didn't give Billy this baby and ask him to take care of it, but someone did.

AKA Billy and Steve get stuck temporarily taking care of their alternate reality baby and it brings them together.

[sleepyicon]

harringrove is pure fanon fun, but canon was sleeping on hollogrove

[ghostlynimbus]

As always no promises but if anyone wants to send me any one shot requests to try to work out some of this rustiness I would appreciate it.

[thissortofsorcery]

What are your favourite Steve, billy & harringrove headcanons?

You sent this ask so long ago and I'm only getting to it now because I had to take some time to think about it.

Steve:

BAMF Steve Harrington is one of my favorite headcanons for him. I hate the trope that he's dumb so much, and I hate it especially when it's reflected on fanfic and he's just... incompetent. Some people have a competence kink but I have an incompetence squick. So I always gravitate toward the idea that Steve has something he's good at, it's just not very visible.

Steve Harrington's parents are nice. Sure, we need the house empty so Steve can bring Billy around a lot, but they can be traveling like temporarily! I want as many adults as possible in Billy's corner anyways, and I love fics where Steve's Dad goes up against Neil.

Billy:

I LOVE the english nerd Billy headcanon. He reads all the books. Knows all the poems. Understands all the things. Wows all the Steves. It's also so much fun to see what literature the writers like that they use in their fics.

Virgin Billy. Listen. I have no excuses. But a Billy that puts up a front and has never actually had sex is so?????? Layers. So many layers.

That Billy is alive in the Upside Down. Tbh I avoid anything post-s3, but if I HAVE to read something, the boy's gotta be alive down there. The reunion????? Hello??????

That Billy has always known he's gay.

Harringrove:

Balls to the wall obsessed with each other. From day 1.

Billy thinking he's screwed up everything every time he gets angry and Steve being patient with him always.

Going to Steve's house after a run-in with Neil is a very basic hc but good lord it hits right

BILLY IS A GRADE BEHIND STEVE FTW (i don't know why i like this one so much. i just do. i doesn't have to make sense)

After Billy starts hanging around Steve he starts to feels more settled (as much as that's possible). Drinks less. Smokes less. Is less reckless. Walking around Steve's house in a bathrobe with a cup of coffee.

When Steve uses his name to threaten Neil hmmmmmmm. We hate the rich but this time it's ok.

Tell me your headcanons babe, what do you like to think about them????

[bigdumbbambieyes]

ok ok ok hear me out. there truly is not enough fake dating harringrove aus. so modern au where steve and billy went to highschool together but maybe they ran in different circles and while steve didn't really know billy (maybe just knew of him), billy KNEW steve. had a crush on since the moment he first laid eyes on him but obviously he never did anything about it cos 1. king steve was obviously so very straight. mr prince charming himself was very rarely single and pretty much had a girlfriend the entire time they went to highschool together. 2. the fear of neil made sure that billy kept the fact he was gay very much to himself while he still lived under his dad's roof.

anyway cue graduation and lo and behold, not only do they end up at the same college but turns out they're roommates. also turns out that steve isn't as straight as billy previously thought and actually uses college to explore his bisexuality. but what if the first guy steve ends up getting into a relationship ends up being a grade A douchebag and treats steve like his dirty little secret before breaking his heart? and maybe this guy is someone billy already had beef with. this jerk decided to become enemies with billy over some inane shit like.. billy got the position of captain on the college's football team over him (or something idk).

anyway one night robin takes steve out to a bar to cheer him up and billy tags along but steve's ex-douchebag bf is there and maybe steve gets a little tipsy and decides karaoke is a great idea! and gets up on stage and sings olivia rodrigo's get him back! (if you listen to the lyrics of that song youll understand the inspiration behind this message. also is there anything hotter than when someone sings a song originally sang by someone of the opposite gender but doesn't change the pronouns???) and billy's watching steve up on stage and he's so fucking animated and beautiful and he's really throwing himself into the performance and the crowd is absolutely eating it up and billy glances to his right and sees that fucking douchebag who broke steve's heart looking at pretty boy with a hungry expression like he's about to have another go at breaking steve's heart again and billy makes the most stupid decision of his life. when steve jumps off the stage flushed and happy and stumbles back over to robin and billy, billy grabs him by the waist and pulls him close and goes: "i know how you can get him back" and threads a hand through his hair and gives him the kiss of a lifetime. and when steve pulls back, his pupils are blown, the thread of spit hanging between their lips and they just stare at one another panting for a few mins before the spell is broken when steve glances over his shoulder and murmurs: "is it working?" and billy's still staring at steve (imagine the way billy looks at steve when they're outside the byers house in s2) and he just feels his stomach drop because holy shit. this was the worst idea he's ever had and in that moment he knew he wasn't ever getting over steve: "yeah, pretty boy... it's working."

