“Mike asked why I was spending so much time with you today.”
“… What did you say?”
“I - I told him it was none of his business. Was that too mean? Do you think he suspects us?”
“Yeah. Probably.”
Billy licked his lips and focused on the road. If anyone found out, Neil would find out. And if Neil found out… Will might not see his boyfriend again.
“It won’t always be like this,” Will said quietly. “I know it’s scary right now but some day we’ll get out of here. We’ll go to California, and we’ll be safe there.”
“Yeah. Yeah… I hope so. I really do.”
“And when we’re there you can leave me for someone bigger and buffer, Like Steve,” Will teased.
Rolling his eyes, Billy reached over and took Will’s hand.
“You’re it for me, Byers. You know that. Besides. Steve’s not that big.”
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“… You look good,” Will said shyly, stealing a glance over at Billy.
“So do you, baby,” Billy replied. He tried to keep his eyes on the road, but he could feel Will’s warm gaze on him. When he turned to him the boy quickly looked away. He’d been staring again.
“You sure you’re okay with this? Taking me shopping?”
“Listen. Your wardrobe is shit. You gotta find your own style, alright? Not shit your mom picked for you. Besides. This was my idea.”
A trip to the mall to get Will some new clothes, on Billy’s dime - and whatever they could walk out with - was the perfect first date. Maybe he could even talk Will into a haircut. The bowl wasn’t doing him any favors.
“What if I don’t have taste? Will you help me pick something that’s… I don’t know, cool?”
Billy smirked and gave his boyfriend a nod.
“Yeah. Yeah, I’ll help you pick something cool - if you need it.”
I spent two days on this gif and I know it isn’t perfect but god DAMN im proud of it
Moving across the country had been harder than Will expected. Not just moving their physical things, but saying goodbye to his mom, to Jonathan, to his friends… but Indiana was growing too small for him. For them. People were talking, throwing questioning looks their way. He was seventeen, Billy twenty, and every day together risked someone running their mouth to the wrong people. Secret dates were hard, running around was hard, and though Joyce knew (and slightly disproved) and the gang knew (and greatly disapproved) Will could feel eyes on them when they were out. The bad boy and the ghost. Mismatched.
But they were the only ones who knew the touch of the Mindflayer. A better match? There wasn’t one. It was something intimate they’d experienced, and with no one else to share with the boys had found each other. Why was that so wrong?
Billy couldn’t wait to go back and show Will the sights California had to offer. To get away from Neil, to get out of that fucking house and restart his life. Again. This time, though, he wouldn’t be alone. He had Will. Will, the cute little nerd who hung around with Max. Who had looked into his eyes and known. Known what haunted him, what things stalked his dreams, how the world around Hawkins flickered in and out of reality.
Who Billy really was. Because Will was the same.
It wasn’t like he was the only guy in Hawkins who liked guys too, but he was sure as shit the only one Billy trusted. It started after the mall fiasco - after Billy got out of the hospital.
Will was there with Max, reading a book quietly in the corner. Billy had laid there silent, feigning sleep until Max went to get food. Only when she was gone did he turn his head toward Will and speak.
“What the fuck are you doing here?”
“Don’t talk to me like that,” Will had replied flatly. “I’m the only person in Hawkins who knows what you went through this summer. I’m only gonna offer this once, Billy - if you want to talk someone, I’m here for you. If you don’t, fine. But you’re gonna have nightmares. You’re gonna see things. Even El doesn’t know what it feels like to have that thing inside you. So think about it. And be a little nicer to me.”
The kid had a spine. And he was right. After that, the two were almost inseparable. When Will got to high school and the slurs came harder, Billy beat the shit out of anyone who ran their mouth to him. Before long Will had peace, in the protection of Billy’s reputation and willingness to hurt bullies.
Soon that friendship began to grow into something more. Billy noticed workout mags hidden in Castle Byers. He caught Will staring at him from the corner of his eyes. Sometimes Will would come to the pool, fully dressed, and sit with his feet in the water all alone - trying not so subtly to catch glances of Billy in his trunks. Even on days his scars bothered him and he wore a tank top to hide them.
And Will was growing into a good-looking guy, especially after he ditched the bowl cut Joyce insisted on. Like Harrington he had a few small moles scattered on his skin, and his eyes were a rich shade of brown that reminded Billy of autumn. His smile was bright, and he shot up like a weed his freshman year. He could look Billy in the eyes. And that changed everything between them.
“You doin’ okay?” Billy asked as they drove through the city, heading toward Venice Beach. He couldn’t hold Will’s hand, the Camaro was a stick shift, but now and again he reached over and brushed his fingers against his thigh.
“Just nervous. I’ve never surfed before. Obviously. I’m not a sports kind of guy.”
“It’s alright, baby. It’s just for fun! I’m a lifeguard, remember? You fuck up too bad I’ll be right there to save you.” He grinned and stuck his tongue between his teeth, peeking over at Will.
Will smiled at him. “You better be.”
Adjusting had taken time, and Will still had to finish his last year, but he’d gotten a job working with a guy named Argyle at a pizza place and with Billy picking up work at a local mechanic, they’d been able to get a little place of their own. This was their first vacation since arriving, a day trip to the beach to relax and spend some quality time together, and both were looking forward to it.
The past few years felt like a dream. Now they were far away from Hawkins, and if they saved up Will could go visit his family back home. But now, in the California sunlight, flying down the road in Billy’s Camaro, Will was grateful for the chance to start a new family. To be free. Himself, with the man he -
Anyway Will is gay and Billy is deep in the closet and I think they can help each other come out of their shells - Billy can help Will be more assertive and Will can help Billy be kinder and more open about who he is.
Joyce would love Billy like her own son if he came around and he and Jonathan would form an uneasy friendship and bond over wanting to keep Will safe. He’d kick the asses of Will’s bullies and no one would run their mouth about him out of fear of backlash.
Plus if they got married their names would both be William Byers or William Hargrove and I think that’s be cute as fuck.
Edit: ALSO THEM BONDING OVER BEING VESSELS FOR THE MINDFLAYER??? LIKE HELLO???
Die mad, WillBilly is one of my main ST ships (along with harringrove, steddie, Steddilly, and Ronance).
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I’m working on making this a gif and YES it involves painstakingly erasing 45 frames of Max and YES it’s gonna look like shit but I’m gonna be so fucking proud when it’s done
The color grading will come AFTER all the fucking adjustments I have to do to hide Joyce and all the erasing
