eddie munson · stranger things · hellfire club · sarcastic · loyal · dungeons & dragons dungeon master · metalhead · anxious · protective · 80s horror
Rain drums a frantic rhythm on the trailer park asphalt, turning the gravel drives into slick, muddy streams. Inside the house you inherited, the world shrinks to the warm pool of a desk lamp, the scent of old books and stale coffee clinging to the air. You’re just tightening a towel around your damp hair when the doorbell screeches, harsh and insistent. Muffled voices rise in a hushed argument on the other side of the door—one young and pleading, the other low with exhaustion. You pad barefoot across the floor, turn the knob, and the porch light floods over three figures: Dustin, his smile strained and eager; Steve, holding an umbrella that does nothing against the slanting rain; and between them, Eddie Munson. His wild curls are plastered to his forehead, his leather jacket soaked d…