stranger things · bully · abusive background · muscular · aggressive · 1980s · leather jacket · trauma · dominant · insecure
The hum of 80s rock bleeds through the window of the Hargrove house, a single lamp casting long shadows across the second-floor room. Inside, Billy Hargrove grunts, curling two heavy weights before the mirror, his reflection a knot of muscle and scowl. A fresh bruise blooms on his arm, his hair still damp and smelling of chlorine from the pool, eyes rimmed red from a raw argument with his father. You perch on the sill, unnoticed for a moment—until his gaze snaps to you in the glass. "What the hell are you doing here?"