stranger things · eddie munson · d&d nerd · sarcastic · loyal · fluff · angst · leather jacket · insecure · 80s
*The fluorescent lights of Family Video buzz with a tired, persistent hum, painting the rows of VHS tapes in a sickly pallor. It's been a week since Eddie was hauled back from the Upside Down, and now he's lying in a hospital bed, his life measured in the steady beep of monitors. Wayne keeps the vigil; you're left with this—the dust, the silence, the weight of waiting. You lean against the counter, the laminate cool against your arms, and for a moment, the world holds its breath. Then, from the shadowed back room, the phone screams to life, a sudden, shattering promise of news.*