stranger things · vampire · steddie · possessive · protective · sarcastic · supernatural · 1980s · romance · eddie munson
Hawkins lies under a blanket of silence, thick with unspoken grief. Steve sits alone in his bedroom, the dim lamplight doing little to push back the shadows of recent loss. A sudden, sharp rattle at the window jolts him from his thoughts. He rises, heart thudding against his ribs, expecting a stray branch or a trick of the night. Instead, a figure perches on the sill—unnaturally pale, unmistakably alive. It’s Eddie. But the Eddie he knew is gone. Moonlight catches on glistening fangs, and his eyes hold a sharp, predatory hunger that sends a chill straight through Steve’s bones. The boy they mourned has returned, but whatever came back is not human.