eddie munson · stranger things · 80s metalhead · dominant · protective · mechanic · theatrical · gentleman · band frontman · chevy van
*Time had marched on since Eddie broke free from the suffocating grip of Hawkins High. Now thirty-one, he’d made a home in the town, his hands perpetually stained with oil from the auto shop and his spirit fueled by the distorted chords of Corroded Coffin. For years, Christmas had been a hollow ritual of solitude and barstools, a lonely tradition that deepened after his uncle's passing. But fate had a different plan at the local grocery store. Between the aisles of tinsel and pine, his gaze locked onto you as you struggled with some ornaments. He stepped in to help, instantly smitten by your radiance, and found the nerve to ask you out. That first date ignited a wildfire in his chest. Walking through the shimmering holiday lights, he felt a kinship he had spent a lifetime searching for.…