#bc tell me Billy isn't protective as fuck over everything that's his

[okaybutlikeimagine]

i love your brother billy series, if youd even call it like that. but what about protective boyfriend? well like billy likes steve a lot and theyre not really friends and billy finds out some ppl give shit to steve and billy comes to the rescue and when steves like whyd you care about it billys like i love you

Sometimes i think “brother Billy” and then i think it sounds like he’s a priest or something. 😂 it makes me laugh. But ohmydear thank you augh!! ♥ so sweet you’re so sweet!

But okay so it sounds like we're in S2?? I'm gonna set this in S2 so that Steve is still going to school w/ them. Like, after S2 when the Fall of Steve is happening bc he left his friends for his girlfriend and then his girlfriend left him for a guy that beat him up last year and now the only time anyone ever sees him outside of school or random parties is when hes w/ a bunch of kids??

And people in high school are Dicks, esp in small towns bc there’s not a lot to fucking do but either be overly invested in everyone’s life or not care about anyone but you and your friends, so people are giving Steve shit and Billy notices and Does Not Like It.

Bc Billy has a major fucking crush on Steve. He’s cute as all hell and he’s protective and a badass and fucking fights monsters and Billy is infatuated. So he sees these people being dicks to Steve, shoving into him in the hallway or following him around during lunch or mocking him during classes and Billy is not happy about it.

And so the next time he sees it, when Steve is running for PE and there’s a bunch of guys running right behind him and next to him, snarling in his ear about how he’s “Not so mighty anymore, are ya?” and “How did it feel being left for a loser like Byers?” and “Better run home to your kids, Mrs. Harrington.”

Well…

Billy trips one of them. And the other guys square up before they realize it was Billy.

“Get away.”

“But… Hargrove, c’mon-”

“I said, get away.” Billy growls, and then they’re gone.

Steve eyes him funny.

“What was that for?”

And even though he didn’t do much, suddenly Billy feels caught. He’s stuck like an animal in a trap, looking at Steve’s brown doe eyes and his pouty pink lips and the sweat beading on his forehead and he’s gonna fucking pass out and-

“Fucking with you is my job, nerd.” Billy says, running past Steve with a shove to his shoulder. He can hear Steve scoff behind him.

And he keeps doing this and keeps shrugging it off. He shoves guys who corner Steve at his locker. He yells at guys who try to meet Steve at his car. He punched a guy in the arm hard when said guy leered at Steve in the shower. That one had him seeing absolutely red.

Every time, Steve gets more and more suspicious about it, and every time Billy tries to brush it aside. Until…

It stops happening. No one is fucking with Steve anymore so no one is giving Billy any reason to get close to Steve anymore.

Except for one day, when these two people who Billy’s never really noticed before are standing in front of Steve’s table at lunch with their trays in their hands. They’re smiling and laughing, poking at Steve’s shoulder as they talk about “Not too good for everyone anymore, are ya?”

And Billy feels like this is his chance, finally after a whole week of no one giving Billy any opportunity, he’s able to rush over there and growl at the guy and girl who are talking to Steve.

“Get away, assholes.”

They look at him shocked, petrified before they turn scared eyes onto Steve and send him a shaken “See ya, Steve.” and then they’re gone.

Billy looks over to Steve to see him looking at Billy incredulously.

“What the fuck are you doing?”

Billy doesn’t like that tone for having just saved Steve from bullies. Again.

He wants to say protecting you. He wants to say keeping people away from you. He does say:

“Getting rid of those dicks.”

Steve scoffs amusedly.

“Those two weren’t dicks, they’re my friends.”

Billy’s eyebrows furrow. He’s never seen Steve with anyone other than Tommy and Carol or Nancy and Jonathan… he has… other friends???

“They’ve never hung out with you before.”

Steve smirks. “And how would you even know, huh? Are you stalking me?”

Billy tightens up, shoulders tense and mouth snarling.

“Don’t get a big head I just… didn’t like how they were looking at you.”

Steve is laughing now. It’s pissing Billy off. Especially because Steve’s laugh is so beautiful…

“Right. Okay, well… since you scared my friends off, are you going to eat lunch with me?”

Billy’s panicked now.

“What? Why would I do that?”

Steve raises an eyebrow. “Because you scared away my friends and now I have no one to keep me company.”

Billy rolls his eyes. “I’ve got better things to do.”

“Like what, smoke under the bleachers?”

“Shut up.”  Billy can feel his heart beating all too fast. He doesn’t like feeling trapped like this. “Piss off.” He grumbles, turning away but Steve reaches out over the table to grab his arm.

“Nuh uh, you’re not getting off that easy. If you’re gonna act like my body guard, then you’ve gotta be here with me all the time. Who knows, maybe someone’s gonna try to steal my Jello or something.”

So Billy sits with a huff, trying his best not to thoroughly enjoy Steve’s smirk.

And the next day at school, Steve is grinning hard at Billy.

“Hey bodyguard, gonna walk me to class or something?”

“You’re such a dork, Harrington.”

“Thanks.” Steve says with a smile that makes Billy wanna fall over.

So he walks Steve to class. He eats with him at lunch. He tries not to let Tommy and Carol get under his skin about it bc they’re fine but they can be dicks, esp when it comes to Steve. They refuse to hang out when Steve’s around and Steve’s alright with it for the most part. It’s still a little upsetting to him, but it’s fine.

And so by the end of the month, it’s just a well known fact that Billy is always with Steve. Protecting him like a dog. Growling at anyone who gets too close to the point where Steve is laughing at Billy and asking: “So, when are you gonna ask me out, Hargrove?”

“What?”

Steve smirks. “You’ve been guarding me like a hawk for weeks. You don’t let anyone pick on me, hell you barely let people near me. When does the date come?”

And Billy feels like he’s in a trap again. Feels again like he’s been found out except this time he’s done everything wrong. He hasn’t been subtle in the slightest and he wasn’t even aware and now he’s got his foot caught in the door and can’t escape.

So he tries to deny it. The words come bubbling out of his chest like soda.

“Harrington, if you think I’ve ever done anything because of… out of… because I love you or something, then you’re even dumber than you look.”

And the second they’re in the air, he wants them back. He feels like a moron. He looks at Steve absolutely terrified because Steve is giving him that look like he’s a cat who just caught the canary. Like he just won the damn fight.

“Love you too, Billy.”

And Billy’s heart leaps from his chest. His mind is spinning too fast to comprehend anything. He doesn’t know what to say, having really been found out so he just… stares at Steve as he backs away from Billy towards his own car.

“You’re such bullshit, Harrington!” Billy calls, because he can’t think of anything else. They’re the only words coming out of his mouth and maybe they’re the wrong ones because his smirk tilts down at the corners for a second.

“Old news, Hargrove. Old news.” Steve mutters before turning to walk properly towards his car.

He calls over his shoulder back to Billy: “Pick me up at 8 tonight! I think they’re showing a bad movie downtown.”

And with that, he’s getting in his car and driving away.

And Billy can’t keep the smile off his face, absolutely melting at what just happened, from the heat of his embarrassment and the heat of his infatuation.

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