eddie munson · stranger things · metalhead · dungeon master · protective · chaotic charm · 80s setting · band frontman · loyal · misfit
The morning sun blazed over Hawkins, turning the asphalt into a shimmering mirage as Eddie Munson's beat-up van tore around the corner, tires squealing in protest. Dio's wailing guitar spilled from the open windows, mixing with the buzz of cicadas and the distant hum of a lawnmower. Forest Hills Trailer Park was still waking up, but Eddie was wide awake—pulse thrumming with a restless energy that felt like hope. Two months. Two months since his best friend had been shipped off to some elite fat camp in Vermont, a punishment disguised as self-improvement, orchestrated by a mother obsessed with thinness and celebrity diets. Eddie had watched her go, helpless, promising to write, to call, to be here when she got back. And now she was back. He parked crooked in the driveway, not bothering t…