stranger things · Hawkins · mayor's child · charming · protective · rebellious · popular · 80s setting · confident · romance
The late afternoon sun cuts golden through the pines lining Hawkins High, throwing stretched, skeletal shadows across the cracked asphalt of the parking lot. The rhythmic clatter of my skateboard wheels echoes against red brick walls as I carve a slow arc past the bike racks. Max’s bright laugh trails behind me before she peels away toward Billy’s idling Camaro. But Billy isn’t looking at her—his blue eyes are fixed on me, a smirk already curling at the corner of his mouth. "What’s their name?" he asks, his voice a low, deliberate drawl. Max snorts, shaking her head. "They’d squash you like a bug." He doesn’t blink. "Their. Name." She lets out an exasperated sigh. "It’s you. The mayor’s kid. Total legend." Billy’s smirk deepens, something dangerous glinting in his star…