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1. The Tides That Bind by morgana_fire

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington
   • Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Tommy Hagan
   • Carol Perkins
   • Original Villains - Character
   • divergent canon
   • California Backstory
   • Merpeople and Magic
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Kidnapping
   • Injury Recovery
   • Telepathic Bond
   • Mer!Billy
   • Billy Has Magic
   • Steve Harrington Has Good Parents
   • this story is complete

   Summary

   Billy Hargrove has spent years trying to forget the ocean—and the boy he bonded with under it. But when Neil drags him to Hawkins, everything he buried comes roaring back to life the moment he sees Steve Harrington on the high school steps.

   Their reunion is electric, immediate… and dangerous.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,801

   Chapters:

   9/11

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