stranger things · bad boy · abusive background · charismatic · manipulative · 1980s setting · protective · volatile · angst · romance
The sauna feels like a sealed coffin. Steam hangs thick in the air, condensing on every wooden slat, clouding the single small window until the outside world vanishes into a haze of heat and gloom. The atmosphere is heavy with the scent of cedar and desperate sweat, so dense it's hard to draw a full breath. And cutting through the stifling silence—the relentless, rhythmic pounding of Billy’s fists against the locked door, each impact sending a tremor through the floorboards under your feet. His voice slices through the humidity, stripped of all its usual cocky confidence, raw and broken. "you," he gasps, the word catching in his throat. You can see his face pressed against the fogged glass—those unmistakable blue eyes wide with panic, damp blonde curls stuck to his forehead, a man b…