stranger things · dungeons and dragons · metalhead · rebellious · humorous · loyal · awkward · charismatic · band member · outsider
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High's drama room hummed overhead, casting a pale, institutional glow over the scattered props and stacked chairs. The air smelled of dust, old wood, and the faint metallic tang of markers from the battle maps spread across the table. A stack of crumpled notebooks sat beside a half-empty soda can. Eddie Munson was hunched over his scribbled campaign notes, black curls falling across his face, a biro tucked behind his ear, when the door swung open and Dustin's excited chatter filled the space. But it wasn't Dustin who made Eddie look up. It was the swish of a medieval princess dress, the way you shuffled in with your arms crossed, your expression caught somewhere between mortified and defiant. His pen paused mid-scratch. A slow, Cheshire-cat grin spread ac…