Eddie Munson Open Ask/RP Blog (INACTIVE)

Greetings weary traveler! Name’s Eddie, and I’m the Dungeon Master of Hawkins High’s D&D Club: Hellfire. Message for 🍃💨or🍄

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

This year is my year, I can feel it.

Hello!! My name is Angela and I roleplay as Eddie Munson on this blog! My personal account is angelalucia3215, my pronouns are she/her, and I’m 24! :3

I’m a relatively long-form writer (I average about two good sized paragraphs per reply, depending on the content!), but just let me know if you’re only interested in shorter stuff, I’m sure we can figure something out; I also write in the third person past tense!

I will ONLY roleplay NSFW with other writers that are 18 or older, also only on Discord, but I’m totally comfy writing it for those who are old enough! Minors may interact but all interactions will be strictly SFW!

I try to reply at least once a day; I do my best to send more than one, but I’m currently involved in over a dozen roleplays and I try to reply to them in order of who’s been waiting the longest, and on top of that I’m working towards my agricultural degree!

OCs and characters from media other than Stranger Things are all welcome!

I occasionally post personal headcanons about Eddie, as well as art inspired by roleplays and edits of the boy himself (this is my first edit and I would love some constructive criticism!). I’m working on my first fanfiction as well, which I’ll be posting here. Just search #headcanons, #art, #edits, and #fics on this blog and you’ll be able to see all of them compiled.

Cheers! :)

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Send 🧸 to give my muse a stuffed animal! -- from @layladixonoc

Layla holds a small stuffed black kitten behind her back and taps him in the shoulder. "Um, Hey, uh, I got you something, for helping me."

Eddie started slightly at the tap, turning to meet Layla’s gaze with a giddy smile. “What? You didn’t have to do that!” He hid his face behind his hair slightly, trying to peek around Layla to catch a glimpse of what she was holding behind her back. “But, uh…what’d you get me?” he asked with a small bounce on the balls of his feet.

[layladixonoc]

She smiled and took his arm, always pleasantly flustered when he was extra gentlemanly. "We shall."

She led him into the house, the place was oddly quiet and somewhat empty. They had moved to Hawkins in a rush and had not done much since moving, partly out of fear that someday they would have to pick up and run again.

She guided him to the kitchen, "Do you want a drink or anything before we get started?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Grin widening as she took his arm, Eddie followed her into the house and looked around as they entered the kitchen. “Nah, I think I’m good. Thank you for agreeing to this, again. I really do appreciate it.” He met her gaze for a moment and rested a hand over top of hers on his arm, giving it a small squeeze as a soft flush crept up his neck.

He could already tell that it was going to be difficult to focus just on biology with Layla. They seemed to have a lot in common, and she was so sweet, and cute…he shook his head slightly and cleared his throat, asking her in what he hoped was a casual tone, “We gonna be studying in here, or your bedroom, or…?”

[layladixonoc]

Layla fished out a bottle of diet pepsi and grabbed a bag of chips from the cupboard.

"Well in here we have a table, but in my room we have more space."

The thought of a boy in her bedroom was just wild, she hadn't really had anyone in her bedroom.

"The space might be good, but you can't make fun of my room."

She gave a cutely stern look and pointed her finger at him.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie held up his hands in surrender with a small snicker, gaze flicking over her face for a moment before he said, with a decisive nod, “You’re cute when you’re serious like that.” He felt a soft flush creep up his neck as he cleared his throat, averting his gaze with another, smaller nod. “Yeah your uh…your room sounds perfect then. Promise I won’t make fun of it too.”

[layladixonoc]

She nodded, feeling content with his answer and led him down the hallway beyond the kitchen.

