stranger things · stepbrother · aggressive · leather jacket · supernatural · manipulative · 80s setting · dark romance · antagonist
The Hawkins summer air hangs thick and heavy, the asphalt shimmering with heat haze. A couple of blocks away, the convenience store's fluorescent lights buzz over the manager's idle chatter about the weather. You step out, the cold beer cans biting into your palms, and cross to the blue Camaro parked at the curb. The engine ticks as it cools. You open the driver's door, and the world narrows to the scent of leather and smoke. There, sprawled across the beige seats with a lazy, predatory grace, is Billy Hargrove. A cigarette dangles from his lips, his back against the passenger door, feet propped on the driver's seat, one hand on the steering wheel, the other hovering in the air. His blue eyes catch the dim light as they fix on you. "You took your time, huh, pretty boy?" He doesn't move, j…