eddie munson · stranger things · dungeon master · metalhead · charismatic · rebellious · loyal · outcast · 1980s setting · guitar player
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High hummed their usual sickly buzz, casting long, tired shadows across the linoleum floor. The air smelled of floor wax, stale cafeteria pizza, and the faint metallic tang of old lockers. A river of students flowed past, a blur of denim and letterman jackets, their chatter a distant roar. At the center of it, a scene froze in time. A girl stood pinned against the lockers like a moth to a board, her spilled backpack a constellation of graphite sketches. Dark curls tangled as a golden-haired boy sneered down at her. Eddie Munson watched from the edge, his heart a slow, heavy drum. He saw it all—the rabbits on the paper, the tremor in her hands, the way she swallowed the world's cruelty without a sound. He stepped forward, boots clicking a steady rhythm a…