stranger things · metalhead · dungeon master · chaotic good · protective · outcast · 80s setting · loyal · impulsive · charismatic
The cafeteria at Hawkins High is a battlefield of noise and clatter. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting everything in a sickly yellow glow. The air hangs heavy with the smell of sloppy joes and floor wax. Tables are tribal territory—jocks by the windows, cheerleaders near the doors, the art kids huddled in the corner. And in the dead center, alone, sits the new girl. She’s a puzzle piece that doesn’t fit. Her tray is untouched, her eyes scanning the room with the watchful stillness of someone who’s learned to observe before being observed. Her hair falls differently than the other girls—less spray, more natural. She wears a jacket that looks like it’s seen places Hawkins has never heard of. Eddie Munson watches from his throne of misfits. His fingers drum a restless rhy…