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the finest hour i've ever known - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, Neil Hargrove
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Whump, Angst with a Happy Ending, … somewhat, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Established Relationship, also somewhat lol, the boys love each other okay
Summary:

“Instead of grabbing onto the nightstand, his hand smacks into the leaning tower of cassette tapes that Billy has stacked next to his bed.

It feels like time slows down as he watches them topple to the ground in a loud clatter of plastic on plastic. The sound seems to echo around the otherwise quiet room, sounding deafening in the silence.

His heart drops all the way to his fucking stomach; any relief he’d felt earlier gets subsumed by the torrential onslaught of dread.”

or, Steve sneaks in to Billy’s room one night when he’s grounded, then gets a first-hand experience on how bad of an idea that is.

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check out my new oneshot!! a little hurt/comfort action :)))

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the same deep water as you - Chapter 1 - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: ½
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove & Maxine “Max” Mayfield
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Billy Hargrove’s Mother, Neil Hargrove, Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Steve Harrington, The Party (Stranger Things)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Merpeople, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, But mostly fluff, Getting Together, more tags to come if necessary
Summary:

Billy has his first Change when he’s nine years old.

He hadn’t really been normal before that, though. His mom would take them swimming and she’d Change, and even though he didn’t have a fin or gills, he’d be able to keep up with her in the water. Would hold his breath for far longer than the typical two to three minutes; he could pop up to the surface a half an hour later without his lungs aching at all. He knew that it wasn’t considered normal, but it was his normal. Both him and his mom. And sharing something like that with her was worth the lifetime of secrets he knew came with it.

or, the billy is a secret mermaid au

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check out the first part of my new au!! second part should be out in a week or so ☺️

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you hold my eyes in yours and open up the world - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Billy Hargrove is Soft for Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove Loves Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington Loves Billy Hargrove, Established Relationship, Fluff, seriously this is so fluffy and sweet it might make you sick
Summary:

It’s a Tuesday night, and Billy’s clutching his stomach.

He’s about to drop off, counting his breaths, when he hears something in the grass outside. It’s not big enough or loud enough to convince him to roll over and look out the window, so he just curls in tighter and ignores it. Then, about five seconds later, he hears the window opening up slowly, mindful of the creak it always makes whenever the window gets shoved up past a certain point. There was no mistaking it now. He suppresses a sigh and curls in on himself a little bit tighter.

or, steve comforting billy after a night with his dad, and the both of them being soft and sweet.

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check out my new harringrove oneshot! it’s short but very sweet ☺️

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for want of a nail - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 13/13
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove & Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove & Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson, Maxine “Max” Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Susan Hargrove, Neil Hargrove, Tommy Hagan, Carol Perkins, The Party (Stranger Things), Dustin Henderson, Jim “Chief” Hopper
Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, well… slow burn once they become friends lol, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, season 2 au because those are what i live and breathe, Smoking, Drinking, Partying, lmao way too many parties in this fic, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, POV Alternating, Homophobic Language, Billy Hargrove & Maxine “Max” Mayfield Have a Good Relationship, Hand Jobs, Misunderstandings, Blow Jobs, Coming Out
Summary:

Instead of getting there in October, Billy Hargrove rolls into town at the end of November; complete with a broken arm, a head full of stitches, and some newly-refreshed fear of his father. There he meets Steve Harrington: the preppy dreamboat who seems content with hating Billy’s guts on sight and is determined to ignore him for the rest of the year. Billy’s never been easily ignored, though, and Steve is about to really learn what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

or, another season 2 AU that occupies my mind rent-free

Finally posted the last chapter! hope you guys enjoy :)

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i don't wanna line, i wanna shine, i wanna say - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove & Billy Hargrove’s Mother
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove’s Mother
Additional Tags: Angst, Post-Battle of Starcourt (Stranger Things), Post-Season/Series 03, Confrontations, Heavy Angst, no angst between harringrove tho, mainly just a billy has a shitty mom fic, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, tho mostly it’s just a couple comments in passing, Protective Steve Harrington
Summary:

One of the storeowners, the one with the helmet of brown hair, is standing in the mouth of the aisle. Confused, she looks behind her, and sees nothing. When she turns back, the man has his eyebrows raised.

