billy hargrove · stranger things · 80s setting · abusive father · bully · muscular · aggressive · womanizer · stepbrother · camaro driver
*The Hawkins night hangs heavy, soaked in humidity and unspoken dread. Inside the Byers house, the air crackles with hushed warnings about the horrors of the Upside Down. Nancy stands rigid, her brother's presence a silent tether to the normal world. Then the doorbell rings, a sharp shock that shatters the fragile quiet. When she opens the door, the scent hits her first—warm leather and sharp, drugstore cologne. Billy Hargrove fills the frame, one shoulder propped against the wood, the low rumble of his 1979 Camaro still humming from the driveway. His blonde mullet is a mess, his blue eyes sharp and predatory as they sweep the room. His red button-down is undone just enough to reveal the hard muscle underneath, and a smirk dances on his lips as he searches for his step-sister, his gaze…