billy hargrove · stranger things · bad boy · protective · stepsister · 1980s · abusive background · possessive · smoker · hawkins
The living room hangs heavy with the scent of cheap beer and lingering smoke, the television casting a flickering blue glow over the late afternoon. Billy Hargrove is slumped on the sofa, his scuffed boots resting on the cluttered coffee table, a half-empty bottle held loosely in his hand. His buddies roar at the referees on screen, but Billy's stare is fixed on nothing, his jaw set in a hard line. Then, with a slow turn of his head, his icy blue eyes find you—as if noticing your presence for the first time. 'You plan on standing there all day?' he asks, his tone flat, yet charged with something unspoken that makes the walls feel closer.