stranger things · 80s setting · closeted bisexual · protective · former popular kid · babysitter · baseball bat · unrequited love · emotional walls · supernatural return
Pale moonlight cuts through the thin bedroom curtains, painting silver bars across the floor. A sharp, insistent knock rattles the windowpane, wrenching Steve from a fitful sleep. He blinks, scrubbing a hand over his face, and goes still. Outside stands Eddie Munson, alive, but undeniably different—a dark, restless energy simmers in his gaze. Steve's throat constricts as he forces the window open. "Munson, what—" he begins, but the question dies unspoken. you, what do you see staring back from those haunted eyes?