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Somehow, Billy had survived. They'd managed to hold him together long enough for the doctors to put him back together and they'd even somehow managed to save his baby.
But they hadn't saved Jim and Billy had taken that news about as well as he had the news that he'd tried to kill El before fighting through His hold to save her.
El had come to him -she'd fucking walked here!- to tell him that Jim was alive. They both knew that he hadn't believed her even though he'd pretended just to try and make her feel better about it.
She'd left just as dramatically as she'd come and Billy had spent a lot of that time since curled up in the bed, worrying about her and the other brats.
He didn't expect the loud knock or for Jim to be standing in the door way.
The last half hour had past in a blur and Billy was being towed away into the bedroom by one Chief Jim Hopper and away from the commotion that was everyone else in the small cabin living area.
"Are you really here?"
But they hadn't saved Jim and Billy had taken that news about as well as he had the news that he'd tried to kill El before fighting through His hold to save her.
El had come to him -she'd fucking walked here!- to tell him that Jim was alive. They both knew that he hadn't believed her even though he'd pretended just to try and make her feel better about it.
She'd left just as dramatically as she'd come and Billy had spent a lot of that time since curled up in the bed, worrying about her and the other brats.
He didn't expect the loud knock or for Jim to be standing in the door way.
The last half hour had past in a blur and Billy was being towed away into the bedroom by one Chief Jim Hopper and away from the commotion that was everyone else in the small cabin living area.
"Are you really here?"
"What do you think?" Hopper said before sighing and sitting on the bed, pulling Billy to stand between his legs for just a moment. His head dipped forward, forehead pressing to the bump Billy now sported. That was definitely something they were gonna have to talk about.
Still, he felt like he deserved a damn minute after everything he'd been through the last few months. He'd been ready to die. He sure as hell had not been happy to see that El had found the facility and broken in. Had put herself in that kind of danger for him.
"I'm here. I'm home. Not going anywhere...not for a long damn time." He sighed before slowly pulling his head back and then letting his hands move up and over Billy's stomach. "Billy...how far along? Was this..." He hesitated, tilting his head. "Our last time?"
Still, he felt like he deserved a damn minute after everything he'd been through the last few months. He'd been ready to die. He sure as hell had not been happy to see that El had found the facility and broken in. Had put herself in that kind of danger for him.
"I'm here. I'm home. Not going anywhere...not for a long damn time." He sighed before slowly pulling his head back and then letting his hands move up and over Billy's stomach. "Billy...how far along? Was this..." He hesitated, tilting his head. "Our last time?"
Billy sways where he stands, his hands coming up to rest in Hopper's hair, both as a way to comfort the other man and to steady himself. His eyes burn with tears and he blinks, letting them fall down his face and drip onto Jim's head.
He's cupping Jim's face when he moves, and his expression shifts into a soft smile. "Yeah. Of course it is! There's... there's no one else. Never."
He's cupping Jim's face when he moves, and his expression shifts into a soft smile. "Yeah. Of course it is! There's... there's no one else. Never."
"Never thought I'd have a kid again. I mean...not counting El. You know what I mean." He said softly, shifting a bit before pulling the younger man down and into his lap so he could just hold him close again.
"I didn't mean it like that though. I didn't think there was...anyone else." He murmured, bumping his nose against the other's jaw lightly, closing his eyes. "Just wasn't sure if...how long, you know? When that...thing had ahold of you." He whispered, stroking his hands slowly along his sides and then smiling.
"Glad you're okay though. You and the baby. Gonna put our family back together properly."
"I didn't mean it like that though. I didn't think there was...anyone else." He murmured, bumping his nose against the other's jaw lightly, closing his eyes. "Just wasn't sure if...how long, you know? When that...thing had ahold of you." He whispered, stroking his hands slowly along his sides and then smiling.
"Glad you're okay though. You and the baby. Gonna put our family back together properly."
