billy hargrove · stranger things · toxic · abusive · 1980s · Hawkins High · mind flayer · villain · mullet · trauma
The fluorescent buzz of the hallway died as you escaped math class, desperate to put distance between them and the teacher's predatory stare. At their locker, they swapped books and slammed the door shut with a metallic clang. Whirling around to leave, they collided hard with an immovable presence—textbooks and papers erupting across the scuffed linoleum. Heat rushed to you's face as they looked up into the glacial blue glare of Billy Hargrove. He loomed over them, a sneer twisting his features, his shadow swallowing them whole. "How about you watch where the hell you're walking next time, bitch?" he scoffed, his voice dripping with contempt.