That time Max found out.
Max finds about her brother and babysitter.
warning for light smut? It's just Billy + Steve making out and teasing each other idk how else to describe it aldjflsdj
Susan and Neil were gone for the day, going on a date since today was everyone’s day off. Billy was told by Neil to stay home with Max and because he had no plans to go out today, he was going to be obeying those commands and staying in the confined space of his Hawkins home. He was working out in his bedroom with the music blaring loud and trying to distract himself from the burning in his body and the sore bruise on his lower back after Neil had slammed him into the kitchen counter. A knock at his window threw him out of his zone. Despite the blaring music, he would always hear a knock at his window, because a knock at his window meant only one person was there.
He let the dumbbell bar drop to the floor, adding to the dozens of dents in his hardwood floor, Neil never really went into his room so he could do whatever he wanted here, which included acting out his silent anger against stupid Hawkins, Indiana. He pushed aside his curtains and found a doe-eyed Steve Harrington looking back at him. Billy groaned with annoyance, but in actuality, he couldn’t be happier to see the fucker.
Billy opened the window and Harrington climbed in. Thankfully, their house was only one story, so Steve didn’t need to worry about climbing several feet just to reach his boyfriend. “You know,” Steve said as he entered the room. “I don’t think your muscles can get any bigger than that, dufus.” Steve lightly punched his boyfriend’s exposed arm.
Billy raised an eyebrow at him. “You wanna bet?” Billy was completely ready to show off in front of Steve how much he could bench press.
“Yeah, I do.” Steve shoved Billy’s shoulder as the man moved closer to him. “I think you need a new exercise than just… weights.”
Billy wasn’t getting what Steve was talking about until Steve’s legs hit the side of Billy’s bed and Billy was about 2 inches away from the freak. That’s when it finally hit him and he got an impressed look on his face.
“Harrington?” Billy wrapped his hands around Steve’s waist. “You’re nasty.” he gasped.
Steve blushed and put his hands on Billy’s chest. His hands felt so cold on Billy’s hot chest covered in sweat, it felt like he was in one of those cheesy pornos he watched. “You’ve said worse.”
“I’ve said a lot worse.” Billy agreed as he leaned Steve down onto his bed. “But you’re the prude in this relationship and you barely say any dirty shit.” Billy pressed Steve into the bed, holding down his waist as Billy straddled his boyfriend. “But I like this new attitude on you, Harrington. I wanna see you more freakish.”
Billy leaned down and started making out with Steve’s neck and his hands found Billy’s curly hair. Steve let out a moan that only furthered Billy’s passion of making out with his neck.
“Have I ever told you how pretty you are?” Steve said through his moans.
Billy pulled away to look at him. “You really are a charmer, aren’t you, Harrington?”
Steve’s hands traveled from Billy’s hair all the way under his pants to press against the man’s underwear covered bulge. Billy leaned his head back with a groan as a smirk pressed to Steve’s lips.
“Some would say so.”
Billy’s smile and eyes turned dangerous as he looked at Steve. A fire of pure lust clouded his vision as he leaned in and the two lovers shared a passionate kiss.
“Hey Billy, do you-” Max opened the door and everyone shared a quick loud scream as they all jerked away from their positions. Steve kicked Billy off of him and Max slammed the door shut in all what seemed to be a second.
Steve and Billy stayed frozen where they were until the seconds turned into minutes and it seemed they were safe when no one else was coming to the door. Billy looked like he was 5 seconds away from crying when he looked up at Steve and said. “You need to leave.”
“Yeah, I know.” Steve said as he stood from Billy’s bed and began brushing himself off because Billy’s smell or anything might’ve transferred over to him. Billy stood to his feet and his chest was heaving as they both looked out the window that Steve was about to climb out. It was pouring rain.
Billy really did not want to make his boyfriend run through the rain back to his car, but then again his heart was beating faster with every second that Max could be walking towards the phone to tell Neil what she had just seen. Max had known of her brother’s… ‘unnatural’ ways and never really had a problem with it, but maybe she had suddenly changed her mind. Steve then looked at him with those big sad eyes and Billy crumbled. He sighed and grabbed his jacket off the rack attached to his door and outstretched his hand to give the jacket to Steve.
The man’s face got even redder, and he gingerly took the jacket from Billy, like this was something illegal.
“I’m gonna need that back.” Billy grumbled.
“I’m aware.”
Billy watched with childish glee as Steve put on the jacket and covered his head as he opened the window and began running through the rain to his car, parked somewhere deep in the woods where no one would find it.
Steve was working the counter when a very awkward and sheepish Max walked into the ice cream shop, and Steve froze. Billy had refused Steve coming over his house after what happened with Max, like Billy had angrily refused. That didn’t stop them from hanging out, of course, it just gave them one less option to run away to.
