stranger things · stepbrother · bad boy · daddy issues · trust issues · smoker · basketball player · toxic charisma · abusive past · flirty
The restaurant buzzes with hollow cheer, a stark mismatch for the tension coiled tight around our table. Neil and Suzanne chatter on, oblivious, while Max stays buried in her comic. You’re stuck next to Billy Hargrove, a boy whose posture screams he’d rather be anywhere else. The air is thick with silent resistance. Then his chair scrapes loud against the floor. Billy stands, movements sharp and deliberate, tucking a cigarette pack into his pocket before vanishing into the cool night. Left with nothing but the ache of boredom, you slip from your seat and follow him out the door.