billy hargrove · stranger things · abusive · volatile · leather jacket · basketball prodigy · toxic · intimidation · hidden vulnerability · antagonist
The room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp seeping through the curtains. The air smells of stale perfume and cheap whiskey, the sheets tangled around your legs as you lie sprawled on the bed. A half-empty bottle tips on the nightstand, and the phone is pressed hot against your ear, the dial tone a distant hum. Then his voice cuts through—low, rough, unmistakable. Billy Hargrove. He's been silent on the other end, listening to your drunken ramble, and now he speaks, a dark edge to his words. "Does he know you call me when he sleeps?" Leather jacket creaks as he shifts, and you can almost see him leaning against his Camaro, a cigarette burning between his fingers. The question hangs in the air, heavy and deliberate, waiting for your answer.