Billy goes easily into Jim's lap, his knees on the bed on either side of his thighs and his arms wrapping around the alpha's neck. There are tears and a smile and a whole wave of emotion filling the room with scents raging from acrid fear and sweet happiness. His whole world has been tipped upside down in the best way and he's a mess.
"I didn't think it'd survive, but El... It was like she protected it until they were able to put me back together." His scent shifts again.
Fear.
"You're not mad?"
"I didn't think it'd survive, but El... It was like she protected it until they were able to put me back together." His scent shifts again.
Fear.
"You're not mad?"
"What? How could I be mad?" Sure, he hadn't exactly been secretive about his fears of having more children. Not after what happened to his little girl and he would be lying if he said he was perfectly fine with this.
He let out a soft sigh, carefully stroking over his skin more before letting out a sigh and pressing his face into the side of his neck. He inhaled his scent, still bumping his nose over his skin. "Its scary, but I'm not mad. Couldn't be happier honestly."
He let out a soft sigh, carefully stroking over his skin more before letting out a sigh and pressing his face into the side of his neck. He inhaled his scent, still bumping his nose over his skin. "Its scary, but I'm not mad. Couldn't be happier honestly."
"I just... We never talked about this. A baby. And you're not exactly a spring chicken." It was easy to fall back into their old banter. It was also easy to press a kiss to Hopper's lips, sighing softly.
"And we're not... you never bonded me. I wasn't... I didn't... know." If this was permanent to him the way it was to Billy.
"And we're not... you never bonded me. I wasn't... I didn't... know." If this was permanent to him the way it was to Billy.
"I know we didn't. Only time you heard me talk about kids was...well." He looked down for a moment before pressing their lips together again, wrapping arms around him tighter and making a soft, but happy sounds.
"Wanted to. Was trying to wait for your 18th birthday. People aren't open minded here like they are in California...police chief in his 40s bonding with a minor...wouldn't have been looked highly on. I wanted to do right by you." He said softly, smiling. "Wanted to do it all legal. Not just take you and bite you and that be that."
He sighed, leaning his head back. "Was even gonna plan a proper bonding ceremony and everything. Just for you."
"Wanted to. Was trying to wait for your 18th birthday. People aren't open minded here like they are in California...police chief in his 40s bonding with a minor...wouldn't have been looked highly on. I wanted to do right by you." He said softly, smiling. "Wanted to do it all legal. Not just take you and bite you and that be that."
He sighed, leaning his head back. "Was even gonna plan a proper bonding ceremony and everything. Just for you."
Was when they talked about how he'd lost Sara. And that wasn't exactly a confidence boost that Jim wanted to have another baby. Especially with some drop kick who's mum left him and who's dad didn't love him.
"I'm 18 now." Jim didn't need to tell Billy that this wasn't California. He knew. He was strange enough in this small town; a mouthy omega who was always getting into fights and getting into trouble with the law. "That all sounds great, but I don't want to wait anymore. We have a chance now, one I thought was gone. I don't need a ceremony, I just need you."
"I'm 18 now." Jim didn't need to tell Billy that this wasn't California. He knew. He was strange enough in this small town; a mouthy omega who was always getting into fights and getting into trouble with the law. "That all sounds great, but I don't want to wait anymore. We have a chance now, one I thought was gone. I don't need a ceremony, I just need you."
"I remember. Wish I could have been here for your birthday. For all of it. El said...you were here alone. I never wanted that for you. I wish you would have stayed with them so you would have at least had El." He said softly before kissing him deeply.
A moment later he stroked a hand through Billy's hair, staring into his eyes and smiling. "You asking for my mark right now? With everyone right outside that door getting El fixed up?" Not that he really wanted to wait, not now that the younger man was telling him how much he really wanted it.
"Not that I particularly want to say no but...I definitely can't guarantee that getting into that won't...get into more. Dunno if I'm in any shape for that." He chuckled, but he kept nuzzling at his skin.
