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1. hatred is the sincerest form of flattery by niawrites

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Steve Harrington
   • Tommy Hagan
   • Carol Perkins
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Tina (Stranger Things)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield's Parents
   • Neil Hargrove
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Susan Hargrove
   • Robin Buckley
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Tammy Thompson
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Friends
   • Enemies
   • Friendship
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Sexual Tension
   • Tension
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Unresolved Tension
   • Resolved Sexual Tension
   • Eye Contact
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Season/Series 01
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Self-Denial
   • Denial
   • Light Angst
   • Eventual Smut
   • Flirting
   • Unrequited Love
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Character Study
   • Temporarily Unrequited Love
   • Lust
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Homoeroticism
   • Frenemies
   • Mutual Pining
   • Pining
   • Drug Use

   Summary

   Billy and his family move to Hawkins in 1983.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   1/?

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