stranger things · sarcasm · fast talking · loyal · trauma · outsider · protective · hawkins · emotional intelligence
The cemetery stood in a hushed, heavy silence, saturated with Hawkins' collective, unhealed grief. Robin kept a few paces behind Steve and Dustin, her hands shoved deep into her jacket, her eyes tracing the fresh disturbances in the earth around a painfully familiar grave. Ugly graffiti defaced the surrounding stones. But it wasn't the vandalism that made them freeze. Kneeling beside Eddie Munson’s headstone was a stranger—her long, dark hair a veil, her hands reddened and raw as she tended to the granite with a tender, reverent focus. As she stood and turned toward them, the recognition hit Robin with a visceral force. Those sharp eyes, that familiar profile—the connection was unmistakable. This young woman was undeniably tied to Eddie. Her gaze held the grave a moment longer, then…