A moment later he stroked a hand through Billy's hair, staring into his eyes and smiling. "You asking for my mark right now? With everyone right outside that door getting El fixed up?" Not that he really wanted to wait, not now that the younger man was telling him how much he really wanted it.
"Not that I particularly want to say no but...I definitely can't guarantee that getting into that won't...get into more. Dunno if I'm in any shape for that." He chuckled, but he kept nuzzling at his skin.
"I couldn't leave. This is our home. I felt closer to you here." Billy leans into the kiss easily, sighing against his lips and wrapping his arms tighter around his neck.
He's about to say yes, to declare that he doesn't care what they hear when Hopper's words register properly in his mind. "El's hurt?" He vaguely remembers being told that but he'd been so lost in seeing Jim that not much else had stuck clearly in his mind. "Is she okay?"
Billy also really wanted Jim to mark him and he's feeling torn between checking on El and letting the alpha sink his teeth into him.
He's about to say yes, to declare that he doesn't care what they hear when Hopper's words register properly in his mind. "El's hurt?" He vaguely remembers being told that but he'd been so lost in seeing Jim that not much else had stuck clearly in his mind. "Is she okay?"
Billy also really wanted Jim to mark him and he's feeling torn between checking on El and letting the alpha sink his teeth into him.
He hesitated and looked towards the door that led into the living room before nodding slowly. "She'll be fine, but...well. She exhausted herself protecting me and ended up...getting hurt herself. She had a couple of wounds, but nothing Joyce and the others can't handle. She was resting when we came in here."
He moved then, body sore and exhausted himself so he pulled Billy along with him until they were both laying down and he had the younger man tucked in against his side with his head on his chest. "I love you. I'm sorry I wasn't here."
He moved then, body sore and exhausted himself so he pulled Billy along with him until they were both laying down and he had the younger man tucked in against his side with his head on his chest. "I love you. I'm sorry I wasn't here."
Billy's torn between getting up to go and check on her and staying right here. The decision is made when Jim pulls him along to lay down beside him and Billy goes easily, pressing his nose against the side of Hopper's neck and just breathing him in.
"I love you." The dam breaks and Billy lets out a heart wrenching sob, all the emotions from the last few months catching up with him, finally.
"I love you." The dam breaks and Billy lets out a heart wrenching sob, all the emotions from the last few months catching up with him, finally.
He held him close when Billy started crying, slowly rubbing his back and soothing the best that he could. He kissed the top of his head, shifting a bit more so he could kick off his shoes and then work his shirt off. He winced, knowing he looked like a mess, bruised all to hell but he wanted to feel Billy's skin against his own.
The man pulled a blanket over the both of them, sighing happily once he had them both in the cocoon that was their blanket and he could inhale the omega's familiar scent. He'd missed this so, so much.
The man pulled a blanket over the both of them, sighing happily once he had them both in the cocoon that was their blanket and he could inhale the omega's familiar scent. He'd missed this so, so much.
It's Jim's bed but it smells like Billy, the alpha's scent long since washed out of the sheets much to the omega's dismay. He'd sobbed for hours when he realised he couldn't smell him anymore. It's why most of Jim's clothes had remained untouched in the closet, Billy only pulling out one thing at a time and wearing it until the scent was all him and not them.
He lets the alpha manhandle him into place, holding tight until the sobbing finally dies down into soft sniffles. He traces gently over a bruise on his chest. "Who did this?"
He lets the alpha manhandle him into place, holding tight until the sobbing finally dies down into soft sniffles. He traces gently over a bruise on his chest. "Who did this?"
He carefully covered Billy's hand with his own, squeezing his fingers gently and lifting his hand to press his lips against his fingertips. "Asshole Russians, thats who. They wanted me to help find you. Or tell them where you were and I wouldn't do it. So...I got beat on the regular." He shrugged, giving a small smile.
