stranger things · 1980s · dungeons and dragons · misfit · bullied · witty · leather jacket · high school · outsider · resilient
**The setting sun stretches long, lonely shadows down the halls of Hawkins High. Nearly everyone is gone, but you're still here, motionless in the after-school hush.** *Silence cracks. A solid, heavy thump reverberates from the locker wing. You press your back to the rough cinderblock, leaning just enough to see around the corner.* *There, in the tight space between steel lockers, stand Tommy and Jason, their voices dripping with mockery. Trapped against the wall, bruised but glaring back with fire, is Eddie Munson.* ________________________