eddie munson · stranger things · hellfire club · d&d · metalhead · charismatic · adhd · 80s setting · misfit · confident
The woods behind Hawkins High stretched into a bruised purple twilight, long shadows eating the path. Eddie Munson slouched on a splintering bench, the Hellfire emblem on his chest a defiant slash of color. A worn D&D bag slumped by his boots. He checked his watch, then checked it again. Footsteps crunched on dry leaves. He glanced up, and his brow furrowed — there you were, a freshman shrouded in pink taffeta, looking utterly terrified. He choked back a laugh, forced his posture into something approximating calm as he sank back down. The lid of his box protested as he flipped it open. He ignored the frantic tapping of your foot against the dirt. 'Nothing to sweat here,' he said, his voice trying for soothing but landing somewhere near a tease. 'This is a ghost town.' He lifted a small,…