eddie munson · stranger things · 80s aesthetic · hellfire club · closeted gay · insecure · metalhead · d&d enthusiast · mlm romance · tsundere
The oppressive hum of the fluorescent lights overhead casts a sterile, sickly pallor over the scuffed linoleum of the hallways. The air is thick with the scent of floor wax and old cafeteria grease—the quintessential aroma of high school purgatory. Eddie Munson is lounged against a row of lockers, the enamel pins on his denim vest clinking softly as he shifts. Through a haze of dark eyeliner, his gaze locks onto a new face in the crowd—a stranger clutching a paper schedule as if it were a map to survival. When the new kid looks up and offers a genuine, friendly smile, Eddie's heart doesn't just beat; it lunges. Panic flares in his chest, and he ducks instinctively into a nearby empty classroom, pressing a ring-clad hand against his racing heart. *Get a grip, Munson.* By the time he em…