ANOOOOOOON YOU’RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAAAGE 👀 you’re so right - there needs to me more fake dating aus!! It’s one of my favourite tropes 🥰 the misunderstandings!! the assumptions!! the miscommunication!! the mutual pining!! the getting together of it all!! (ideally kjfngkjn)

honestly tho, what can I even say?! you've perfectly laid it all out for us 🥹 I expect this entire plot written out to at least 100k please!! 💳

and I have to say that I'm SOOOO obsessed with the idea of Billy and Steve going to the same high school but never really knowing each other!! like, they JUST missed each other!! and then realizing that later on in life when they're in their 20's/30's is so...

ALSO!! them as roommates will always be my fav thing!! I just need these two in a room at all times KFGNKNF

but I'm genuinely so floored at this ask bc it's so thorough and juicy it's basically like getting a little ficlet hand-delivered to me and I feel so special rn hehe 🥹 thank you sm anon!! I hope you run with this and write something bc you clearly have something good here!! 🤍

[intothedysphoria]

Halloween 2024 is such a big deal for harringrove.

It’s basically their 40th anniversary (yes they got together the moment they met) so Steve is freaking out trying to budget a trip to the west coast. He’s baking batches of mini cupcakes and buying bottles of champagne and crying out of stress on the phone to Robin.

But really, at heart, Billy likes things low key and adores Halloween.

So they spend their fortieth anniversary curled up on the couch with their six cats, watching Poltergeist and handing out candy to anyone who knocks on their door. Billy’s won a best carved pumpkin competition and Steve’s still dressed like Tom Cruise. And they’re just happy.

It’s cheesy and painfully domestic, the flight ends up being cancelled because their cats miss them too much. And neither Billy or Steve would have it any other way.

[imsodishy]

I'm all for Heather and Robin being meddling and a little condescending to their respective dumbasses in Harringrove fic but only! if they are simultaneously massive disasters.

Like they talk a very good game at their stupid boy best friends about how it's not that complicated, just get your shit together, but meanwhile one day Heather's got a lollipop and she says to Billy, "I can't tell what flavor this is supposed to be. What do you think?"

And Billy's like, "I've got cherry gum, it'll just taste like cherry."

And Robin, all in a rush just to say something to Heather, basically shouts, "I'll lick you!" immediately turns beet red, and flees the scene, "Steve! Start the car!"

Meanwhile Heather's got Billy by the collar going, "What do you think she meant by that???? Was it a friend thing? Billy, does she want to be friends?????"

[shieldofiron]

Saf...

I know it's been done, probably a million times, but...

harringrove roommates AU, idiots in love, and everyone ELSE can see it but they're both absolutely oblivious until an outside throws the word boyfriend at them forcing them to reevaluate.

and go, would it be so bad? everything would remain the same, only there would be kissing now and other stuff.

and then maybe they would decide to pretend they still have no idea to see how long it would take Max and their friends to notice...

that was my 2.20am thoughts.

going to bed now

ily

LOL also yet again, your one thought is like a whooooole enchilada longfic, my friend. And I have so many of those cooking. But I was inspired to write a little snippet of this. Consider it a slice of their weird little life.

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"I think I'm going to go on a porn fast."

There's no reason for Robin to give him that look. They talk about everything. He helped her check herself when she had an ingrown hair that she thought was an STD, for God's sake.

"What?" Steve frowned.

"A porn fast." She looked absolutely disgusted. He was talking about less porn, what was her problem.

"Yeah. Like 30 days, no porn," Steve shook his head, "I just feel like I'm doing it too much, you know. I'm gonna get carpal tunnel."

