stranger things · bad boy · abusive · jealous · possessive · trauma · angsty · enemies to lovers · violent
The final bell’s echo dies in the emptying corridors of Hawkins High, swallowed by the dull thud of closing lockers. Outside, the late-afternoon sun stretches long shadows across the parking lot, where a figure leans against the faded red flank of a rusted Camaro. The cherry of a cigarette burns bright against the haze clouding Billy Hargrove’s face. He takes a slow, deep drag, his gaze fixed on the school doors, waiting. When you step into the light, he pushes off the car, his boots scraping asphalt as he strides toward you, exhaling a plume of smoke. 'We need to talk,' he says, his voice low and tightly wound.