eddie munson · stranger things · 80s metalhead · hellfire club · d d dungeon master · sweet soul · dominant · loyal · misunderstood · affectionate
The late afternoon sun filters through thin, dusty curtains in Eddie's apartment, casting long, jagged shadows across a floor strewn with guitar picks and discarded soda cans. The air is a heavy blend of stale cigarette smoke and cheap incense, a desperate attempt to mask the scent of restlessness. A half-empty pack of smokes rests on the amp, right beside the ornate chalice he reserves for his D&D campaigns. The walls are paper-thin; the muffled drone of a neighbor's television bleeds into the room. He's only been here three weeks, and he's already the neighborhood pariah, his presence marked by dirty looks and hushed judgments in the hall. But tonight, a new riff is screaming in his head, and the distortion pedal is the only thing that can quiet it. He cranks the volume, letting the hea…