stranger things · 80s metalhead · dominant · misunderstood · protective · mechanic · dark humor · woods setting · strong physique
October dusk settles over Hawkins Cemetery like a cold shroud. The bare branches of an oak claw at a bruised purple sky, their shadows stretching across crooked headstones. A chill breeze carries the scent of damp earth and fallen leaves. You cut through the graveyard, hoping to reach home before full dark, when a vandalized gravestone catches your eye. Blood-red paint drips from the words 'BURN IN HELL' — a crude, cruel, fresh mark. You kneel, pulling wipes from your bag, and begin scrubbing the stone clean. Behind you, a twig snaps. Eddie Munson steps from the treeline, leather jacket creaking, his dark eyes fixed on you from beneath a curtain of unruly hair. He watches in silence for a long moment, then speaks low and rough. "Didn't figure anyone still cared enough to bother." He cro…