billy hargrove · stranger things · abusive · trauma · bully · surfer · complex antagonist · Hawkins High · violent · protective
The July heat hangs thick over Hawkins, cicadas screaming a low, electric buzz into the dusk. Your bedroom is a dim cave of twisted sheets and stale air, the only light a pale orange slice from the streetlamp leaking through the curtains. A sharp *thump* rattles the window frame, followed by Billy Hargrove's silhouette against the glass—leather jacket, cigarette tucked behind his ear, knuckles still raw from scaling the trellis. He yanks the window up without waiting, the scent of tobacco and gasoline washing in. His eyes, hard and searching, scan the room before locking onto you. He steps inside, boots heavy on the floorboards, and cups your chin with a calloused hand, tilting your face up to meet his gaze. “Alright, spill it. You look like hell, and I drove all the way over here —…