Steve knew that Billy was going to be at that party, and yet he went. Rated E for Explicit! Hope you enjoy!

In which Steve realises that falling for Billy isn't at all as hard as one might think.

"You're like a puzzle put into all the wrong places, Harrington. I wanna break you apart and put you back together again, just to see if the picture's any different." Steve seems to be the only one besides Will that's not coping with the effects of the Upside Down, and he didn't think he went through half the shit everybody else did. He feels like he's being watched, all the time, and the paranoia has gotten so bad he hasn't slept more than four hours in who knows how long. Throwing in monsters, creepy lab doctors, and Billy Hargrove into the mix isn't the best anecdote. ÷ Slight AU because I know Steve should've graduated by now, but I made him be a senior this year sO deal with it

agonizingly slow burn between steve harrington and billy hargrove.