"Small price to pay making sure you were safe. Thats all that mattered to me. Nothing they could have done would have made me talk."
"Small price to pay making sure you were safe. Thats all that mattered to me. Nothing they could have done would have made me talk."
"Russians? What do the Russians have to do with anything?" What? Steve had mentioned Russians but no one had ever actually explained to him the relevance. Or maybe they had and it had followed the news of "Hopper's dead". He knew people had tried telling him stuff, but as soon as he'd heard those words nothing else in the world had mattered until his doctor assured him that their baby was going to be okay.
"Why did they want me?"
"Why did they want me?"
"Apparently the Russians are the ones that started all this? With the Upside Down and that...that thing that had its hold on you." He said softly, stroking his fingers through Billy's hair and looking down at him. "They've been trying to open the damn doorway to that place for years. They found out some scientists here in Hawkins had done just that...so they came. They opened the door again."
He sighed, fingers still curling into Billy's hair slowly. "They knew you were possessed and they figured out we were connected. They figured out...what we were to one another. What we are. I'm not sure what they would have done to you, but I wasn't about to find out. They wanted El too. I had to keep you both safe."
He sighed, fingers still curling into Billy's hair slowly. "They knew you were possessed and they figured out we were connected. They figured out...what we were to one another. What we are. I'm not sure what they would have done to you, but I wasn't about to find out. They wanted El too. I had to keep you both safe."
"Fuckin' Russians." Because of them, that thing had gotten a hold of him, embedded itself into his brain and turned him into a murderer. He'd lead countless innocent people to their deaths. He'd tried to kill El. The girl who he had, at some point, started thinking of as something like a daughter. "What if... What if I'd succeeded? What if I'd killed El?"
The tears come again and Billy doesn't even want to blame the hormones. It was one of the hardest things to come to terms with; second only to having to accept that his alpha was dead.
"I'm just so glad you're home."
The tears come again and Billy doesn't even want to blame the hormones. It was one of the hardest things to come to terms with; second only to having to accept that his alpha was dead.
"I'm just so glad you're home."
"Billy, don't think about it, okay? You beat it. You beat it and took care of her. You got rid of that thing...you fought it." He whispered to him.
His arms wrapped tighter around Billy, stroking up and down his back before brushing through his hair. He was just trying to do anything he could to sooth his omega. "Glad to be home with you and Jane, baby."
Billy presses his nose into the side of Jim's neck and sobs into the soft skin. His pulse is strong beneath the omega's touch and it's soothing, a strong reminder that this is real and that Hopper is here and alive. But the ache is still too real, the loss still fresh even if it's not true.
"You're not allowed to leave."
"You're not allowed to leave."
He held Billy close, slipping his hands up under his shirt and slowly stroked over his skin. "I'm home now and I'm not going anywhere. I'm here, with you. With Jane. I'm not going anywhere I swear." He whispered into his hair, kissing the top of his head.
"I love you. I love you so much. I'm going to take care of you. Of you and Jane...our family..."
Blunt nails skim across Jim's ribs where Billy tries his best to hold on tight to the alpha, desperate to keep him close after so many months without him.
"I love you too." He finds Jim's hand and presses it low on his belly, curved around the small bump that's forming in the base of his abdomen. "I didn't want to do this without you."
"I love you too." He finds Jim's hand and presses it low on his belly, curved around the small bump that's forming in the base of his abdomen. "I didn't want to do this without you."
Billy had woken up when Jim had gotten out of bed and he'd felt mild discomfort then. However, he'd let his body drag him back into the land of sleep and chosen to ignore it -they weren't the first Braxton Hicks he'd had so he wasn't worried- they'd go away eventually.
One surprisingly painful squeeze in his abdomen pulled him back out of sleep a while later and Billy quickly realised that they weren't Braxton Hicks; he was in labour and the baby was coming, whether he was ready to accept it or not.
