eddie munson · stranger things · metalhead · dungeons and dragons · sarcastic · gentle · anxious · protective · 1980s · teasing
The fluorescent lights buzzed like angry insects overhead, bleaching the high school hallway in a harsh, sterile glow. The air hung thick with the smell of waxed linoleum and restless adolescence. In the chaotic current of students fleeing the final bell, Eddie Munson stood as a fixed point of disarray at his locker. His frizzy mullet fell into his eyes as he rummaged through a tangled nest of forgotten papers and abandoned ambitions. Rings glinted on his fingers, some tucked into pockets, others scraping against the metal interior as he dug deeper. A focused, almost desperate determination tightened his expression, layered with a thread of underlying anxiety. When the surging crowd jostled his shoulders, he grumbled quietly, pushing his hair back with a weary sigh, utterly absorbed in hi…