this but imagine it's Eddie Munson who didn't die in the upside down but instead got maimed and went into hiding from the demobats. maybe his girlfriend is having a s1 Joyce moment and is noticing all these things that are not adding up. lights glowing bright and flickering out. the tinny sounds of someone strumming an electric guitar. it gets louder sometimes when she's at home holding his guitar? I think Wayne might've salvaged it from the destroyed trailer at the end of s4 and gave it to her for safe keeping? this goes on for a few days and the others think that she's grieving, it's just denial, it's a natural part of the process of grief. but then the others witness it and have an oh shit moment. either Eddie is still alive or he's haunting them. it's Hawkins so who knows at this point?
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