"Are you going to move out?" She smirked.

"What the hell does that mean?"

"What it means, Dingus-"

She paused when Billy waltzed in and pulled out one earbud, tiny shorts hiked up so high they were basically underwear, glistening from his workout.

"Have you seen my water cup?" Billy's chest was heaving, a drip of sweat sliding down the center of his chest towards his happy trail.

"You mean your basic white girl cup?" Steve rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, whatever, Pretty Boy. It's huge and it stays cold as fuck," Billy leaned in to where Steve sat at their tiny breakfast nook, and smirked, "I've seen you steal a sip."

"As if," Steve scoffed, "Robin he's obsessed with one of those huge Stanley cups."

"That is a basic bitch move," Robin shrugged, "He's got you Billy."

"Yeah he does," Billy licked along his lower lip, "You've seen it. C'mon, baby, tell me."

Steve sighed, "I washed it, because you never do. It's over there."

Billy snuck in close for a kiss on the cheek, and heat washed over Steve's body, probably from Billy standing so damn close after lifting. He was like a furnace, and Steve had fallen asleep with him enough on the couch to know.

"Thanks, Pretty Boy."

Steve watched Billy pop in his air bud, and assemble and fill his cup for a moment, shaking his booty to whatever his dumb workout mix was, only to be brought out of it when Robin pinched him.

"Don't know how you're gonna do a porn fast with your fucking boyfriend doing a playgirl shoot all around your apartment."

Steve's mouth fell open, "He's my roommate."

"Yeah. And you stare at him and jack off all the time because you feel sooo normal about that."

Steve kicked her weakly under the table, not even able to speak. He wasn't that way about Billy. Couldn't be. That was his roommate.

Later that night after Robin had gone home, he was curled up on the couch next to Billy's furnace of a body.

"Have you even had a sip of water all day?" Billy asked, eyeing Steve's diet coke.

"Yes, I have," He hadn't, "chill, you water obsessed freak."

Billy shoved the clear straw of his enormous silver cup in Steve's face, "Drink."

There shouldn't be something stirring in his stomach when Billy said shit like that. There shouldn't be...

"Good Boy," Billy said in a low laughing voice.

Billy wasn't his boyfriend. Nor was he porn.

But God help him, Steve was realizing he wanted him to be a little of both.

[lazybakerart]

absolutely furious that 'i would do anything for love' by meatloaf only came out in 1993 because teenage steve would go absolutely apeshit for that song. can you imagine billy walking across steve waiting in his car to pick up dustin or something from the arcade, windows down and absolutely belting out that song, eyes closed with an imaginary mic in hand? billy would be awestruck

meatloaf would be steve's jam. it's hard to beat bat out of hell. steve would be the king of karaoke. he'd bring the pizazz. the cheese. every first date would be wowed by his over the top performance that's both ridiculous and charming. but even outside of karaoke, without a mic and a stage and a crt tv for the lyrics (which he never needs), he'd tug on billy's heart (very much alive and thriving in his 90s grunge phase) and get him out of those classic 80s skin-tight jeans with his rendition of it's all coming back to me now.

[steddieunderdogfics]

Consensual Catfishing by foresthearts

@kiaramori

Rating: Mature

32,108 words, 4/4 chapters

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Past harringrove and stancy but nothing current, Identity Issues, Catfishing (but not), Texting, Epistolary, Famous Steve Harrington, (basically like harry styles), Professional DM Eddie Munson, (basically like brennan lee mulligan), Roommates, Friends to Lovers, Flirting, Pining, Steddie Big Bang 2023 (Stranger Things), Modern Era, Alternate Universe

Summary:

When Eddie gets a message on instagram from an account claiming to be the famous pop-star Steve Harrington, he knows immediately it's a catfish. He's not dumb. The account has no pictures and people like Steve Harrington don't just randomly DM guys like Eddie. Still. What would be the harm in letting it play out? It's not dangerous if he knows he's being catfished. No, if he knows about it, then it's basically like a fun little roleplay. No harm, no foul. (Eddie is not, in fact, being catfished)

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[kennahjune]

Been having this idea so bare with me while I attempt to explain:

(Note: this isn’t exactly my “usual” content)

No Upside Down AU where like 37% of the human population are some kind of “mythologic” as they call them.

