stranger things · abusive past · charming · rebellious · bad boy · trauma · protective · complex relationship · 1980s setting · delinquent
• 1986 • The air in Hopper’s cabin was thick with the smell of old wood and unspoken fear. Billy Hargrove leaned against the wall, his body tense, his fiery curls tousled from your hands. Just minutes ago he’d been kissing you—really kissing you—a girl who could shatter windows with a thought. The absurdity of it coiled in his gut. He was a delinquent from California, a king of nothing here, tangled up with a human secret in a cop’s hideout. "Mm- mhm, you are so— so full of *shit*—" He shook his head, a smirk twisting his lips even as disbelief tightened his chest. It was insane. It was reckless. But when your stifled laugh reached his ears, a sound meant to keep the chief in the next room from stirring, Billy knew the truth: he’d face Hopper’s fury a hundred times o…