(y/n) - your name

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"Shit! The police are here!" (y/n) gasps as Billy quickly breaks the car harshly when they see the red and blue lights up ahead of them, turning his headlights off to not get noticed before he slowly reverses a few meters back to hide amongst the forest trees. He cuts the engine off before the couple gets out of the car, running through the trees to stop behind a stump and peering over to see the house Eddie was hiding at surrounded. There were police cars, officers and even kids from Jason's gang of douchebags were there.

"Looks like they didn't find Munson." Billy whispers, trying to overhear what the police offers were saying.

"Another student died..." (y/n) whispers, hearing Jason talk about one of his friends floating in the air over the lake before dying and blaming it on Eddie for using his devil powers. "Shit... that's another life gone... this is too much... we lost so many from the StarCourt Battle..."

"I know..." Billy mumbles out, placing a gentle hand on (y/n)'s shoulder knowing that she got hit by all her memories that came back to her, including the memories of all the lives that were taken. "We need to check the lake. Munson went over it and probably reached the other side."

"Let's go before they figure it out too..." (y/n) whispers, shaking her head of the terrible memories as Billy and her crept away from the crime scene. They snuck past the officers, following the path of the lake to the other side using their flashlights. The couple walked in silence, Billy looking over his love with concern as he noticed her frowning.

(y/n) rubbed her head as it pounded from the flash of images and memories that kept winding through her mind, of all the death and all agony that she had to experience along with everyone else. Of all the suffering they went through, losing people close to them, their friends and family... Nancy and Steve losing Barb, Joyce and Will losing Bob, Eleven losing Hopper and (y/n) losing her little brother...

"Hey," Billy whispers, stopping his love and holding her shoulders. "what's wrong darling?" he frowns seeing her eyes tear up, trying to hold back from breaking down as he tilts her chin up softly to have her look at him. He knew that she didn't have the chance to process getting all her memories back with escaping the Upside Down, going to the hospital, the Hawkins group thinking she was an enemy and going to Victor's house to then get an SOS from Eddie.

"I let my brother die..." she sobs and Billy pulls (y/n) into his arms, knowing that this was the first time she was properly grieving for her brother now that she remembered him. "He's gone and it's all my fault! I shouldn't have run away from home! I shouldn't have left him! He died because of me!"

"That wasn't your fault (y/n)! You didn't know what was going to happen! No one would've ever thought about monsters from another world! None of it is your fault!" Billy tries to explain to (y/n), to let her know that she wouldn't have known. That she wasn't the one that killed her brother."

"It shouldn't have been him! It should've been me! Why am I alive and he's not!? It should've been me! Not him! Not my brother! It's not fair! It's not fair that he's gone!" she cries out as she grips his shirt, him cradling her head against his chest as he falls to the floor with her. "I'm supposed to look after him! I'm the older one! I was supposed to take care of him! It should've been me!" Billy rocks (y/n) as she cries and his heart breaks knowing why she was so caring with the kids during the time her memories were gone, knowing why she treated his own sister like her own along with the rest of the young punks. She blamed herself for her sibling's death and she was going to make sure that nothing ever happens to the kids again.

"It wasn't your fault... you didn't know..." Billy leans his forehead against (y/n)'s hair, praying that he doesn't lose his love again because he knew she would sacrifice herself again to save those kids. 

She would do anything for the group and for him.

She lost her family once, she wasn't going to lose them again.

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Billy leaned his head back against the car window as music softly drifted through the car, the sun slowly rising up as he held (y/n) tightly against him. She was fast asleep on his chest in the back seats of the car, her head laying against his neck while he kissed her head. He ran his hand up and down her back, soothing her to ensure she has a peaceful rest while he waited for the group to come over. The couple had searched the forest surrounding the lake but couldn't find Eddie anywhere, deciding to hide out in the car for the night and wait for the police to leave before looking again with the rest of the group.