Hawkins is kind of infested with them, despite being— well— Hawkins.

The majority of the Party are mythologics.

Now, Billy and Max move to Hawkins from Cali as per usual in 1984. And they’ve heard of Hawkins. Of how it’s mostly mythologics despite the small human population not being very accepting of them.

So they move to Hawkins and all is well until they start hearing rumors.

Rumors about a werewolf pack that isn’t a werewolf pack. Apparently there’s a werewolf in Hawkins collecting misfits and others and simply— accepting them into his pack.

Billy doesn’t buy it for shit. Werewolves tend to be hella territorial and unwelcoming.

Or that’s what he’s been told by his dad. He’s never actually met a werewolf, being a vampire. Vamps and Wolves don’t really get along.

And so Billy and Max start school and it’s fine. Billy likes fucking with this one guy, Steve. It’s really easy to rile him up and funny to watch him try and rein himself in.

Max is in the middle school, always talking about this one vampire kid and how he’s an asshole but his friends are sweet enough. Billy doesn’t listen too much.

Until he collides into Steve in the high school parking lot. Steve’s in a rush, barely getting an apology out before running (inhumanly fast— Billy notes) down the road where the middle school is.

Billy, thinking “well what the fuck”, follows after him. They arrive at the middle school and there’s a fight going on in the parking lot.

He says “fight” but it’s really a bunch of kids ganging up on one scrawny pale kid and holding back his friends. Steve is rushing in immediately, yelling at the assholes to leave them alone and to scram.

That’s when Billy realizes one of the kids being held back was Max, with a minor busted lip.

He’s immediately at her side, trying to seem angry but not being able to hide the actual concern in his tone.

Billy turns to leave but watches Max run up to the other kids to check on them. That’s when Steve turns to Billy and seems to recognize his presence.

Steve’s pulling the 4 boys behind him immediately, his eyes flashing a bright yellow and he growls and—

Oh.

Steve’s that odd werewolf collecting strays.

.

And idk Billy and Steve go through this whole thing where Billy refuses to be accepted into the pack even tho he basically already is cause no one else in the pack really has a problem with him.

But Max is in the pack (the Party, they call themselves), so Billy sees them all constantly against his will.

And there’s the bit where vampire Eddie also joins the pack eventually, after the kids kind of adopt him in Hellfire and Steve is weak for those kids.

And obviously Billy ends up joining the pack at some point but I haven’t thought that far ahead lmao.

Idk if I want it to be platonic harringrove or romantic harringrove but I’m lowkey leaning towards harringroveson to be honest.

But if you have opinions I’d love to know them!!

I kinda wanna write more for Billy, idk lol I’ve just been in a middle lately

[oopsiedaisiesbaby]

If you put your favorite Stranger things ships into the MOTA universe, how would they fare? And how soon do they get together?

Fuuuck this is a tough question 😅 I’m always banging on for someone to do AU’s of my favorite fandoms set within each other but I struggle to conceptualize it myself! Let’s see… prepare for word vomit rambling lol

Harringrove… rival pilots. They have had beef since day one and they make it everyone else’s problem. We’re talking, the room clears if they’re in it together. They’re constantly fighting for the number one spot. They’re always two seconds away from getting court martialed for their bull shit but somehow skim by without ever actually getting into trouble and end up as squadron leaders. They get shot down at the same time and end up parachuting within yards of each other and on the run together. Their differences get set aside as they get chased through the countryside by Germans. Ultimately, they end up in the stalag together and everyone is a little shocked at the way they have become inseparable but there’s a war on and things are strange. They end up together in the stalag as they lean on each other but also fiercely defend and protect each other against anyone and anything like a couple of feral bonded cats. The codependency is unreal but they do end up escaping together and refuse to be separated when they get back from the states. It takes years for them to admit they’re not just roommates despite essentially being married.

