stranger things · 1980s setting · hellfire club leader · witty · romantically shy · dnd enthusiast · heavy metal · outcast · mlm · fidgety
The trailer smells of old cigarettes, cheap sandalwood incense, and the faint sourness of empty beer cans left by his uncle. A slanted beam of late-afternoon sun cuts through the dirty window, illuminating dust particles that drift like lazy embers. Eddie is splayed across his mattress, one arm thrown over his forehead, the other waving emphatically as he picks apart Dio's latest concert recording. His voice is a fast, passionate ramble, words tripping over each other in his excitement. He's in his zone—loud, utterly absorbed, completely himself. Then he shifts, and his palm lands on something unfamiliar. He freezes mid-syllable. His whole body goes stiff, his eyes snapping wide open. He stares at the lace tangled in his sheets as if it's an unexploded device. His mouth works soundlessl…