Billy looks down at (y/n), frowning at the dried tear streaks on her pink cheeks. He pulled his jacket around her shoulders tighter to keep her warm, moving to wipe her cheeks gently with his thumb. He brushes his fingers against her face softly, brushing her hair back to see her clearly and to feel her warmth. He leans down to take one of her hands, bringing it up to press a kiss against the back of it and his lips linger against her fingers. 

Billy couldn't help the terrible feeling that sat in his chest, the feeling of something that was going to happen in the future. He still couldn't wrap his mind around why he was the one that was supposed to die by the Mindflayer, why he was supposed to be the chosen host. But he was alive. He was alive because (y/n) saved him. She saved him over and over again, putting her life on the line for him. She sacrificed herself to save him, to save everyone. She gave everything she had to help him and Max, did everything in her power to save him from Niel and send him far away. 

Billy stared down at his mother's necklace that sat around (y/n)'s neck, the gem glinting brightly against the sun and bursting into colour around him in the car. He looked around him at the stunning blue colour, reminding him of the ocean in California, reminding him of the colour of his mother's eyes that shone with love for him. His mother left him but he wasn't alone.

(y/n) was there. She was the only one there for him. She didn't leave him, didn't abandon him...

"Billy?" (y/n) mumbles out quietly as she slowly wakes up, rubbing her eyes as she leans up to look at him as he stared down at her with absolute adoration. Billy's heart warms at the pink hue that blushes across his love's cheeks as she looks at him with shining eyes and a shy smile, holding her cheek as he leans down close to her. He takes in the glow of her doe eyes in the sun, the colour of melted chocolate with specs of gold which made him feel so warm and so safe with her. 

They were now Billy's favourite colour.

"I love you, I love you so much (y/n). I'm so in love with you." he rasps out as he leans down to kiss her gently like she would disappear from him, shuddering against the sweetness of her lips against his as he revels in how petal soft they were. (y/n) sighs blissfully as she kisses Billy back, her hands on his chest to feel the way his heart raced beneath her fingertips as his own held her cheek and wrapped around her waist. He tilts his head to kiss her deeper, pulling her closer against him to feel all over her as her hands hook around his neck to push up closer to him. 

(y/n) shudders against the warm sparks that ran through her, leaning back from Billy's lips only slightly to breathe as he panted against her lips. "I'm in love with you Billy. I fell in love with you all over again now that I remember everything." she whispers against his lips, her fingers brushing against his cheeks softly as he brushes his nose against hers. The couple smile brightly against each other's lips, holding each other in loving silence until the group finally arrived.

"About time!" Billy rolls his eyes, seeing Steve knocking on his car window behind (y/n) and she turns around, smiling sheepishly as she pecks Billy's cheek once more before getting out of the car with him. "What took you guys so long?"

"We were trying to find you!" Steve hisses lowly, the rest of the group standing with him.

"Forget about that, we just saw the shed, it's filled with reporters and police!" Robin exclaims.

"They named their number one suspect on wide television..." Dustin mutters with a frown. "Eddie..."

"Shit..." (y/n) runs her fingers through her hair with worry. "Now what? Billy and I tried to find him but it was too dark last night. All we know is that he was out in the lake by the boathouse so he might be nearby around the lake?"

"Makes sense. Maybe we'll get a better chance of finding him first out in daylight before the police-"

"-(y/n), can you hear me? Dustin?" the two gasp when they hear Eddie as he cuts off Lucas, (y/n) scrambling to get the walkie-talkie out of the car from in her bag.

"Holy fuck Eddie! Are you ok!? Where are you!?" she exclaims.

"No (y/n).Pretty... Pretty goddamn far from okay. I'm at Skull Rock. Do you know it?"

"No-"

"-but I do." Steve says, nodding to the group and they all quickly follow him through the trees.

"We're coming to get you Eddie. Just stay hidden ok." (y/n) says, hearing him let out a shaky breath.

"Ok..."