#harringrove headcanon

[harringroveera]

Steve wakes up and feels weird. His bedroom isn’t his bedroom anymore. He takes another look.

It is his bedroom. Of his parents’ house back in Hawkins. He is back in his old bedroom. The house is empty. Everything looks odd.

He turns on the TV. Will Byers has gone missing. He stumbles outside the door and picks up the newspaper. November 6th, 1983.

He’s gone back in time somehow. 15 years backwards. To the first day it all started.

Steve crumbles the newspapers in his hand and decides this time he’s going to fix everything.

Including saving his soulmate from his death 13 years ago

[chrisbitchtree]

Can we all please take a moment to collectively drool over dude bro, frat boy, backwards baseball cap wearing Harringrove? Whenever I think I’ve recovered from it, I get sucked in again by thoughts of them doing keg stands together, being beer pong partners, being each other’s wingmen all night at parties, only to end up going home with each other anyway, giving each other blowjobs under the cover of darkness in their dorm room, trying to pretend the next morning that the night before didn’t mean anything to either of them. They were just wasted, it was just fun, a way to blow off some steam.

[weird-an]

Billy hides in his room like a spooked cat at first.

Hopper tries his best to be patient. The boy has been through a lot, he reminds himself. He needs time.

The first of Billy's things Hopper finds outside of his room is some hairspray in the bathroom.

Billy is still hiding.

But slowly, there is more stuff lying around. His sweater, a few earrings, some books Hopper or El definitely didn‘t buy.

Billy shows up in the living room more often. They watch cheesy movies together both of them deny to like.

One day, Hopper comes home and finds a topless Steve Harrington drinking a soda in the kitchen.

"Hey Hop! Billy said you would not mind, if I stayed for dinner?"

Hopper finally realizes that Billy trusts him.

[plistommy]

Eddie: Dude, Hargrove definitely wants to fuck you. He has checked out your ass not once, but three times this morning!

Steve: No, he doesn’t! Just shut up, man…

*10 minutes later*

Billy: Hey, Harrington. You should wear those jeans more often. They fit you really well.

Steve: Oh haha, thanks!

Eddie: *whispers* See?!!!

Steve: Maybe he just likes the design—

Eddie: DESIGN OF YOUR ASS, YES!!

[mystrade-lecroft]

Steve: *seeing Billy for the first time* You look like someone who will create a lot of problems for me.

Steve:

Steve: I’m kinda into that

[biillyhargroves]

you know that one episode of Gilmore Girls where Rory finds out that Logan never had a normal birthday party as a kid so she pulls out all the stops and recreates every iconic childhood birthday party Lorelai ever threw her so that he can feel special on his birthday?

yeah, that’s a Steve Harrington move. Steve would do that for Billy the minute he found out that Neil never bothered celebrating Billy’s birthday. he’d probably make it a surprise party. invite the party. Billy’s besties Heather and Chrissy. literally everyone. & Billy would be so embarrassed and feel so awkward but would also love it so much, the end.

[0ceanblue]

Okay, but..

Omega Steve post heat. He still has a fever, but he’s calmed so much now with the help from his Alpha, Billy.

Billy took such good care of him through it all and now- Now, they’re both perfectly content with laying naked in Steve’s nest made up on their king size bed.

A nest made up of Billy’s clothes for his scent, soft blankets and pillows that Steve scented preheat and some of Steve’s clothes too. All of it covered in their scents completely now.

Steve’s in his element and Billy is just grateful to have helped his boy get through it all. To see him blissed out and happily drunk on Alpha scent now. Fucked out and finally able to relax.

Splayed over Billy’s warm chest, while Billy slowly rubs a cold pack covered in a thin cloth up and down Steve’s back to keep him cool enough to lay there.

Steve’s face tucked close enough to Billy’s scent patch on his neck that he’ll get lungfuls of his scent every time he breathes in. Lets out little chirps and purrs every few minutes, which lets Billy know that Steve is perfectly happy.

They’re claimed to each other and there’s nothing that could make them both happier than this.

