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1. I Don't Know Why I Bite by lettersfromspace

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Billy Hargrove/Reader
   • Billy Hargrove/Original Male Character(s)
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Original Trans Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Tommy Hagan
   • POV Second Person
   • Reader-Insert Has a Name
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Transphobia
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Soft Billy Hargrove
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Best Friends
   • Fluff
   • Platonic Cuddling
   • Absent Parents
   • Slurs
   • Bullying
   • Eventual Smut
   • at the very end
   • as a treat
   • Protective Billy Hargrove
   • tags sound scary but there's lots of fluff
   • Trans Male Reader-Insert
   • deadnaming
   • Billy's Mom is mentioned - Freeform
   • Slow Burn
   • Bisexual Billy Hargrove
   • Smoking
   • Explicit Sexual Content

   Summary

   You were just trying to get through high school. Graduate and get the hell out of Hawkins.

   Instead, Senior year wasn't really going your way. Your mom left you to take care of yourself and the school decided you would be the perfect tutor to get the Billy Hargrove back on track with his grades, who was friends with your ex-bully, Tommy Hagan.

   Great. Everything was perfect.

   You wanted to stay under the radar, now you're in the spotlight.

   You just have to hope Billy doesn't find out about your not-quite-a-secret secret. Or, if he does, that it doesn't break the fragile situation you had between the two of you.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   38,637

   Chapters:

   7/7

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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