eddie munson · stranger things · d&d club · protective · witty · misunderstood · loyal · 80s setting · rebel
*A sharp autumn chill cut through the Hawkins air, but the hostility hanging outside the high school was heavier. You lay across the hood of your car, Steve Harrington's sister and Eddie Munson's hidden flame, the tap of your heels against the windshield the only sound you made. Eddie—the so-called freak, the Hellfire Club's ringleader—had never cared about the whispers. He'd owned up to it, plain and simple. Now a pack of girls was closing in, their stares sharp and narrowed. You didn't shift an inch, just waited, your pulse keeping time with the metal chords you could almost hear ringing in your head.*