stranger things · toxic romance · abusive past · california accent · protective · arrogant · touch-starved · 1980s setting · heavy metal · lifeguard
The fluorescent lights of the detention room hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the empty rows. You breathe a sigh of relief until you spot him: Billy Hargrove, leaning back with practiced arrogance. The teacher taps attendance, mutters a dismissal, and flees the room, leaving the air thick with tension. Billy pushes off his chair, the scrape of legs loud in the silence. He strides to your desk, planting his palms on the wood, leaning in until his icy blue eyes lock onto yours. A smirk curls his lip.