Panic set in with the third contraction and the best way to combat that? Ignoring it.
He didn't call Jim and he did his best to go about his day as normal, stopping when the pain got bad enough that he needed to. Most of the afternoon was spent in bed while El watched her shows in the lounge.
The omega was dozing when Jim came home and he kissed him hello, watched him get changed and then told him to come get him for dinner. Of course, by the time dinner came around, he was in far too much pain to stomach anything and he opted out, choosing to have a shower instead.
It went without saying that it wasn't his finest idea and he sent half the items in the shower crashing to the ground when a particularly painful contraction hit. He groaned through the pain, wanting it to end so he could call for Jim.
One surprisingly painful squeeze in his abdomen pulled him back out of sleep a while later and Billy quickly realised that they weren't Braxton Hicks; he was in labour and the baby was coming, whether he was ready to accept it or not.
Panic set in with the third contraction and the best way to combat that? Ignoring it.
He didn't call Jim and he did his best to go about his day as normal, stopping when the pain got bad enough that he needed to. Most of the afternoon was spent in bed while El watched her shows in the lounge.
The omega was dozing when Jim came home and he kissed him hello, watched him get changed and then told him to come get him for dinner. Of course, by the time dinner came around, he was in far too much pain to stomach anything and he opted out, choosing to have a shower instead.
It went without saying that it wasn't his finest idea and he sent half the items in the shower crashing to the ground when a particularly painful contraction hit. He groaned through the pain, wanting it to end so he could call for Jim.
See, the thing of it is, is that Billy has been trying to court Chief Jim Hopper for months. Well, specifically, 102 days. He thought that maybe the alpha had finally gotten the damn hint when he agreed to help Billy through his latest heat -his second in Jim's company- but as soon as it was over and they'd said their goodbyes at the end of the weekend, the Chief had gone back to the same behaviour as before.
Billy had tried everything; he took him coffee and donuts to the station, he'd dropped off a decent lunch and even brought in a good dinner a few times when he was working late. He'd been nice to the kids -he'd even apologised to Max's little boyfriend and Steve Harrington- and things had been... less tense between them. They seemed less afraid at least. He'd flirted, winked, left his shirt open just a bit, everything he'd ever done to anyone else that had worked and nothing.
The Chief was oblivious.
Except, now, maybe he had his chance. It was 10 days since his last heat started. A week since it ended. Max had informed him that they were all going over to the Byer's place for a movie sleep over and he knew he had his chance.
With dinner in hand -take away, but more than just a shitty burger- and a decent bottle of whiskey he'd flirted his way into buying, Billy makes his way to Jim's cabin. His hair is done meticulously, just a sneak peak of chest is on display and he know these jeans are clinging to his ass in a way that suggests they're barely there.
He looks fucking fantastic.
And goddamnit, by the end of the night Jim had better fucking realise that Billy wanted him for more than just a night -or three.
Billy had tried everything; he took him coffee and donuts to the station, he'd dropped off a decent lunch and even brought in a good dinner a few times when he was working late. He'd been nice to the kids -he'd even apologised to Max's little boyfriend and Steve Harrington- and things had been... less tense between them. They seemed less afraid at least. He'd flirted, winked, left his shirt open just a bit, everything he'd ever done to anyone else that had worked and nothing.
The Chief was oblivious.
Except, now, maybe he had his chance. It was 10 days since his last heat started. A week since it ended. Max had informed him that they were all going over to the Byer's place for a movie sleep over and he knew he had his chance.
With dinner in hand -take away, but more than just a shitty burger- and a decent bottle of whiskey he'd flirted his way into buying, Billy makes his way to Jim's cabin. His hair is done meticulously, just a sneak peak of chest is on display and he know these jeans are clinging to his ass in a way that suggests they're barely there.
He looks fucking fantastic.
And goddamnit, by the end of the night Jim had better fucking realise that Billy wanted him for more than just a night -or three.
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