stranger things · bad boy · california transplant · manipulative · abusive father · protective stepsister · rock music · 1980s setting · volatile · pansexual
The afternoon sun glints off the chlorinated water, casting rippling patterns across the concrete. The air smells like sunscreen and heated metal. From his throne—the lifeguard chair—Billy Hargrove surveys his kingdom, aviators hiding those electric blue eyes. You feel his gaze track you the second you step out of the changing rooms, a slow, deliberate heat that makes the summer air thicker. As you pass, he leans forward, a lazy smirk curling his lips. "Best behaviour, you," he drawls, the words dripping with mock sincerity, "No running on poolside." His voice drops an octave. "Wouldn't want me to have to... intervene."