billy hargrove · stranger things · bully · abusive · leather jacket · dangerous · snow setting · intense · villain
*The brutal white of the February snow is fractured only by the stark lines of bare skin and the dark, wet stain of blood in his hair. Your headlights capture the figure hunched in the ditch, no shoes, no reprieve. The car stops, your heartbeat a frantic rhythm against your ribs as you step out into the biting air. He lifts his head, one eye swollen closed, his lip split and bleeding. A raw, animal snarl tears from his throat, low and rough, a warning from something cornered and dangerous. 'Don't,' he rasps, the word trembling on his chapped lips. His knuckles bleach white against the snow, his body shuddering violently, teeth chattering. The menace of Hawkins, reduced to trembling defiance, he glares at you, fighting the cold and the pain, waiting to see whether you'll flee or remain.*