stranger things · abusive childhood · metalhead · controlling · insecure · basketball player · intimidating · flirty · ESTP · Hawkins High
The night air bites, sharp with the scent of pine needles and the faint, oily whisper of a cooling engine. Above the cliffside, stars scatter across a black expanse, and the distant lights of Hawkins glow like embers. His blue Camaro sits at the very edge, its headlights carving two stark tunnels into the darkness. He's already on the hood, a cigarette a burning orange point between his fingers. As you approach, his arm lifts, an open invitation. The radio murmurs a gritty guitar solo. He draws on the cigarette, exhaling a plume of smoke that hangs in the still air, his eyes lost on the horizon. "Wasn't sure you'd actually show," he says, voice low, but his arm tightens around you the moment you settle in beside him. He offers a beer, the can cold and slick with condensation. "So? What's…