[writer-in-theory]

Hearing Steve mention he was a certified lifeguard in s4 made me think about him and Billy being coworkers.

Steve who had worked at the pool since he was 15, worried he'd never be able to step foot in the water ever again after what happened his junior year but finding odd comfort in protecting others from the water when he knew what had happened to Barb the one time he wasn’t watching his own pool.

Steve who got along great with the manager even if the guy was a little lazy, who teased and got teased by Heather Holloway every shift they’re together (but he knows she likes him because she once kicked Tommy out of the pool for legitimately making fun of him for getting beat by Jonathan Byers). He’s got a good gig here, and he’s excited for one more summer of it after graduation.

But then he walks into his first shift and who’s there? Billy Fucking Hargrove in those tiny red shorts Steve also stood in, smirking at him as Steve prepared to take his shift in the chair. "Fancy seeing you here, Harrington. You followin' me or something?"

"Fuck you, I worked here first."

And so began the more dramatic workplace rivalry to ever exist in Hawkins. Everyone knows about it, and some of their classmates even show up to the pool at shift change just for the chance to catch a fight. For some reason his manager always seems to schedule them together anymore, and Steve could lose it. No fists ever fly, but they do prank each other and throw the nastiest words they can without being fired. Billy swaps out Steve's shorts for a pair a size too small, leaving him terrified to even move in the chair without them riding up his thighs. Steve responds in kind by stealing Billy's clothes out of his locker and leaving them in the sauna all day so they're soaked by the time Billy needs back in them.

Steve is sure there's no one more abrasive and horrible as Billy Hargrove, but then the kids are dragging him to the pool on his one day off that week from the place. Billy was working that day, but it wasn't as the main lifeguard. No, that day Steve got to see Billy teaching a swim class of all fucking things. And there he is, gently guiding toddlers in the water, getting them comfortable and unafraid of being the shallows. Any abrasiveness is gone, all sharp edges filed down to dull, nonharmful little things as Billy smiles, laughs, and encourages these kids. And Steve is taken aback, he can't stop watching that radiant smile, this soft side of Billy that he'd never been allowed to see anymore.

And well, maybe Steve doesn't prank him on their next shift together.

[harringroveera]

AU where it’s Billy meeting Steve for their date instead before he got caught by the Mind Flayer and he chose to call Steve in the last minute

[chrisbitchtree]

Billy used to lend Steve his denim jacket when Steve would get cold. Max caught them making out once, Steve wrapped in the jacket, but never tells them what she saw.

When they all presume Billy to be dead, Max gives Steve Billy’s denim jacket. Steve tries to say no, that he couldn’t possibly take it. But Max can see the sadness and longing in his eyes, so she plays it off as if it’s a waste of a perfectly good coat for it to just sit in her closet. Steve accepts it, and after that, Max rarely sees Steve without the jacket.

When Billy returns, Steve tries to give him his jacket back. He just winks and tells Steve to keep it because “It always looked better on you, pretty boy.”

[weird-an]

Will is curious about their guest.

Billy has been sleeping on the couch for a few weeks now. He always comes in, battered from work. Sometimes he is in a bad mood. He is still polite and helps Joyce around the house. But then he doesn‘t talk much.

He is always smiling though, when he comes back from movie nights at Steve Harrington‘s place. And there are apparently a lot of movies to watch.

On his birthday Will walks in when Billy is on the phone.

”Steve, I can‘t. Not today, Joyce is cooking a special birthday dinner for Will. It‘s only family.“

Will hides behind the door.

”I know. You‘re my family, too.“

Are they…?

”I miss you, too.“ Billy laughs. ”I‘ll make it up to you.“

Will has never heard Billy laugh before. They gotta be like him, right?

Before Billy hangs up, Will clears his throat. His hands are sweating. What if he is wrong?

Billy nearly drops the phone.

”He can come over, if he wants to.“

Will is proud that his voice is not shaking.

Billy stares at him.

Will points at the phone. ”Tell him.“

Billy is still staring at him. Will blushes.

