A Man walks down the street...

Independent Al Munson RP Inspired by Stranger Things supplemental material Curated by Tim sideblog to @vitaegratis 21+, Minors DNI

[havvkinsqueen]

---☁︎｡⋆｡ One thing about Eddie's dad was that he was certainly annoying. He was also very good at playing pity somehow. Hearing about how amazing Mrs. Munson was, and then having these interactions with his father? It really made her confused about the situation. However. Without Al, Eddie would not be in her life and she was happy that he was. Taking a deep breath in, and then letting out a groaned sigh. "Mr. Munson, please. Just say what it is you want directly. I know it's something. All this beating around the bush isn't cute, and you're too old for this type of behavior." Her little hands were balled into fists in frustration as she watched the man who was acting more like a skulking teenager than anything.

[almunsons]

Heh. Polite, yes, but spunky when she needed to be. Yeah, that tracked. Not that Al had expected to run into Eddie and his girlfriend at all, but would have thought his son would go for the fiery and feisty type - so to see Eddie with someone so… soft spoken, innocent - had been especially surprising. If not amusing. It made sense though, now that he was seeing this side of her. “Just. Talk to Eddie, about me - if he’s not willing to talk with me. It’ll be hard, but good for him, I think. The both of you, your relationship.” Giving a parting wave, Al shook his head before walking off down the sidewalk. “Y’know, you remind me a bit of his mom. Wonder if he’d say the same. Sweetest woman you’d ever meet, but wasn’t afraid to stand her ground. Was able to keep me in line. I was a jackass before she came into my life, and I guess I’ve been a jackass since I’ve lost her. I won’t make excuses.”

[havvkinsqueen]

---☁︎｡⋆｡ All Chrissy wants is to go into her home, nap on her couch, and maybe make some fruit salad. However, she feels decidedly trapped and cornered by Al and a large part of her suspected that was his goal. This way she would be forced to talk to him and, maybe, he would find out where their apartment was. Eyes narrowed as he spoke, spinning some sad tale. And truthfully, she felt bad for him. But he said one thing and Eddie said others and she knew she was on Eddie's side. Always. But she didn't know how much of Al's story was the truth. "I think you should be speaking with him yourself and not to me about it, thank you." But it was what he said next that made her bristle. Some sort of implication, like before. "Know what? Sir, I don't know what you're trying to imply but Eddie's doing very well." She wasn't sure how to dodge him, if she should just push past, or go find Eddie at work.

[almunsons]

Eddie had found himself a polite little lady, hadn’t he? It was perfectly clear that Chrissy had no interest in talking to him, that his presence alone made her uneasy. Yet she remained composed, wasn’t as dismissive as she could - and maybe should have been. Wasn’t rude, didn’t tell him to piss off. A good girl. Too good for Eddie, and he would likely agree with that. “I would talk to him, if he gave me the chance. With you though, there’s less chance of a right hook. I’m glad he’s doing well, though. That he’s happy, that you both are. You take care of each other, now.”

[havvkinsqueen]

---☁︎｡⋆｡ Blinking a few times, it finally registered who it was she was looking at. And, yes, he was very much real and outside her apartment building. For a moment, Chrissy wondered how exactly Al Munson managed to find them; But after hearing Eddie speak, she knew better than to ask. "Good to know," she muttered. The blonde avoided Mr. Munson's gaze as if he would somehow poison her simply with a glance. "Do something with that realization, then." Her voice was even, despite wanting to simply go back into her home and leave this conversation entirely.

[almunsons]

The reaction to seeing him again was pretty much what Al had expected; no eye contact, no desire to engage in conversation, and no chance of being invited inside. “I’m trying to do somethin’ with that realization, make things right but… its probably too late. I don’t even know where to start. Barely know him. The last time Eddie and I saw each other… well, the second to last time - we had an even worse blowout. We loved each other though, in our own ways. I still love the kid.” Hands in his pockets, Al held back a sigh and turned to face the street. “…whether or not he wants to give me a chance, you should talk to him. I mean, you didn’t know a thing about me before - did you? You deserve to know though, if you’re living with him… and all that anger, resentment, and hurt? It ain’t healthy for him to keep it all bottled up.”

[hargrove]

.·:*¨ ✘♚✘ ¨*:·.  Billy was actually surprised when his neighbor told him he could grab some. "Yeah? Sweet, thanks, man. I owe you." How was it possible that Eddie got the coolest parental figure known to man? "Is it unlocked or...?" He made a gesture towards the older man's vehicle.

[almunsons]

Al nodded, silently trying to remember whose kid this was. “Lonnie Byers, Joyce Maldonado… went to school with them both. Sorry, can’t really remember whose kid you are. Your name, I mean. Y’all moved to this shithole about the same time I last left, didn’t ya?”

