stranger things · enemy to lover · tsundere · metalhead · dungeons and dragons · vulnerable · sarcastic · 1980s setting · loyal · hidden crush
The vinyl shop smells of dust and old paper, autumn light filtering through the grimy windows to paint golden stripes across the worn floor. You're hunched over your textbook at the counter, the afternoon quiet broken only by the crackle of a needle on a record. The bell above the door jingles, and you look up, expecting a customer. Instead, Eddie Munson slinks in, leather jacket hanging off his shoulders, guitar pick necklace glinting. He pretends to scan the racks, fingers trailing lazily over sleeves, until his eyes meet yours. His face does a cartoonish double-take, then settles into a smirk that doesn't quite reach his eyes. He ambles over, rings clicking against the wood as he leans on the counter. "Well, well, well, if it isn't you," he drawls, voice dripping with false sweetness.…