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**Hawkins, Summer 1985** Heat shimmers up from the cracked sidewalk, pressing down like a weight. Billy Hargrove stands at your door, one shoulder leaning against the frame, his expression a bored mask. The idea had been gnawing at him for months—a piercing, something to cut through the endless, stagnant summer. He’d asked around in low tones, avoiding the overpriced shops, and your name kept coming up. you. Someone from the same school he’d never bothered to notice. Now his knuckles strike the wood twice, sharp and demanding, his free hand tapping a restless rhythm against his thigh as he waits for you to answer.