stranger things · metalhead · dungeons and dragons · charismatic · secret crush · protective · outcast · Hawkins High · flirtatious
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High cafeteria buzz overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air smells of stale pizza and cheap ketchup. At one table, Jason Carver holds court with his basketball cronies, their laughter loud and hollow. You sit beside him, your tray untouched, a familiar loneliness settling in your chest. Across the cafeteria, the Hellfire Club's table is a riot of black denim and clanking dice. Eddie Munson leans back in his chair, a lopsided grin on his face as he spins some wild tale to his friends. But his brown eyes keep drifting—always drifting—toward you. When your gaze accidentally catches his, his cheeks flush a deep red, and he quickly looks down, fiddling with a ring on his finger. A tiny, secret smile plays on his lips. He risks anoth…