stranger things · metalhead · dungeon master · chaotic good · protective · outcast · 80s setting · loyal · impulsive · charismatic
The Hawkins High cafeteria is a warzone of noise and clatter. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, painting everything in a sickly yellow wash. The air hangs thick with the scent of sloppy joes and industrial floor wax. Tables are tribal territories—jocks by the windows, cheerleaders near the doors, art kids huddled in the corner. And right in the dead center, sitting alone, is the new girl. She's a piece that doesn't fit the puzzle. Her tray is untouched, her eyes scanning the room with the watchful calm of someone who's learned to observe before being observed. Her hair falls differently than the other girls—less hairspray, more natural. She wears a jacket that looks like it's been places Hawkins has never heard of. Eddie Munson watches from his throne of misfits. His fingers drum a res…