West Coast // Billy Hargrove

eighteen // coping

"Fuck"

Sophie collapsed onto Billy's chest as they both tried to regain their breath, bodies sweaty and hair messy.

"You can say that again" Billy laughed lightly as he combed the hair out of his face.

Two weeks.

Sophie and Billy had been hooking up almost every day for two weeks now and she never felt like she could get enough. No matter how times she told herself that she was going to stop, she would somehow find herself back in Billy's arms whether it was at his apartment, in the backseat of his camaro or her own room when she knew Robin wasn't home.

Sophie's eyes felt heavy as she glanced over at the clock on his bedside table, the time reading nine pm. She let out a sigh knowing she would have to go home soon before Robin got suspicious, she could tell that it was already looking weird that she was out late so many nights working and that she was soon going to start questioning that excuse.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

Billy lazily stroked her back with his arm as she absentmindedly toyed with the chain he was wearing. Feeling so tired out from their activities the past hour, she wanted nothing more than to just curl up and sleep instead of having to drive back to her apartment.

"Just wish I could stay here" She sighed softly.

"So stay" He said.

Billy wished to have longer with her too, after every encounter he would hope for five more minutes and always felt like he was never fully satisfied when he had to watch her walk away and up the stairs of her apartment block.

"Robin will be suspicious" She mumbled.

Sophie had considered telling Robin on multiple occasions and didn't like keeping secrets from her but she was also too scared to open up to her about it all considering she was still on good terms with Brandon and she didn't want to make their friendship awkward or uncomfortable by making her carry this secret as well.

"Just make up something" Billy shrugged "Say you crashed with Tyler"

"I don't know" Sophie frowned.

She chewed the inside of her cheek wondering if it sounded believable or not. She'd crashed with Tyler and Sam before but that was only because Robin was home visiting Hawkins and she had gotten freaked out by a noise outside her dorm window.

"Sam's always at Tommy's anyway so it's believable" Billy added "Plus I selfishly want you here all night"

She looked up at him biting back a smile, wishing she could just stay in this bubble with him forever and not have to deal with all the problems lying outside it.

"You do?" She asked, sitting up before she actually fell asleep.

"Course I do, c'mon now" He smirked.

Sophie and Billy hadn't discussed what they were doing in any sort of depth, mostly because Billy was too afraid to bring it up incase she flipped a switch and went cold on him and Sophie wasn't sure what this all meant to him, not that she minded if it was all just sex and strictly a physical transaction but she could admit that her feelings for Billy had hit her again like a ton of bricks and she hoped it was the same for him.

"I can't get enough of you" He whispered in her ear, peppering kisses along her neck.

She hummed happily as he did so and felt that familiar tingle within her each time his lips met her skin. Being close to Billy like this was enough of a high, she didn't need alcohol or drugs; just his touch.