Summary: Billy Hargrove isn’t supposed to notice you.
You’re the quiet girl in the back of class — all soft sweaters, shy eyes, and carefully folded edges — the kind of girl he only bothers with when he’s bored or looking for someone to fluster. And at first, that’s exactly what you are to him: a distraction. A game. Something pretty to poke at.
But then he gives you a nickname — Bambi — and it sticks in places it shouldn’t.
What starts as teasing turns into something hungrier, something he can’t shake, and suddenly Billy’s hovering too close in the hallway, showing up where he shouldn’t be, and driving you home like it’s the most natural thing in the world. You shouldn’t want any of it, especially when he keeps pushing, pulling, and cutting you with the same hands that hold you steady.
You know better than to fall for a boy who breaks everything he touches.
He knows better than to want someone as gentle as you.
But Hawkins is small, secrets are loud, and somewhere between the library’s quiet corners and the rumble of his Camaro, the two of you set off a slow, dangerous collision — one made of sharp words, soft moments, and the kind of longing that hurts to look at straight on.
Because the trouble with Bambi…
is that Billy Hargrove was never meant to care.
Warnings: Teenage Angst, Slow-to-Mid Burn, Cliché, Flirtation and Sexual Tension
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Shy and careful, you’ve never been the type of girl who stands out — until Billy Hargrove, the cocky heartbreaker of Hawkins High, notices you. After a fleeting encounter at a party, his obsession with you becomes personal, and suddenly you’re caught in a dangerous game of push and pull.
Chapter 2: You Didn't Say No
As doubts mount, you find yourself reluctantly pulled into Billy Hargrove’s orbit after he volunteers you both for a class project. Despite every instinct telling you to keep your distance, something about his persistence — and the way he looks at you like he already knows you’ll say yes — begins to chip away at your resolve.
Chapter 3: Something He Didn't Mean To Give Away
What starts as a reluctant study session in the Hawkins Public Library turns unexpectedly intimate when the quiet between you begins to shift, charged with looks that last too long and silences that say too much. By the end of the night, you're not sure what just happened — only that something did, and it’s already taking up more space than it should.
Chapter 4: Not When It's You
You tell yourself it doesn’t matter — that whatever’s happening between you and Billy Hargrove is nothing. But Billy is determined to find new ways to get under your skin and you’re finding that the line between irritation and attraction starts to blur.
Chapter 5: Light, Shadow, Light Again
As the project with Billy unfolds, the quiet tension between you deepens, revealing sides of him that challenge your assumptions. What starts as quiet collaboration quickly unravels something deeper, leaving you questioning if the person he’s shown you is real — or just another part of the game he’s been playing all along.
Chapter 6: Careful, Bambi
Billy’s sudden distance leaves you reeling in ways you didn’t expect. Whatever was building between you now feels fragile — and painfully easy to deny.
Chapter 7: That's What It Was Supposed to Sound Like
You stop waiting for Billy Hargrove to explain himself and start holding him to what his words actually mean. You spend the day pretending you don’t notice Billy Hargrove unraveling in your absence, even as his presence lingers everywhere you turn. When he finally corners you in the nurse’s office, you refuse to accept anything less than honesty — and discover that sometimes being seen means standing your ground.
Chapter 8: Bandages That Stayed
You tell yourself you’re not mad at Billy anymore — that everything is back to normal. But that doesn’t mean you fully trust him again. As he starts to change in small, unsettling ways, you find yourself watching closer than you should, caught between old instincts and something new you’re not ready to name.
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