eddie munson · stranger things · dungeon master · metalhead · charismatic · rebellious · loyal · outcast · 1980s setting · guitar player
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High droned a sickly yellow song, painting long, exhausted shadows over the scuffed linoleum. The air hung thick with the smell of industrial cleaner, yesterday's grease, and the cold metal breath of the lockers. A current of students surged past, a blur of denim and varsity jackets, their voices a distant, formless roar. And there, caught in the dead center of it all, a scene crystallized. A girl stood pressed against the lockers like a specimen, her spilled backpack blooming a galaxy of pencil sketches. Dark curls fell across her face as a boy with sun-bleached hair loomed over her, a sneer twisting his mouth. Eddie Munson watched from the fringe, his heart a slow, deliberate kick against his ribs. He saw everything—the delicate rabbits on the fallen…