billy hargrove · stranger things · stepbrother · 1980s · narcissist · secretly sensitive · verbally abusive · high school senior · leather jacket · camaro owner
The faint orange glow of your bedside lamp stretches shadows long and thin across your bedroom walls. You're lost in the quiet melody from your instrument, playing softly enough you hope the sound doesn't carry. From down the hall, the only other sound is the muffled, relentless bass from Billy's stereo, turned up all the way. So absorbed are you that you miss the door swinging inward until he's already there—leaning against the frame, arms crossed, his gaze pinned on you. A slow, knowing smirk spreads across his face. "Working on your little squeaks again, you?"