”Uhm, Steve? You owe me 50 bucks. And you can come over tonight.“

[plistommy]

Steve: To be honest, I just need some good dick to get my mind off these things…

Eddie: I mean, shit… I can help—

Billy, coming out of a gate from the Upside Down while being all bloody and bruised: NO YOU WON’T!!!!!

[belovedharringrove]

steve had a nanny when he was younger, an older italian woman named ms. esposito that raised steve to be polite and taught him how to cook and how to speak italian and how to take care of himself when he was sick. she taught steve how to treat women right and hugged him close when he got his heart broken for the first time by a girl. she made her dislike for tommy and carol very clear because she claimed they were making him a worse person by the day but she still loved steve wholeheartedly and would only silently shake her head in disappointment when he told her everything he got up to when he was with them.

when she passed away on his last year of middle school, he missed a whole week and just cried alone, in a house that felt more empty now that he didn't hear ms. esposito humming to herself as she made him lunch and dinner and demanded he help her because knowing how to cook is something both men and women should do, she would always say.

when steve became the party's unofficial babysitter, he took everything he learned from ms. esposito and used it to take good care of everyone. he would occasionally invite everyone over and make them dinner and he would grumble for show when they all begged him for seconds because "feeding you guys isn't cheap, dammit."

when steve and billy start dating, steve invites billy over every day so they can hang out (and kiss) and so he can cook for him and they can watch movies together (and kiss). billy absolutely loves steve's cooking and the first time he tried it, he had to hold back from proposing to steve on the spot because they were in a house full of nosey teenagers that weren't so secretly protective of their babysitter.

the first time billy hears steve cuss someone out in italian, he waits until steve is finished insulting homophobic mr. jones that lives close to the arcade, grabs steve and carries him to the backseat of his camaro, already parked somewhere hidden, so he can show steve just how sexy he thought he sounded. after that, whenever steve wants billy's attention he'll just start talking to him in italian. billy will drop whatever it is he is doing and drag steve away somewhere hidden to "have fun". the party already knows what that means and they'll claim it's gross and fake gag as they leave, but they're happy steve finally found someone who appreciates him.

billy is always less mean after steve's sucked him off so that's just another perk, they guess.

[disdaidal]

Harringrove Enemies to Lovers AU where Billy’s been kicked out into the pouring rain when Steve happens to drive by and asks him to hop in. Normally Billy would say no, but he’s soaking wet and shivering so he agrees. Once they’ve arrived at Steve’s house, Steve offers Billy some dry clothes, a warm bath and some hot cocoa.

Billy gets sick for days and during those days he wants to hate Harrington and die from embarrassment, but he can’t exactly do shit when he’s down with a fever and can hardly speak his mind with a sore throat. Steve wants to hate Billy because he’s been a total douche to him, but actually likes taking care of someone else for a change and having some company in the house. Also Billy is quiet most of the time, so he likes that, too.

[every-dayiwakeup]

Country Club AU where Steve plays tennis (he practices with a tennis ball launcher) and Billy works at the club.

Steve's so into what he's doing he doesn't notice the intense baby blues watching his every move.

But it's impossible not to notice Billy's staring when the two are buck naked in the showers. He's been a good, patient boy, waiting for Steve's cock this long.

And Steve's nothing if not generous.

[biillyhargroves]

no but hear me out: Billy slowly coming out of his shell and discovering a true Griswold-level love for the holidays as he builds his own family and feels that love surrounding him and wants to create special memories with his own kids.

like the Christmas season has never mattered to him because no one has ever made it special but then he has his own babies and he’s watching Steve break his back picking out the perfect tree, baking all the perfect cookies, playing all the perfect music in the house. he finds himself roped into wrapping all the presents and making up the perfect Santa Claus penmanship, drunk on eggnog and taking half-bites out of Christmas cookies at 1:48 on Christmas morning, trying his damndest to be quiet, wearing red just in case his kids catch a glimpse of “Santa” from the top of the stairs. and he’s sold. this is his new personality. he will give his family a fun, old-fashioned Christmas every year or there will truly be hell to pay.