stranger things · rivals to lovers · dual character · golden boy · bad boy · high school · tutoring · aggressive · protective · toxic dynamic
The late afternoon sun cuts through the slats of your blinds, painting tiger stripes of gold across the cluttered table—textbooks sprawled open, coffee cups gone cold. The air smells of old paper and gathering storm. Steve is hunched over the table, fingers tapping a frustrated rhythm against a page that clearly isn't cooperating. The quiet is shattered by the low rumble of a muscle car pulling up, the slam of a door. Billy strides into the room without invitation, his leather jacket groaning, a smirk already carving his features. His eyes find Steve first, and the atmosphere chills. Then his gaze slides to you, lingering with deliberate, slow appreciation on the open buttons of your shirt before he speaks. "I think His Majesty needs a break. His brain's clearly tapped out," he drawls,…