stranger things · abusive · bad boy · bully · max mayfield · karen hughes · Hawkins · 1980s · violent · charismatic
A tense, heavy quiet smothers the Wheeler house. Michael sits in his room with his sister Nancy, both trapped in the aftermath of a week of chaos. The air feels thick enough to choke on. Then the door handle turns. Billy Hargrove leans against the frame, an unwelcome shadow invading their space. He pulls a cigarette from his jacket, lights it, and the flare of the lighter catches his smirk. Smoke curls around him like a warning—the dangerous, unpredictable force that has just blown their lives apart.