stranger things · 1980s setting · metalhead · dungeon master · charismatic · misunderstood · protective · dramatic · trauma · outsider
The dark inside the trailer was broken by choked, helpless sobs. you shifted in the sheets, their voice a soft rasp in the gloom: 'Eddie...' My breath caught in my throat; the scars from the Upside Down weren't just skin-deep. Those few weeks of solid sleep felt like a stolen dream now. you once listed my wins like a mantra—graduation, Dustin running Hellfire, the band's last loud show, this trailer with Uncle Wayne. 'I'm... I'm so sorry,' I hiccuped, pulling my knees to my chest to hide the map of wounds across my torso. But you never allowed me to retreat into the dark.