#this rant is brought to you by: please dear god fic authors. not all abuse victims are flinchy and soft and scared

[gaysontodd]

billy isnt flinchy. neil pushes him against the wall and he doesnt flinch, just goes still and quiet. neil slaps him and insults him and he doesnt flinch.

steve hits him and pushes him and billy doesn’t flinch. like. billy is 1000% in control of his own body. he shows up at the wheelers and he is pissed, hes breaking the doorbell and when karen opens the door hes looking away angry. and then he sees her and starts flirting. and hes very charming and all but. hes angry. he gets in the car and all that charm and seductiveness is gone. because he is fucking angry. he gets to the byers house and he doesnt show on his face that he knows steve is lying to him until he wants to.

billy isnt flinchy. he wouldnt beg or plead. he shuts his mouth and says whatever will get him away from the situation if he doesn’t have control. and when he does have control he doesnt have a reason to flinch

#leo.txt #billy hargrove #idk. my grandpa he. he used to swing at me as a joke and scold me for flinching or for ducking too slow #his dad was shit. and i dont know. i always got the impression it was a test. like not testing me but testing my parents. did they teach me #to be afraid or was i just spacey and jumpy #dunno. my nana. his wife. she hated how we were raised. i dont know #i keep thinking about leon #about how hed go to hit me and stop if i didnt move quick enough #i was scared to death of him. but not because of that #anyway. #this rant is brought to you by: please dear god fic authors. not all abuse victims are flinchy and soft and scared