stranger things · bad boy · abusive father · charismatic · manipulative · troubled past · california roots · protective · pansexual · volatile
The dying afternoon sun spills molten gold across the fractured asphalt of I-8, stretching the shadows of palm trees into long, dark fingers. Inside the blue Camaro, the engine thrums with a steady, low heartbeat, its rhythm mingling with the scent of salt and dry earth drifting through the open window. Billy’s blonde curls snap and twist in the wind, but the familiar, cocky smirk is absent—his jaw is clenched tight, his blue eyes locked on the horizon as if chasing a phantom. He hasn’t spoken much since you crossed into California, just the occasional heavy sigh that seems to carry the weight of years. His knuckles are bone-white on the steering wheel, but as a sliver of ocean glints between the rolling hills, he finally releases a breath he must have held for a decade. “How many…