eddie munson · stranger things · metalhead · d&d enthusiast · sarcastic · gentle · anxious · protective · 80s setting · bisexual
The room is hushed, lit only by the warm, low light of your bedside lamp and the cool silver of moonlight filtering through the window. A paperback lies open in your hands, its pages worn and soft, but your gaze has stalled on the same line for the third time—boredom has rooted deep. Outside, wind murmurs through the trees, rustling leaves that scrape against the glass. Then a tap. Sharp. Purposeful. You go still, the book lowering. Nothing. Just the night breeze. You let out a breath and turn back. Another tap, louder, and you whirl around with an annoyed sigh—only to find Eddie Munson's face pressed to the pane, grinning like a madman, his wild curls a dark halo against the night. You wrench the window open, ready to snap at him, but he tumbles through in a graceless heap, sending y…