[almunsons]

@hargrove sent: "You got any extra beer? I have a chick coming over tonight and ran out."

Al personally would have went for something a bit classier, more romantic than just beer - but the kid was young. He supposed he didn’t have to work that hard, or that he didn’t really care whether he saw the girl in question again. “You’ll have to pop em in the fridge, but yeah. Got a case or two in the trunk…”

[untamedlobo]

Peter looked more curiously at Al, cocking his head to the side like a puppy. “Oh shit your his dad ?! I mean Eddie’s dad not . Ya you know what I’m saying .. does Eddie know your here ?” He didn’t know if this was a good thing or bad , but well family was family it was pack.. you had to accept all members of your pack didn’t you?

@almunsons

[almunsons]

Snorting at the younger one’s clarification, he nodded. “In a technical manner of speaking, yeah. He’d probably say Wayne is more his old man than I am, and hey, fair enough.” Giving a nonplussed shrug, Al considered. “Not sure he cares, I think it’s too late to make much of difference to him at this point. I was always in and out of his life. Whether or not he was better off, there’s still resentment there.”

[havvkinsqueen]

*/ OPEN STARTER (Moots only)

---☁︎｡⋆｡ Chrissy felt like she was hit like a truck. It usually was like this after she had one of the big ones; Eyes white and glazed over, red tears dripping from her eyes. A few blinks, almost as if to reset herself in her surroundings, blue eyes darted about to see if she ended up in public. Or if anyone were around at all. Quickly and sheepishly, she wiped her face with her forearm before meeting the gaze of another.

[almunsons]

Assuming that her look of unease was due to seeing him again, Al let out a sigh of concession and nodded his head. "Know you'd probably rather not see me, and I know that if Ed knew I was here I'd get another well deserved hook. I was outta line when we met, tensions were high... I was trying to get a rise out of him. That was wrong, and using to do it." He shrugs, lifting his hands up in the process. "Very wrong."

[almunsons]

[almunsons]

@untamedlobo continued from here

“Eddie’s cousin?” He questioned, unable to hide his amusement. Was that saying he looked young, or Wayne looked old? He seemed to hold his brother in high esteem, so. “…no, I ain’t his cousin. Wayne’s only got the one brother, and while he did his best to keep me in line… he ain’t my daddy.”

[dreamwclkers]

Dermot Mulroney

- Shot by John Russo (2023)

[almunsons]

“You new to the trailer park?” // hello :3

It had been a minute… he might as well have been new to town, at this point. “Dropping in on family for the holiday. I Wayne Munson. His nephew.”

[almunsons]

@edhellfire

“Guess I owe you a few birthdays. More than a few apologies.”

[almunsons]

@edhellfire

[filmgifs]

DERMOT MULRONEY as MICHAEL O'NEAL

My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) dir. PJ Hogan

[calzonekestis]

Ok but Dermot Mulroney as the casting for Eddie’s jailbird dad - and just the mental image of Wee Eddie coming home from school one day and Uncle Wayne sitting outside having a smoke watching his nephew run in all excited while knowing he’s gonna have his heart broken.

“Your old man’s going away for a while.”

“Yeah, he’s always in and out…”

“No, it’s different this time.”

Y’all can expect a graphic soon. 💀

[calzonekestis]

I was surprised so many people apparently liked my graphic/fancast of Dermot Mulroney as Eddie’s dad (I stand by the fancast, I just don’t think the graphic is that aesthetically pleasing) lmao so HAVE AN AU THING WHERE HE WAS PAROLED~

I had no idea he was recently in a movie with Winona when I thought of him, but it amused me to find out. Worry not, I don’t headcanon any sort of love triangle with Jopper. Just that maybe Hopper was the one to bust him, and maybe he knew Lonnie - so maybe there’s an Awkwardness there.

[calzonekestis]

“While the other dads were teaching their kids how to fish or play ball, my old man was teaching me how to hot-wire. Now I swore to myself that I wouldn’t wind up like he did, but now I’m wanted for murder - and soon grand theft auto. So, uh, I’m really living up to that Munson name.”

Ft. Dermot Mulroney as Papa Munson.

Anyway don’t think about Uncle Wayne visiting Eddie’s dad in prison to tell him that their his boy dead. The awkwardness of “so he wound up like after me after all” vs “no he most certainly did not” and Eddie’s dad not wanting to believe it either but it certainly Looks That Way and it’s not like he got to know the man Eddie grew into so how is he supposed to know because they missed out on so much time because his own actions and now it’s time he’ll never be able to make up for if Eddie would have even let him try and if Eddie even wanted that would he have been up to the task and he honestly doesn’t know the answer to that himself.