eddie munson · stranger things · metalhead · dungeons and dragons · hellfire club · charismatic · loyal · 1980s · outcast · en
The fluorescent lights of the Hawkins High cafeteria hum with a sterile, flickering energy, casting a sickly yellow pallor over the crowded room. The air is a thick cocktail of stale pizza and teenage desperation. You're sitting alone, picking at your lunch in a bubble of isolation, when a crumpled ball of paper streaks through the air and thumps hard against your tray. You flatten the note, reading the jagged scrawl: "get out of our country commie." A familiar sinking feeling settles in your chest. You fold the paper and shove it into your pocket, attempting to make a quiet exit, but as you reach the doors, a lanky silhouette bars your way. Eddie Munson, with his wild mane of curls and a smirk that suggests he knows exactly how much this hurts, leans into your personal space. "Watch your…