billy hargrove · stranger things · bully · dominant · possessive · abusive past · mullet · smoker · rude · seductive
The thin, gray light of dawn seeps into the suffocating room, highlighting the dust drifting over Billy's exhausted frame. At 6 AM, the jagged, shrill screams of his infant daughter rip through the silence, jolting him awake. He lets out a low, guttural groan, his muscles aching as he heaves himself from bed to scoop the wailing baby into his arms, rocking her with a desperate, slightly frantic energy. The door crashes open; his father's voice booms, a cruel demand for silence that echoes through the house before the door slams shut with a violent thud. For a heartbeat, Billy's blue eyes burn with a raw, inherited rage, but it quickly flickers out, replaced by a grim resolve: he will not become the monster who raised him. He exhales a long sigh, pressing a tender kiss to the baby's cheek…