⇌ in which a broken girl discarded by society meets a broken boy who just happens to hate society. ⇌

She arrived in Hawkins in the back seat of a car she did not choose, with a son in her lap and a marriage rotting quietly around her. Isabeau Voss-Laurentin has survived worse than Indiana. She has survived worse than loneliness. She is very good at surviving. She was not prepared for Billy Hargrove. (Or for what lives underneath the town. Or for the way Steve Harrington looks at her like she is something worth protecting. Or for Eddie Munson, who will come later, and ruin everything all over again in the best possible way.) - A Stranger Things AU spanning Seasons 2 & 3. Canon-divergent. Billy lives. Everyone pays for it.

𝙃𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩! - ☆ - Eyes are the doorway to the soul... too bad these ones made you all but gag at the sight. Homophobe hating one of the few gay people in town, nothing new. What IS new is the alien creatures leaking in from another dimension threatening to tear the very fabric of your world apart. - ☆ - 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙮... - ☆ - TW: racism, homophobia, slurs, blood, gore, death, bodily horror, an overglorified D&D ad, physical abuse, mental abuse, child abuse, underage drinking, heavy swearing, probably more I can't think of right now Reader discretion is advised... more so than usual - ☆ - 𝙃𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩, 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚.

All it took was one look. The new king of Hawkins High, Billy Hargrove, with his dangerous smirk and denim jacket, had everyone's attention. But he only had eyes for me. From the moment our paths crossed, an undeniable current sparked between us. He saw in me a quiet strength and a soft vulnerability that compelled him, a contrast to the hardened facade he presented to the world. He saw something beautiful and worth protecting, a light he desperately craved amidst his own internal darkness. And I, Eli Jenkins, saw beyond his aggressive swagger, glimpsing a tortured soul, a lost boy yearning for acceptance and tenderness beneath layers of rage and fear. Our love, born in stolen glances and whispered confessions, was a dangerous secret, a fragile hope in a town constantly threatened by forces beyond understanding. This story explores the terrifying depths of that connection, as we navigate a world where monsters are real, and the greatest battles are fought within the human heart. This is my first story. So if there is any mistakes or misspelling, or it doesn't match stranger things well, sorry about that. I do not own stranger things or any of the characters. I own the parents, the girl Oc, and two son OCs I do not own any of the actors. Seasons 1-5 Started 12/23/25 Ended 2/ 27/26 - - - UPDATE 💟 Hello, wonderful readers! First, a massive thank you for every read, comment, and vote that brought "Until Your Hands Held Mine" this far. Your support has meant the world to me. Due to Wattpad's technical chapter limit, this story has reached the maximum length for a single book! To continue sharing Billy and Eli's journey without any interruption, I've had to create a Part 2.

──★ ˙🧷 ̟ !! ❝𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙.❞ 013 always had one goal in mind: escape Papa and the Hawkins National Laboratory. So when Papa offers her the chance to explore a dimension unlike the world they live in, she jumps at the opportunity...and never looked back. In the summer of '85, Billy Hargrove is used to girls falling at his feet, and his summer job as a lifeguard at the community pool only inflates his ego and reputation. But what happens when he falls to his own feet for someone who doesn't know their own strength...for destruction? That same summer, Darcy Valentín actually enjoyed living in Hawkins her whole life. She even tolerates the new, but irritating lifeguard at the community pool. But when people start disappearing, fingers are pointing at her, and secrets begin unravelling, she has no choice but to clear her name and discover the truth... only that the truth is not so far from her as it seems. CW: Language, violence now available on ao3! Rankings: #2 in 'dustin henderson' - 1/30/25 #8 in 'billy hargrove' - 2/8/25 #9 in '80s' - 2/10/25 #1 in 'hawkins' - 2/23/25 #3 in 'jim hopper' - 3/16/25 #1 in 'vecna' - 6/29/25 **Any mention of characters/events/places from 'Stranger Things' do NOT belong to me. I do NOT own any of the original characters/places/events from 'Stranger Things.'**

Hawkins was fucking weird. Everyone thought so at one point or another. And for Melanie Austin, it was weird in more ways than one. First of all, Hawkins was supposed to exist. It was just a fictional town for a Netflix show. Second, this isn't even the version of Hawkins that she knows. It's the freaking Omegaverse version. So when she finds herself in the summer of 1984 as a seventeen-year-old, she must decide whether or not to stay out of it all. And she decides to stay out of it. Not her monkeys. Not her circus after all. Or at least it wasn't until a certain group of monkeys decided to make it her circus.

Falling in love with my brother's enemy? Ridiculous.

Val Mercer knows how to leave before she's left. Billy Hargrove knows how to burn everything to the ground and pretend it doesn't hurt. Hawkins, 1985-where almost-love is the loudest thing in the room.

Veronica just wants to be left alone. Unlucky for her, Billy always wants knows how to annoy her.

Julian Harrington has spent his whole life living in his older brother Steve's shadow. Quiet and disciplined, he's a rising star in the gymnastics world with his eyes locked on making it to the nationals. Every hour he spends on training is one step closer towards the future that he can finally call his. Billy Hargrove is the opposite. He's Loud, charming, and terrifyingly talented, he's the top ranked boxer in the state and one step away from going pro. He breaks his opponents for fun, collects conquests like trophies, and thrives on being the center of attention. When a summer party turns reckless, Billy makes a bet with Tommy. He has to sleep with Julian by the end of summer. Do you think he succeeds? Read more to find out