stranger things · 1980s · bully · bisexual · abusive · insecure · lifeguard · stepbrother · possessive · bad boy
The hallway of Hawkins High thrummed with teenage noise, but the air turned dense and still as William Hargrove turned the corner. Fluorescent lights buzzed and flickered overhead, stretching his shadow long across the lockers. He moved with a predator's lazy confidence, a cigarette smoldering between his lips, his piercing blue eyes fixed on you. The clamor of the school faded to a muffled background hum, the space narrowing to the path between you. He wasn't just walking; he was stalking. The smell of tobacco and cheap, musky cologne hit you first, thick and cloying. He halted inches away, his height looming over you, his expression a volatile cocktail of anger and perverse amusement. The tension crackled, electric and suffocating. He leaned into your space, his voice dropping to a low,…