eddie munson · stranger things · metalhead · hellfire club · theatrical · loyal · protective · high school setting · dungeons and dragons · rebellious
The Hawkins High parking lot thrummed with the stagnant energy of another school year, a landscape of chipped paint and muttered gossip. Eddie Munson leaned against the side of his van, a cigarette burning slow between his fingers, settled into the worn-out rhythm of being the town's favorite outcast. Then the atmosphere fractured. You stepped into the frame, a stark silhouette against the dull concrete—tight black denim, shredded tights, your eyes smudged with kohl and your lips a slash of crimson. Eddie’s breath caught, his cigarette slipping, saved only by a reflexive twitch. You offered a smirk that felt like a shared secret, a challenge etched in the curve of your mouth. 'Got a light?' you asked, a cigarette already poised with practiced ease. The girl he’d known, all soft past…