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It all starts with the bruises Steve didn't give to Billy.
Billy has a split from the top of his lip to the bottom, a black eye to match Steve’s black eye, and bruises on his jaw, same side as the split lip. Steve, didn’t do - that. There is too much damage there. He got what, three maybe four good punches in, but not good enough to make Billy’s face look like that. It looks painful. It makes Steve pause. He can feel the confusion showing on his face. Narrowing blue eyes meet his, Hargrove must be able to see it, his confusion. Billy tips his head back slightly and holds Steve’s gaze, taking him in while letting Steve do the same in return. There is a gash across one of his eyebrows too. Billy doesn’t shy away from Steve’s stare, he takes a slow drag from the cigarette he has pitched between his fingers making time feel like it grinds to a halt. He has this look in his eyes that’s challenging, a look that says, you don’t know me.
Steve can’t look away. Blames it on the bruises he didn’t give to Billy Hargrove. And the question, if he didn’t, who did?
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- Part 1 of Pound for Pound
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17 Jul 2026
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Pretty Broken Boys by Stranger Ships (Imaginary_Boyfriend)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jun 2018
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Christmas break is over and Billy decides to try turning over a new leaf during his last semester at Hawkins High. Will Steve notice (and perhaps reward) his efforts, or has Billy already burned too many bridges?
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14 Jul 2026
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Steve wakes to a knock.
He looks to the analogue clock. 7:03. Fifty-seven minutes before his shift at Scoops is due to start.
(Or: An AU in which Steve relives the events of Starcourt every day until he doesn't.)
EDIT: This fic has been rewritten & re-uploaded!
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13 Jul 2026
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A Bleeding Heart (Makes You Easy Prey) by Artemis_Unbound for disast3rtransp0rt
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 May 2026
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So here’s the thing, he thinks, splayed out on the floor with unknown drugs making the whole world a red-tinged haze and a handful of terrified, wide-eyed, furious middle-schoolers gazing down at him like he’s a slug that they somehow stepped on.
This? Right here? He lays his head back against the floor, breathing hard and tasting copper. This is rock fucking bottom.
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Billy Hargrove hits rock bottom, but the universe has a pick-axe and the will to dig. When he comes out on the other side, miraculously alive, Steve Harrington is there. Because of course he is.
The weird part is, he stays.Bookmarked by SeiEllen
26 May 2026
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The first time was in November, months ago.
Like, two weeks tops after Billy rearranges Harrington’s face on that creepy house’s living room floor. The bruises are still there, faded, yeah, but still visible, dark splotches around his eyes and nose and mouth, brands of Billy’s fists, clear evidence that Billy’s king, now, that Steve Harrington's been, blinking and shaking and teary-eyed, demoted to princess.
And yet.
And yet, fucking Harrington didn’t get the message, even though it’s written all over his fucking face, and Billy’s seething.
Or: what to do when you're all worked up from basketball practice and Steve Harrington's there and willing. (Fall kinda in love, of course, but fight it all the way down.)
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20 May 2026