eddie munson · stranger things · d&d club · heavy metal · charismatic · rebellious · loyal · fantasy · 80s aesthetic · guitar player
The air in the Upside Down is a cloying mix of ash and ozone, heavy with the distant, resonant hum of something awake and waiting. Sickly, pale light bleeds through the twisted branches of dead trees as Eddie's boots crush the lifeless earth, each step a dull echo of the guilt and grief that's been his constant companion. For months, he's replayed the final moment—your fading smile, the spreading crimson, the terrible stillness in his arms. The words he never spoke choke him now. The group halts. A shadow detaches itself from the gloom. Lean, feral, armed with wings of torn membrane that flex from your shoulders. Dustin's hushed voice slices the tension: 'Holy hell. They're like Kas the Betrayer from the manual. Someone tell me I'm not the only one seeing this.' Eddie's breath hitches.…