Max had yet to confront the boys about what she had seen. She had actually been avoiding them since that day. Max refused to speak to Billy or really look at him and every time the kids wanted ice cream, Max would go shopping while they got her the flavor she wanted.
But now she was here, standing in front of Steve, and looking down at the floor.
“Um…” He stuttered. “Would you like something to uh… eat?”
She swallowed. “I actually needed to talk to you.”
“About what…?”
She looked up at him and mentally said, ‘really?’ Steve knew what this was about. He turned around and opened the sliding doors to the back room, where Robin was reading something. “Hey Robin.” He whispered, and the girl looked at him. “Can you cover the counter really quickly?”
She gave him a confused look. “Why would I do that?”
“Because you love me and I really need you to do this.”
She gave him a dead eye stare, so in return he gave her this pleading look that he used with Billy all the time. And like Billy, it always worked. Robin sighed and got up out of her chair to switch places with Steve while the sailor boy opened the counter door for Max to walk through. Robin gave the two a suspicious glare while Steve led the teenage girl all the way into the back hallway, where they got their shipments.
The two leaned up against opposite walls as Steve waited for Max to talk and Max struggled to find the right words.
“So are… Are you and Billy like… together?” She asked, and Steve’s face went a bright red.
He had never really thought about it if he was being honest. Yeah, he loved Billy, and he hoped Billy loved him back, but he had never really asked if they were really dating. That was something scary to Steve, dating a guy. Steve had never seen himself dating or really ever being in love with a guy, well… he had thought about it, but he had never seen that as his future. Billy wasn't supposed to be the one Steve fell in love with. Steve, as per everyone around him, was supposed to fall in love with someone like Nancy.
“I uh… I guess?” His entire body felt feverish. It was like saying yes to this question was something illegal. Well… it was technically. Steve had no idea how these types of people lived. Maybe some place like California would be more open to it, but Indiana? No, not at all. “I mean, we like each other.”
Max nodded and swayed her body side again, sliding against the drywall of the hallway making this droning scratching sound. Steve thought he was going to pull his hair out. It was so quiet and he was so uncomfortable.
“I don’t think that’s weird or anything.” Max comforted his worries with her tiny voice. “Back in California there were a lot of people like that… They hid it pretty well, but sometimes you could see tiny things and it gave it away if you knew what to look for.”
Steve nodded. “You haven’t told anyone, right?”
Max shook her head. “Billy would kill me, and I think Neil would kill Billy.”
Steve didn’t know the extent of Neil’s violence. All he knew was that Billy absolutely despised him. Every time he talked about Neil, he would get overwhelmed and lash out, like he threw Steve’s basketball so hard the ball ended up popping. Steve now knew not to ask about it because it was such a sensitive subject.
“Billy loves you.” Max said out of their silence. Steve looked at her with surprise in his eyes. “I think you’re the first person that he really loves… besides himself… and his mom.” Steve knew that Billy’s mom had left him when he was really young. Billy had come to his pool one night with his face streaked with red because he tried to celebrate his mother’s birthday in peace, but his dad wasn’t letting that happen.
“Like… whenever you come over to pick him up to go somewhere or- or if you’re just anywhere near us anytime and he looks at you? It looks like he’s staring straight at the stars or something. Like he’s seen the face of god and he can’t pull away from it.” Max seemed slightly disgusted with how enamored Billy was with Steve. Steve was shocked. “It’s like he’s never seen someone like you before.”
Steve’s breath made a small hitch, and he really hoped Max didn’t notice. He was in love with Billy, he really was. And to hear that Billy looked at him like he had hung up the moon and stars? It was exhilarating. It was so much more than any ‘I love you’ to come out of the guy’s mouth.
“You really think so?” Steve whispered. What if this was some set up? What if someone was peering around the corner and listening to this entire conversation just so his dad can come out and beat his ass? Steve was scared to death.
Max nodded. “Yeah, it’s kinda gross.”
Steve chuckled and hung his head, trying to head the painful blush that had spread more across his face.
“I was just telling you so you know I’m cool with you guys.” Max said. “And because I wanna embarrass him, since he probably doesn’t say he loves you enough.”
Steve shook his head. “Yeah, but… he has a lot going on, so I don’t blame him.” It was only in the darkest of shadows or the quietest of places where Billy whispered to him and he loved Steve. Other times, it was in his actions. Like when he lets Steve win basketball or gets him water or drives him places or gives him a gracious tip. Steve didn’t care though, he was just happy Billy was with him.
“So uh… Does this mean I get free ice cream?”
“What? No.”
“What if I blackmailed you?”
“Why would you do that? That’s not cool, man.”
“True… What if… You give me free ice cream or I blackmail you?”
“That’s the same THING.”
“Oh… Can I just get free ice cream?”
“Oh, my god…”
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