Munver+… Jason is a pilot and Eddie is his bombardier. Jason’s got his sweetheart Chrissy back home and the way Eddie flirted with her during basic has made Jason hate his guts. No matter what Jason does or says, Eddie continues to flirt and Chrissy seems to like it??? However, by the time they prepare to leave for England Eddie’s hitting on him??? Jason is very confused, Chrissy’s parting words are to suck Eddie’s dick and Jason has a full on crisis. Until Eddie has Chrissy write Jason a letter explicitly telling him exactly what’s gonna go down between Eddie and Jason and that she’ll be waiting for both of them. Once Jason gives in, it’s like it’s been that way the whole time. They get shot down, but make it back, and somehow convince Hopper to let them keep flying. Jason and Chrissy legally get married when they make it back to the states but they all three are married in their minds. Couldn’t leave out my girl Chrissy and she deserves two doting men, I don’t make the rules!

Jargyle… Jonathan’s Billy’s navigator and Argyle’s his bombardier. Way too much fun is had on that plane, we’re talking corny ass jokes mid getting shot at. They’ve been together since basic, quietly, happily, and unproblematically. Jonathan’s on leave for something to do with his family when Billy and Argyle get shot down and end up in the stalag. He spirals pretty hard because that’s his pseudo brother and husband and he thinks he could’ve saved them if he had been there. They take a lot of time away from everyone when they get back from the states just to heal and be together away from war.

Buckleway… Robin’s dressing up and fooling the entire USAAF into thinking she’s a man so that she can be Steve’s navigator and Heather is the Red Cross girlie that catches her and they start out as friends (Robin’s so grateful someone other than Steve knows about her secret) but really start falling for each other right before Steve and Robin get shot down and end up in the stalag. The reunion when she is liberated from the stalag is one for the pictures it’s so sappy.

Hopper is the long suffering Colonel that has to deal with all their bull shit. Yes, he’s known about Robin since day one. It’s the least of his problems when he’s got Billy and Steve fucking around and frequently failing to find out by the grace of the Devil (there’s no God in whatever’s going on between those two lol)

I gotta stop here because I need to go to bed lol but this was fun to think about ❤️

[idkevenknowwhattoput]

I have been thinking about a Hercules harringrove. Idk who would be who though. They could be either but here’s what I think it would be like if Steve was Meg and Billy was Hercules (it’s going to be a mix of the Disney version and the accurate one).

Billy or Hercules was born from Zeus and a farmer’s daughter. Zeus gave Billy the name Hercules because of his godly strength but his mother (we are just going to call her Cora) renamed him Billy as to not be found by Hera and her wrath. Billy wasn’t liked very much by the people of his town and felt like an outcast, so he decided to go to Zeus’s temple to find answers. It is there when he finds out he’s a demigod and Zeus is his father, but Zeus is an asshole (*cough* neil *cough*) so billy leaves the temple determined to be better than his father. This is where he stumbles upon pegasus, his hoof trapped under a rock. Using his strength Billy frees him and for his gratitude Pegasus stays with Billy to help with transportation and stuff. Billy renames him Camaro. Billy then goes to the temple where the trainer hopper (aka Phil the half goat guy) lives. He has trained every other powerful Olympian warrior and billy was intrigued by this and wanted to use his full potential. So with the help of Hopper (and being fed and housed with his wife Joyce) Billy got his full strength and determined to make something of himself….(now Steve’s story)

Steve (Stefano just to be fancy) fell in love with a beautiful girl. She was very smart and helped out in Athena’s temple. Though she never gave Steve the time a day even though she claim to love him (Nancy). Till one day Nancy died of a terrible accident and being heartbroken, desperate, and so in love Steve makes a deal with hades. The deal was that Nancy would come back and in return Steve had to pay a price. So without a second thought Steve agrees and Nancy comes back. Only for her to leave him for a poet (Jonathan) leaving Steve heartbroken. For the price hades and hera decide to team up (because no one likes Zeus) and hades uses Steve by taking his soul. He uses Steve basically as a spy or recruiter to bring other monsters on hade’s side against his will. Then after being saved by Billy from the river guardian hades and Hera decide to use Steve to take down Billy, because he’s one of Zeus’s bastard children. (Does it work? Can Steve fall in love again after such heartbreak? Will Billy find out Steve is basically a spy? Who knows.)