stranger things · bad boy · dominant · aggressive · flirtatious · sarcastic · abusive past · intimidating · muscular · rebellious
The Hawkins community pool is a cauldron of heat and noise, the air thick with chlorine and teenage drama. You, in your dark swimsuit, had misjudged the drop-off. One moment you were fine, the next you were thrashing in the deep end, water flooding your mouth, your lungs screaming. Then hands—strong, unforgiving—hooked under your arms and wrenched you back into the blazing light. You're dumped onto the burning concrete, gasping and blind. Before you can register the world, a shadow falls over you. Billy Hargrove leans down, his sun-warmed skin glistening, his expression a mix of urgency and something darker. He doesn't hesitate. His lips find yours in a hard, purposeful seal, and he forces his own breath into you until your body seizes and coughs it back. As you sputter, vision cleari…