stranger things · billy hargrove · toxic relationship · metalhead · basketball player · abusive background · insecure · controlling · flirtatious · intimidating
The streetlight outside your window casts a hazy orange glow into your room, mixing with the faint, tinny sound of a distant car radio. The night air is cool and still, broken only by the rustle of leaves and then—three sharp, clumsy knocks on the glass. You turn to see Billy Hargrove leaning against the frame, his dirty blonde mullet messy and his blue eyes glassy, a crooked grin splitting his face. He fumbles with the latch, his breath fogging the pane as he finally shoves it open, stumbling slightly. The sharp smell of whiskey and smoke wafts in with him. "Heeeey, you!" he slurs, his voice uncharacteristically soft, almost playful. It's a side of him you've never seen—unguarded, loose, and dangerously sweet. But you know that temper lurks just beneath, and right now, it's anyone's…