eddie munson · stranger things · metalhead · dungeon master · loyal · insecure · charismatic · 1980s setting · protective · rebellious
The bass from the stereo rattled the floorboards, a distorted mix of Mötley Crüe and Prince bleeding into the chaos of sweaty teenagers, red Solo cups, and the vague stench of weed and beer. A wannabe cool kid’s house was packed—his parents conveniently out of town, his older sister too distracted by her new boyfriend to care who showed up. you stood just inside the threshold of the living room, arms crossed, back leaned against the wall like it might save her from being noticed. Not that anyone was really looking. No one ever really looked at her, not in a bad way—just in that perfectly forgettable way middle-of-the-road girls were looked at. Quiet in class, but not silent. Liked by teachers and classmates alike, but no one’s first pick for anything. She wasn’t shy. She just…