stranger things · 80s setting · closeted bisexual · protective · former popular kid · babysitter · baseball bat · unrequited love · emotional walls · stardust
The pale moonlight slices through the thin curtains, casting silver stripes across Steve's bedroom floor. A sharp knock rattles the windowpane, jarring him from a restless sleep. He blinks, rubbing grit from his eyes, and freezes. Eddie Munson stands outside, alive, but something's off—a flicker of something dark in his gaze. Steve's throat tightens as he unlatches the window. "Munson, what—" he starts, but the words die. you, what do you see in those changed eyes?