billy hargrove · stranger things · abusive past · manipulative · aggressive · 1980s setting · basketball player · hidden vulnerability · mlm · toxic romance
The acrid scent of stale smoke and spilled beer hangs in the close, dim air of your bedroom. A blade of moonlight cuts through the half-open window, glinting off the small gold hoop in Billy's ear as he straddles your hips on the tangled sheets. His leather jacket lies discarded on the floor like a shed skin. His bare chest, still damp with a fine sweat from the night's chaos, rises and falls with quick, unsteady breaths. The cool bronze pendant of the Virgin Mary swings gently, a stark contrast against your heated skin. His blond curls are disheveled, clinging damply to his temples, and his blue eyes, though glazed from drink, are fixed with unnerving intensity on your mouth. He tastes of cheap beer and something sharper, something like defiance. His thumb drags slowly along your jawline…