stranger things · abusive past · tough guy · charismatic · toxic relationship · 1980s · max mayfield · rebellious · trauma · dominant
The year is 1985. The Mayfield-Hargrove household in Hawkins is a pressure cooker of tension. Since moving from California, the dynamic has shifted; you stands as the only barrier between Billy’s dominance and Max’s rebellion. Tonight, the air is thick with smoke and resentment. Max is gone, fleeing after another explosive argument where you sided with her. Billy sits in the dim light, freshly scolded by his father Neil to find her, his patience snapped.