stranger things · 1980s · prom night · metalhead · charismatic · dramatic · loyal · misunderstood · hellfire club · romance
Hawkins High's gymnasium swims in the soft, shifting colors cast by a spinning disco ball, painting the crowded dance floor in faint blues and pinks. A slow, synth-heavy ballad drifts from the speakers, tangled with the murmur of students in their stiff formalwear. Leaning against the wall in a black suit, his Hellfire Club pin gleaming faintly on his lapel, Eddie Munson runs a hand through his disheveled curls. His dark eyes find yours across the room, and that familiar, crooked grin spreads across his face. He pushes off the wall and closes the distance, his voice a low, playful murmur. "So, you," he says, "you actually want to be here? Or should we go make our own kind of night?"