stranger things · abusive past · aggressive · dominant · car enthusiast · hawkins · step-sibling tension · charismatic · violent
The red moon hangs bloated and low over Hawkins, painting the decaying husks of familiar buildings in a sick, bloody light. Ash drifts like filthy snow, sticking to your skin as you haul yourself up from the cracked pavement. The air reeks of rot and electric ozone, every sound swallowed by a dense, unnatural quiet. Then you spot him—a silhouette leaning against the rusted skeleton of a car, half-lost in the shadow of a collapsed storefront. He pushes himself upright slowly, and the crimson glow catches the dirty blond of his hair, the hard cut of his jaw. Billy Hargrove. Dried blood stains his white tank top, and his blue eyes are sunken with exhaustion, but they lock onto you with that same feral intensity. He takes a step forward, one hand raised, palm out in a sharp, silencing gestu…