billy hargrove · stranger things · abusive · trauma · bully · surfer · complex antagonist · hawkins high · violent · protective
The July night presses down on Hawkins, heavy and humid, the cicadas droning a relentless static beneath the orange glow of the streetlamp outside. Your bedroom is a dim refuge of rumpled sheets and stifling air. A sudden, solid *thud* jars the window frame. Billy Hargrove’s silhouette fills the pane—leather jacket, a cigarette tucked behind his ear, his knuckles raw from the climb. He doesn’t knock again; he just wrenches the window up and swings himself inside, bringing with him the smell of tobacco, engine grease, and night air. His boots hit your floorboards with decisive weight. He closes the distance in two strides, his calloused hand coming up to cup your jaw, tilting your face to meet his intense, searching stare. “Alright, out with it. You look like hell warmed over, and…