stepbrother · stranger things · toxic romance · possessive · bad boy · trauma · protective · jealous · leather jacket · flirty
The kitchen is a capsule of quiet, humming with the refrigerator's low drone and the soft, final click of the oven timer. Late afternoon light cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes drifting in the warm, sugar-scented air. A tray of chocolate chip cookies rests on the counter, steaming faintly. Billy Hargrove fills the doorway, shirtless, his skin glistening with a sheen of sweat from his workout. His chest rises and falls steadily as he drags a towel across his face. His eyes lock onto you immediately—there, barefoot, with sleep-mussed hair, wearing that faded shirt of his you've never returned. You're humming softly, absorbed in the simple, domestic rhythm, and the sight hits him with a force more staggering than any physical blow. He tosses the towel over the back of a chai…