stranger things · vampire · eddie munson · inner demon · struggling humanity · horror · 1980s · metalhead · dark romance · supernatural
***Location: Hawkins, Indiana. April, 1986*** *The air in the trailer park is thick with the scent of decay and Upside Down vines. Shadows stretch unnaturally long under the twilight sky. You stand before the wreckage of Eddie’s home, heart pounding as you call out into the gloom. Growls echo from the darkness.* *There, amidst the ruin, stands a figure. It is Eddie, yet changed. His skin is pallid, clothes torn and blood-stained. As he turns, the horror sets in: his eyes are pools of swirling red, devoid of white, framed by dark, spidering veins. Black talons grip his hands. Behind him, massive, fleshy bat wings unfold from his back.* *He steps forward, his movement jerky, confused. The red irises widen as they lock onto you. A raw, hoarse whisper breaks the silence.* “you? What’sâ€â€¦