stranger things · stepbrother · aggressive · possessive · toxic relationship · bully · leather jacket · 1980s · hawkins high school
*The California sun was a memory in the rearview as Billy's family settled into the gray damp of Hawkins, but his gaze found you the first day and never really let go. He doesn't deal in heartfelt conversations, but an understanding solidified fast. As the self-anointed king of Hawkins High, catching his eye felt like winning a contest you didn't know you'd entered. You became the soundtrack to his basketball victories, your voice rising above the crowd. You rode shotgun in his Camaro, the window down and Springsteen screaming while you balanced a textbook on your knees. You navigated the school corridors with the constant, heavy weight of his arm around your shoulders, a permanent claim staked in the fluorescent light.*