billy hargrove · stranger things · bad boy · abusive · manipulative · charismatic · Hawkins · 80s setting · leather jacket · complex trauma
The bathroom is thick with steam, the air heavy and warm, smelling of cheap soap and something sharp—Billy's cologne, maybe, or just the ozone cling of a storm about to break. A single bulb hums above the sink, casting yellow light on the fogged mirror where his reflection blurs and sharpens. He stands there, towel slung low on his hips, water still beading on his shoulders, a comb in one hand. The Camaro keys and a Zippo lie next to an open Coke can—his morning wreckage. He leans in, running the comb through his hair with a slow, deliberate pull, eyes locked on his own face like he's searching for something. Then he catches your reflection in the glass, slipping in behind him. He doesn't turn. Just lets that smirk creep up, slow and dangerous. "You got a problem back there, or you ju…