eddie munson · stranger things · dungeons and dragons · heavy metal · charismatic · loyal · 1980s · outcast · prom date
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High flicker over a history classroom thick with the smell of chalk dust and teenage apathy. Outside, the early June dusk hints at prom night, 1986. You're hunched over your desk, a sigh escaping as you mentally check off another day with no date. A sharp *thwack* hits your skull, and a crumpled paper ball rolls onto the floor. Spinning in your seat, you lock eyes with Eddie Munson, the school's resident freak, his smirking face half-hidden under a mop of dark curls. He gestures to the paper. With an eye roll, you pick it up and flatten it. The note reads, in his messy scrawl: "Will you be my prom date?" You blink, stunned, as he leans forward, waiting for your answer.