Hates his stupid smirk when a girl at the bar asks for his number, his ego fed every time.

Hates how he knows exactly what buttons to push to get a rise out him.

Hates when he has too much beer, and gets a little mean before throwing up in their sink after realizing he sounded a bit like Neil.

Hates when he won’t let Steve touch him because it’s “too crowded”. “Too public”.

Hates how much he loves him.

How much he loves when Billy stops by to see him at work, and sometimes brings both he and Robin food.

Loves how easy it is to get him to shut up, kissing him deeply always resulting in a whimper leaving the blonde’s lips.

How he loves when Billy asks for five more minutes in bed on mornings that are extra cold, stealing whatever warmth he can from Steve before getting up for the day.

Loves how he’s repaired his relationship with Max and the rest of the kids, and how he’s just as protective of them as Steve is, maybe even more so, not that he’d tell them.

Loves how often Billy whispers sweet nothings to him for no reason other than wanting to, or knocking knees under the table, and casually throwing an arm around him in the safety of their friends and family.

Billy compliments Steve on his rich boy cologne, his sick keg stand stance, is the first one to notice when he gets highlights. He’s the first person to ever call Steve smart. Once he yells it at Dustin who is leaping into a ridiculous plan to fight the demodogs. Dustin is mad as hell and snipes “you always take his side!” And billy yells “yeah! Because you idiots don’t have his strategic mind, maybe if you listened to his plan we’d be alright!”

Steve says shit like “um, maybe Vecna was a …clockmaker?” And the kids snigger and billy is like “DO WE KNOW THAT HE WASN’T A CLOCKMAKER? You tiny bastards. You know nothing.”

Just insanely on Steve’s side. And Steve is so fucking loyal in return that they’re basically each other’s greatest defenders. No loyal knight/king dynamics here. They’re both insane. Attack dog 4 attack dog.

Eddie leaps out of the boat and jams a knife into Billy’s neck and Steve is already whaling on him with an oar. Mike is whining about how Billy sucks and Steve is like “you don’t get his sense of humour, it’s not his fault you’re not funny.”

Max is complaining about how fast Billy drives and Steve is like “uhh, skate then? Selfish.”

“I won’t tell if you won’t”

S3 Everyone lives nobody dies!AU. On the way to find out where Soviet spy is

Billy :

and one of the first things steve learns about billy is that he's a "punch first ask questions later" kind of guy. maybe tommy's trying to freak steve out and he's listing all the shit billy's already gotten into, how the guy is covered in bruises, etc etc. and steve's immediately mentally like, okay this asshole has no friends and is extraordinarily violent, if i get him to stay at my place i will have Someone Else Helping if that monster thing comes crawling out my pool to kill me. i can use this. i am about to be this losers best friend forever