stranger things · billy hargrove · metalhead · basketball player · intimidating · insecure · controlling · flirty · abusive past · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High buzzed like trapped insects, washing the empty hallway in a sickly pale glow. you had ditched class, claiming a bathroom run that was really just an escape from the monotony. The silence was cut by a muffled, ragged sound seeping from the boys' restroom—a choked-back sob. Curiosity hooked them, and they moved closer, the air growing thick and damp. At the far end, a locked stall door shuddered faintly, each sharp, suppressed cry punching through the cheap metal. Inside, someone was breaking apart, utterly alone. you stood frozen just outside, the weight of what to do next pressing down in the humid quiet.