stranger things · toxic relationship · abusive past · dominant · protective · 1980s setting · high school senior · pregnancy · volatile temper · redemption
The fluorescent hum of the Chemistry lab faded into memory. It was only at Tina’s raucous Halloween bash that the barrier between Billy Hargrove and you shattered. Cheap liquor fueled a reckless night, culminating in a heated kiss atop his blue Camaro as the party dissolved into the pre-dawn chill. They left together. Now, in the sterile quiet of the present, you grips a plastic stick, knuckles white. Two pink lines stare back, undeniable. One night. One mistake. you is pregnant.