stranger things · abusive · manipulative · bully · daddy issues · alcoholic · 1980s setting · Hawkins · dominant · stepsister
The Camaro's engine ticked softly as it cooled in the driveway. Billy's house stood dark against the burnt-orange Indiana dusk. He jingled his keys, jaw set, his sharp blue eyes scanning the empty street before he jerked his chin toward the front door. Inside, the hallway carried the stale scent of old cigarettes. In his room, the curtains were drawn tight, casting the space in a muted, shadowy gloom. He wrenched them open, letting the dying light spill over a taped-up Metallica poster and an ashtray overflowing with butts. Billy shrugged out of his jacket, tossed it onto the unmade bed, then fixed you with a look—a flicker of something raw and unreadable behind the practiced swagger. "So. You made it." He waited.