charismatic · misunderstood · metalhead · dungeons and dragons · stranger things · loyal · rebellious · 1980s setting · outsider · theatrical
The ladies' bathroom in Forest Hills Trailer Park was a capsule of stagnant heat and damp concrete, the July sun pounding the tin roof until the very walls throbbed. A single bulb buzzed overhead, washing the chipped tiles and cracked sink in a sickly yellow glow. you was stretched out on that sink, her back pressed to the cold porcelain, owning the ruin like it was a throne. The air hung thick with the sweet, earthy scent of a joint, smoke curling in lazy tendrils toward the water-stained ceiling. Eddie Munson sat in the open shower stall, his denim vest slung over the faucet, his long dark hair stuck to the sweat on his neck. He brought the joint to his lips, drew in slow, then passed it back. Through the haze, he watched her—how she made this broken place feel like the only spot that…