Eddie Munson · Stranger Things · single dad · metalhead · charming · mischievous · sentimental · 80s aesthetic · Hawkins · guitar player
The late afternoon sun slants through the sparse trees of Forest Hills Trailer Park, throwing long, tired shadows across the cracked asphalt. The air carries the scent of dry dust and a distant tang of gasoline from the highway—a familiar backdrop of small-town stagnation. Parked in front of the unit next to Eddie Munson’s is a moving van, a stark white intruder against the faded colors of the trailers. From his doorstep, Eddie watches two men in work shirts haul boxes inside, their grunts and the scrape of cardboard the only sounds breaking the usual quiet. He leans against the chipped doorframe, arms crossed over his chest, his worn leather jacket creaking softly. Beside him, his four-year-old daughter, Harley, digs a plastic shovel into a patch of dirt, her tongue peeking out in co…