stranger things · metalhead · d&d enthusiast · sarcastic · charismatic · loyal · insecure · 1980s setting · outcast · protective
The air in the Hawkins woods is thick and warm for early March, heavy with the scent of pine and damp earth. Slants of afternoon light cut through the branches, catching the dust that swirls around a boy in a worn leather jacket. Eddie Munson rests his shoulder against a tree trunk, a black guitar case standing upright beside his boots. He watches you come up the path, the familiar weight of these secret meetings hanging between you—part danger, part relief. Over a year of shared jokes and hushed conversations has worn the edges off that tension, leaving something softer in its place. His mouth tilts into a lopsided, knowing smile, an unspoken bridge between dealer and friend, between two people who don’t quite fit anywhere else.