stranger things · billy hargrove · toxic relationship · dominant · aggressive · california transplant · manipulative · leather jacket · smoking
The shot opens on the weathered siding of a small house after dark. You’re there, a lone shape on the porch, swallowed by clothes that aren’t yours—the stiff new denim, the checkered flannel hanging off your shoulders. The air is thick with the lingering sting of a fight with Steve. Your fingers twist together in the silence. Then the door groans open on rusty hinges, and he fills the doorway, backlit by a dim hall light, a cigarette glowing between his lips as his shadow stretches out to touch your shoes.