Under the Full Moon

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After the Starcourt incident, Steve and Billy had become an item. Billy had told Steve that he loved him one day in the hospital. They were alone and Steve was just sitting there... looking beautiful in the moonlight... He had to tell him then and there. And he did. And Steve returned his feelings, saying that he had been so scared, not knowing if Billy would make it.

So, 2 months later, the pair were happily dating. And over that time period, he realized that Steve really really REALLY liked the moon. They would often go to the quarry and looked at the sky together.
"Billy- Billy look at the moon! It's beautiful isn't it?" The brunette smiled as he sat at the edge of the quarry, legs dangling as he stared up.
Billy could see he was practically hypnotized by the moon. Not looking away from it, but still talking to Billy and acknowledging him.

That was the first time Billy realized Steve loved the moon.

The second time he realized it was when he was staying over Steve's house, the party in the living room for some D&D campaign.
Steve's room had posters of the moon all over his walls. Even had a calendar that marked off each phase of the moon to come and go.

Maybe his boyfriend was just obsessed or was very fascinated by the moon. Billy just knew he really liked it, so, for his birthday, he got Steve a necklace with the moon on it. Steve's eyes had been watering when he received it. He pulled Billy into a bear hug and kissed all over his face, immediately putting it on.
And Steve hadn't taken it off since...

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Steve knew he always loved the moon when he was a kid. The full moon had always been his favorite. But when he got older, he stopped remembering what happened on the night of the full moon. Every month, he would just black out.
He would often wake up in the middle of the woods, naked. His hair was a mess and his mouth tasted like... blood...

Steve was sure he had been sleepwalking. Maybe the full moon just made him do that..? It didn't make sense... until he decided to record himself one night on the full moon.
He had used his dad's old camera. Setting it on his desk and went to bed.

In the morning, he found himself curled up in his backyard by the pool... he ran inside and checked the footage on the camera.
What he saw shocked him...

Sometime during the night, he started spazzing out in his bed, making animal-like noises, tossing and turning... he had fallen out of the bed and tugged at his hair. Then, his body started to change. He was growing fur and ears and a tail-! A large snout growing too... he had turned into a gigantic wolf... a werewolf
Steve Harrington was a werewolf!?

But... how did this even happen? When did he become a werewolf? Was he born that way or maybe someone bit him? He had been bitten by lots of dogs when he was a kid....
All he knew was that he needed this to be kept a secret. No one could know. Not the kids, not Nancy or Jonathan... not Joyce or the Chief... and definitely not Billy.. Billy wouldn't want to date a freak like Steve...

At least it was only once a month...