Pretty When You Cry
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Last published Fri, Feb 24, 2023
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Billy Hargrove was the WORST person Steve has ever met in his entire life, but when the two are paired up in the place neither of them want to be at, his perspective of the boy might be altered.
Started June 4 2022
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𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒉. 𝒙 𝒇!𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 "𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 - 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." -𝒎.𝒎 𝒎𝒄𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 . . . reminders! ➤ stranger things and it's characters belong to the duffer brothers & netflix, excluding [y/n] and all additional characters written originally by me in the story ➤ this xreader insert will be using she/her pronouns, but all are welcome! ➤ story will begin at s2 ✎ season two - ✓ ✎ season three - ✓ ✎ season four - ✓ ✎ season five - in progress ━━━ highest rankings #1 in steveharrington 9/23/2025 #1 in xreader 11/28/2025 #1 in strangerthings3 12/27/2025 #1 in friendstolovers 1/2/2026 #2 in netflix 10/29/2025![That's My Best Friend [Billy Hargrove]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/316781586-256-k715840.jpg)
That's My Best Friend [Billy Hargrove]
Living in Hawkins was plain and uneventful, and the only gusts of excitement you ever felt were at parties or occasional one-night stands. But that all changed when Billy Hargrove, the bully, and womanizer, moved to town. At first, not friends, but eventually best friends, you and Billy initiated a game of ping-ponging where you would compete for the title of being the biggest player. But as you and Billy got more and more entangled in your own game, your feelings eventually shifted. This story contains: *mentions of abuse *mentions of drugs (mainly marihuana) *smut *fluffComplete
I Choose What I Want To Hear | Billy Hargrove x Fem-Reader
"I choose what I want to hear, and I hear many things about you, Hargrove" "Are you hearing good things or bad things about me?" "A little bit of both," Y/N, also known as 20. Lives in Hawkins and goes to Hawkins High School. Drew is an outcast, but nobody seems to know and knows that she has supernatural powers. She has enhanced hearing, telepathy, elemental powers, and telekinesis, and can talk to the dead. She then meets the new kid, Billy Hargrove, quite the troublemaker. - UPDATES every Friday (1 Chapter) #1 billyhargrovexreader 11/23/2022Complete
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When The Raven Crows [ book 2 ] // Steve Harrington {edited}
(Season 2) Things have only gotten stranger in Hawkins since the Demogorgon. And now there's newcomers to the town. When Bill Hargrove and his stepsister Max come into town, things get even more complicated. And with Billy's never-ending flirting with Maya, Steve gets even more protective over her-and jealous (I only own Maya Henderson)Complete
Runaway ~ (Completed) ✅ ~
~~~~ 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. ~~~~ "𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴! 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴!" "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦! 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶." "𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺..." "𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶." ~~~~ ⚠️~ MATURE THEMES AND MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING ~⚠️ Billy Hargrove X Reader Story: ~ 12/05/2022 - 14/09/2022 ~Complete
stolen love : m. wheeler
𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁 , 𝗂 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇' 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇' 𝗈𝗇 & 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁 . . . [ COMPLETED ] JULY 22, 2022 - DECEMBER 15, 2023 description in prologue.Complete
𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 | ᵉᵈᵈⁱᵉ ᵐᵘⁿˢᵒⁿ
𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 used to know 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 better than anyone ever has. she was his first love, his closest friend, and the girl he trusted when the rest of hawkins never made sense. after chrissy's death, 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 confronts 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 and accuses him of murder. their last conversation ends in a fight neither of them can take back. the next day, 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 is dead. but what happens when 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 comes back from the dead? ___________________________________________ [ eddie munson x female oc ] [ slowburn ] [ tw -> read end of introduction ]Complete
CRUEL SUMMER | Billy Hargrove | Vol.1
In the state of Indiana, under a near constant cover of clouds and rain, there's a small town called Hawkins. Most of it's dwindling population are clueless to it's dark secrets but those who do know are trying to desperately forget. But Valerie Hopper couldn't when her gut was telling her something was coming to ruin the autumn of 1984. However, there was Billy. He made her feel normal. He made her forget. [Billy Hargrove x OC]Complete
𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒉. 𝒙 𝒇!𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 "𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 - 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." -𝒎.𝒎 𝒎𝒄𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 . . . reminders! ➤ stranger things and it's characters belong to the duffer brothers & netflix, excluding [y/n] and all additional characters written originally by me in the story ➤ this xreader insert will be using she/her pronouns, but all are welcome! ➤ story will begin at s2 ✎ season two - ✓ ✎ season three - ✓ ✎ season four - ✓ ✎ season five - in progress ━━━ highest rankings #1 in steveharrington 9/23/2025 #1 in xreader 11/28/2025 #1 in strangerthings3 12/27/2025 #1 in friendstolovers 1/2/2026 #2 in netflix 10/29/2025
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