“Yeah, I’m talking to you,” he says, glaring from behind his eyeglasses. The heat and vitriol behind his gaze almost makes her want to step back in caution. “You’re lucky I decided to do this on a day when you don’t have your kids.”

“Excuse me?” she sputters out, heart rate picking up in that familiar way when she’s faced head-on with confrontation. She’s never been good with the direct approach, most times to a fault. “Do I know you?” her eyes flick down to his badge, where it says Steve. She wracks her brain trying to think of one, especially one that would apparently hate her this much, but his scoffing tears her out of her thoughts.

“No, but you’re about to.” He cocks his head to the side, appraising her. Beverly has a feeling she’s not gonna like what he says next. “Does the name ‘Billy’ ring a bell?”

She drops the hardback.

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check out my new harringrove fic! featuring. billy’s selfish mom and protective steve :)

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your will to follow through - Chapter 1 - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, The Party (Stranger Things)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Season/Series 02, Lacrosse, Friends to Lovers, or more like teammates to friends to lovers i guess lol, Sports, Fluff, Making Out, Underage Drinking, Smoking, Partying, Oblivious Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove Has a Crush on Steve Harrington
Summary:

After that night at the Byers, Steve feels like his days are all blurring together; drowned in a monotonous rhythm he can’t seem to break out of. Desperate for some kind of change, he decides to join the amateur lacrosse league advertised in the rec center. It’s just his own brand of shitty luck that Billy happens to be on the team, too.

or, the lacrosse au that absolutely no one wanted but i still wrote anyway

boosting this again in case y’all missed it! check out my wildly unnecessary lacrosse au lol 

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finally posted my harringrove lacrosse au, check her out!!

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like I know ppl are worried harringrove is gonna die out, but honestly after this season I feel even more inspired to write fics ☺️ like trust and believe I’ll be churning out my ideas until kingdom come lol

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ummm would anyone be interested in a harringrove lacrosse au?? aka, the boys join an amateur league post season 2 and it’s enemies to teammates/friends to lovers… im almost like 10k in and it’s just occurring to me that probably no one other than me would read it 😅

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for want of a nail - sepulchralsmile - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 12/13
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove & Steve Harrington, Billy Hargrove & Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson, Maxine “Max” Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
Characters: Billy Hargrove, Steve Harrington, Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Susan Hargrove, Neil Hargrove, Tommy Hagan, Carol Perkins, The Party (Stranger Things), Dustin Henderson, Jim “Chief” Hopper
Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, well… slow burn once they become friends lol, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, season 2 au because those are what i live and breathe, Smoking, Drinking, Partying, lmao way too many parties in this fic, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, POV Alternating, Homophobic Language, Billy Hargrove & Maxine “Max” Mayfield Have a Good Relationship, Hand Jobs, Misunderstandings
Summary:

Instead of getting there in October, Billy Hargrove rolls into town at the end of November; complete with a broken arm, a head full of stitches, and some newly-refreshed fear of his father. There he meets Steve Harrington: the preppy dreamboat who seems content with hating Billy’s guts on sight and is determined to ignore him for the rest of the year. Billy’s never been easily ignored, though, and Steve is about to really learn what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

or, another season 2 AU that occupies my mind rent-free

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i don’t usually remember to post these whenever i upload a new chapter, but i figured since this was one of the last i might as well lol, i hope you guys enjoy!

one more chapter left to go, and it’s basically gonna be an epilogue of sorts :) thanks so much to everyone who’s followed this story and stuck around with it– you guys are seriously the best!!

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working on my last chapter on for want of a nail and I’m just like 😓 looking at my outline like wtf most of my stories always end with some dramatic conclusion and I’m lowkey second guessing lol…this chapter is probably about to be 15-20k of me trying to write this without it sounding too overdramatic lol

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