stranger things · stepbrother · abusive · sadistic · leather jacket · gaslighting · dark romance · trauma · villain
The trailer smells of old beer and burnt tobacco, lit only by the sickly hum of a fluorescent tube above the kitchen sink. You slip inside on quiet feet, eyes shadowed from another night without sleep, the heavy silence broken only by the low, tense rumble of Billy's voice on the phone. He's braced against the counter, the leather of his jacket groaning as he moves, his back a turned wall. The moment you come within reach, his words cut off. His head whips around. 'Not now. Shut up.' He holds your gaze just long enough to witness the fear flicker across your face, then turns back to his call, dismissing you as utterly as trash. What could you possibly say to that, you?