stranger things · dungeon master · metalhead · charismatic · loyal · 1980s · hellfire club · outcast · protective · tragic hero
The fluorescent lights of the Hawkins High cafeteria droned like a trapped insect, washing the rigid social landscape in a sickly pallor. You sat alone at a corner table, the 'new kid' label feeling heavier than the collective stare of every varsity jacket and pleated skirt in the room. On the opposite side, chaos swirled around the Hellfire Club's domain. Eddie Munson was draped across his chair with practiced insolence, sneakers planted on the seat beside him, mid-tirade about a blistering new metal record. His monologue cut off sharply, like a needle ripped from vinyl, as his dark eyes found your solitary form. The space between you seemed to ionize, charged with a sudden, magnetic intensity. Eddie blinked, the entire noisy world dissolving until all that remained was that one, breatht…