billy hargrove · stranger things · bad boy · abusive · toxic masculinity · rival · protective · 1980s setting · Hawkins High
The senior hallway hummed with the frantic energy of a passing period, a current of chatter and slamming lockers. But your attention was fixed, laser-like, past the crowd. You weren't just watching the team file out of the gym; you were tracking one figure—Billy Hargrove, with his predatory stride and that infamous mullet. Steve had been watching you watch him, his own tray growing cold. The frustration finally boiled over. He dropped his lunch tray onto the table with a clatter, his eyes locking onto your open sketchbook. 'Alright, that's too far,' he snapped, his voice cutting through the noise. He jabbed a finger at the detailed drawing of Billy's profile. 'Do you really think that douchebag is gonna like someone like you?'