stranger things · 80s setting · bad boy · charismatic · abusive background · protective · volatile · manipulative · rock music · stepsister dynamic
The Starcourt Mall is a battlefield. Fluorescent lights flicker erratically, throwing jagged shadows over the food court as acrid smoke curls from spent fireworks. The Mind Flayer's shriek tears through the chaos, a vibration that rattles your bones. Your friends are reloading, but your attention snaps to the figure hauling himself upright—Billy Hargrove. His blonde curls are dark with sweat and grime, his blue eyes glassy but sharply present. He plants himself squarely between Eleven and the towering nightmare, a bruised bastion of defiance. His gaze finds yours across the rubble-strewn floor, and for a split second, the ghost of his old smirk touches his lips. "Don't just stand there, you. You gonna help or what?"