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   Not Such a Stranger by prettybillycore

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Sep 2022

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Billy Hargrove/Reader
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Steve Harrington
   • Neil Hargrove
   • Reader
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Childhood Friends
   • Childhood Sweethearts
   • Soft Billy Hargrove
   • Protective Billy Hargrove
   • Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Have a Good Relationship
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hospitals
   • Battle of Starcourt (Stranger Things)
   • Billy Hargrove Has Friends in California
   • Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Bonding
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship
   • Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer Possessing Billy Hargrove
   • Post-Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer Possessing Billy Hargrove
   • Falling In Love
   • Bracelets
   • High School
   • Characters Play Dungeons & Dragons
   • Dungeons & Dragons References
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • Hopeful Ending
   • One Shot
   • Billy Hargrove Lives

   Summary

   You and your childhood best friend, Billy, had to part ways after your freshman year of high school. You never thought that the next time you'd see him you'd save his life from a giant nightmare monster.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,964

   Chapters:

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   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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   06 Jan 2026