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Sketch commission for my friend Lisa💜

Hopper being the father figure Billy needed all along.

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thank u stranger things for giving us billy hargrove, we’ll take it from here

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thinking about how everyone, among the party members and the teens, will (probably) end up leaving Hawkins one way or another at the end of the series, while Billy’s body will forever remain stuck in the town that killed him and that he had always wanted to escape.

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Littlr Baby Holly toddled over to her Uncle Billy still dressed in her own Christmas pjs. She leaned in and whispered to him. "I saw Daddy kissing Santa. Shhh" she held a finger to her lips. "Don't tells nobodys"

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Billy had long stopped believing in Santa Claus (his biological father had made sure to kill that expectation when he was as young as Lana) but he knew the little kids still believed and he wants to do his best to go along with it. So when Holly waddled her way to him to whisper he knew she’d seen Simon unable to stop himself from sneaking a kiss from his husband.

“You did? Well I heard sometimes Santa asks for a kiss from a parent if he gets caught putting the presents out. That must be why.”

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Literally so annoyed because they had a whole story going on in this alternate timeline and they just dropped it? What the fuck was the point of having the game then?

Am I the only one annoyed that stranger things puzzle tales got shut down?

Should've given it to other developers since I'm sure so many wanted it to continue, there was so much story to tell.

Eh.

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Billy giggled along with her, tickling her sides. “Guess the teddy has to deal with what I want then. And I think cinnamon pancakes sound yummy so let’s go make some.” The teen picked up his little sister to carry her bridal style to the kitchen. “Think we should make enough for everyone?”

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Lana giggled. "I'd tell you but Teddies can't talk, silly." she repeated. Still giggling she continued. "But if they could talk, this teddy would want cinnamon pancakes!"

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billy hargrove

it lingers for your whole life by katie maria // turtles all the way down by john green // notes on self hurt by katie maria // i remain in darkness by annie ernaux // coffin heart? bury me. by fatima aamer bilal // what i could never confess without some bravado by emily palermo // claire denis is in no rush to make films for you — or anyone, besides herself by brooke huseby // by @/futngina // east, west by salman rushdie // my father’s house (springsteen on broadway) by bruce springsteen // tiny beautiful things: advice from dear sugar by cheryl strayed // the sun is also a star by nicola yoon // by @/veniennes // eight by sleeping at last // frankenstein by mary shelley // the lacuna by barbara kingsolver

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The person I reblogged this from is awesome as fuck.

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The person I reblogged this from is awesome as fuck.

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Smoke break

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Night night, see you in the morning light, Mom.

No, but can you imagine

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The wait in the little boy's heart

After his mother has left him.

Little kids always wait for their mothers to return home. After work, from the supermarket, they wait for their mothers to pick them up from daycare.

And when they see her, they run. They open their arms.

How much wait accumulates in a little child's heart when they wait for their mothers

In vain?

How is this wait to be measured? Can it be?

Little kids always believe their mothers. Everything they say, every word. They trust,

Unconditionally.

I'll come back for you, baby.

They can wait for an eternity. Then another one. And another.

Do you think Billy didn't understand?

He did, or course he did.

Do you think Billy stopped waiting after everything gained clarity?

He didn't.

The day his mother left him was they day his childhood ended. However, hope still kept him together.

With time, it wasn't hope anymore. Hope took on a monstrous, pitch dark form, eternally hungry and never at peace.

The day he understood she's not coming back for him was the day his heart shattered.

Yet, on every shard there's a line engraved

Come back. I'm waiting.

Even if he's really not now.

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sorry for curling up at your feet and whimpering like an injured dog that wasn't very mysterious of me

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"Billy? Are you awake?" poke poke poke "Billy?" Lana called as she prodded her sleeping brother's cheek. It was early in the morning. The sun just starting to light the sky. "I'm hungry." So why not wake Hank or make herself a bowl of cereal or grab a pop tart? Why wake Billy? "I want pancakes and you make the best pancakes" oh. Thats why.

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Billy grumbled softly as his little sister poked at his face. He reached out and grabbed the tiny girl, pulling her in like he’s hugging a teddy bear. “Shhhh, teddies don’t talk.” He grinned, chuckling at Lana. “Just regular pancakes or do you want fruit or maybe chocolate chip?”

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"Hey Billy, come over here for a second.." Hank pulled Billy away from the chaos of the kitchen as the other kids continued to help prepare dinner. "So ya know kid, I'm very thankful for you. I'm proud to call you my son. You're a great big brother to the other kids and super helpful around the house. You'll always have a home here. Happy Thanksgiving." Hank hands over an envelope of documents. The early process of adoption. "If you want, that is."

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Billy stepped away from where he’d been prepping the turkey, washing his hands before approaching Hank. He was finally getting used to the family dynamic and he loved the kids. He loves Hank, too, which he hadn’t expected at the start of this arrangement.

He looked at the papers in Hank’s hands, completely stunned. “You.. you wanna adopt me? For real?” The teen was silent a moment before he suddenly hugged the man tight as can be. “I’d love that.. Dad.”

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"You deserve good things kid. You deserve a family... I want you to be my family, I want you to be my son!" - Hank

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The young teen was sobbing in the interrogation room. Child services had come and said he was being taken away and they brought him to the station. Something about incorrect paperwork or custody arrangements. No one had explained anything; they just took him away from his home.

“I wanna go back home, Dad. They’re talking about placing me with a different family. I don’t want that! I wanna go home!”

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The nightmare difficulty in question

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Hopefully I will only be here a couple more days

Just letting everyone know that I’m currently in the hospital. I got pneumonia and it went septic so they’re keeping me until I don’t need the O2 anymore.