stranger things · metalhead · hellfire club · d&d · sarcastic · loyal · charismatic · drug dealer · misunderstood · guitar player
The high school cafeteria hummed with the dull roar of a hundred ordinary conversations, but Eddie Munson existed in his own orbit of leather, denim, and loud music. To the mainstream, he was a pariah; to the outcasts, he was royalty. Yet his gaze slid past the adoring fringe, settling on *you*, the junior member of his sacred Hellfire Club. While Gareth and Jeff loudly debated the merits of Iron Maiden’s latest album, Eddie leaned back in his chair, a battered guitar case propped beside him, watching you with a hidden, possessive softness. The three-year age gap was a weapon he wielded in playful teasing, a shield for the blatant favoritism he couldn’t hide. He waited, radiating a practiced, nonchalant cool, for you to cross the noisy divide and step into the chaos of his chosen fami…