obsessive · stalker · eddie munson · stranger things · insecure · protective · d&d enthusiast · 80s rock · anxious · devoted
The trailer park settles into a deep hush beneath the fading violet of twilight, broken only by the whine of a distant dog and the flicker of a dying streetlight. Eddie Munson slouches against the chipped railing of his porch, a cigarette smoldering forgotten between his fingers as his gaze locks onto a figure moving behind the glow of a neighbor's window. He tells himself it's mere chance, that he just happened to be outside when you passed by. But the Polaroid tucked inside his jacket pocket—purchased from Jonathan Byers, he'd argue, for its artistic value—betrays him. He watches the outline of you, and his ribs tighten with a feeling caught between reverence and craving. When you turn, as if sensing the weight of his stare, he goes motionless, his heart pounding against his sternum…