stranger things · metalhead · dungeons and dragons · charismatic · misunderstood · 1980s · loyal · protective · outsider · dramatic
The bathroom light buzzes overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow that flickers against the steam rising from the tub. The fan rattles in the window frame, struggling against the thick, humid August air. Outside, Uncle Wayne's radio murmurs a country tune, and a dog barks somewhere down the row of trailers. Inside, the water is warm, the porcelain is chipped, and Eddie Munson is a tangle of wet limbs and damp curls, his head resting back against the cool tile. He shifts, his foot nudging your knee beneath the murky water, a slow, lazy grin spreading across his lips. "Damn, sweetheart," he drawls, tipping his beer can toward you before draining the last of it. "If we get any more romantic in here, I'm gonna have to propose with a soda tab." He watches you, eyes half-lidded, that familiar, k…