Her room was small, the wood paneled walls largely bare except for a few sketches she had made for set designs she had dreamed up when she would read her battered copies of her favorite Shakespearean plays. There was little in the way of furniture either, just a double bed, small beat up white and gold chest of drawers and several plastic milk crates stacked haphazardly with a portable turntable balanced precariously atop them. Her beat up but well loved pitch black bass guitar leaned against them as well, slightly dusty from lack of attention.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie trailed in behind Layla, and looked around her room, his hands tucked in his pockets for lack of anything else to do with them; as soon as his gaze settled on the bass, his face lit up and he pointed a single, long finger at it before turning to face Layla again. “Did I know you played bass? Because uh, I’d love to jam with you sometime.”

[layladixonoc]

She chuckled as she moved half kicked a stray pile of laundry into her closet, "I am pretty awful at it so I don't talk about it much, but yeah, it's one of the few things my dad and I had that we both liked."

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

His smile only grew as she kicked her laundry into her closet (something he himself would also 100% do) and he nodded a couple of times. “I’m sure you aren’t as awful as you think you are at it. I for one would love to hear you play sometime.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Don’t Touch the Props!”

@layladixonoc

Eddie was bustling around the normally pretty quiet drama classroom where Hellfire Club usually met, taking things that had been put on the table they played at and placing them gingerly back on some of the shelves and odd tables against the walls. He wasn’t sure if this was some weird prank from one of the jocks (or possibly Dustin), or if Hawkins High actually had a drama program to be heard of. He found it odd that he’d never run into anyone involved in theatre, he assumed there would be at least *some* overlap.

He picked up the final item on the table, an intricate glass vase, and walked it slowly over to the same shelves he had been stacking other things on. He paused as he scanned the shelves, looking for a space large enough and low enough for such a big, delicate item. He was humming quietly to himself as he worked, hair hastily thrown up into a ponytail.

[layladixonoc]

Layla's whole face lit up with her smile. "No, um, just was worried I was going to miss the last bus, but if you can um, give me a ride. I was just going home to microwave some leftovers and staying up until Mom gets home."

Why was he so easy to talk to?

"Maybe I can start a character sheet?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie’s smile mirrored Layla’s as he nodded rapidly before responding, “‘course I can give you a ride!! And I’ve got a frozen pizza with our name on it at my place if you’re not feeling like leftovers tonight.” He stood after retying the pouch to secure his dice and tossing it into his backpack, slinging it over his shoulder with a toothy grin.

“I’ll have to introduce you to the strays too, if that’s okay. I gotta put out some food for them before we get going on your character sheet.”

[layladixonoc]

She smiled at the strays, briefly laughing at herself and thinking, 'This makes sense why he's being so nice, he takes in strays.'

"Oh what kind of strays?" She settled her bag on her shoulder and waited to follow him out.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

As Eddie led her out of the classroom and down the hall towards the main entrance, he explained with a light bounce in his step, “Mainly cats, but the occasional dog. Honestly most of them are feral, so I try to just feed them and give them areas that are a bit safer with access to water.”

[layladixonoc]

"That's so sweet." She smiled warmly, everything about him seemed so nice and she felt a little bad that she had not thought that before. She was just as much a victim of what others say as everyone else.

She kept up as best as she could, the curse of short legs and walking with someone energetic. "You're really not what I expected and I have to say I feel a little bad for just listening to what other people say. You're an awesome guy, Eddie."

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie blinked a couple of times at the word, thoroughly not used to hearing it used to describe him. He averted his gaze and smiled a bit more sheepishly, reaching up a hand and rubbing the back of his neck as he mumbled, “It’s just, I mean…thank you, I guess. Just seems like the right thing to do to me.”

Finally looking at Layla again, he noticed how briskly he was walking and purposefully slowed. As she caught up and spoke again, Eddie could feel a soft flush creep up his neck as he let out a small chuckle. “Hey, don’t feel bad. Believe me, I get that I don’t really emanate that typical awesome guy energy.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

OOC ANNOUNCEMENT

((Hi everyone! I’m just coming on to let y’all know that I’m going to be leaving for a weekend vacation tomorrow and won’t be as active [I know I’m not very active to begin with I’m sorry 😭] until about Tuesday. Cheers!))

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Send 🧸 to give my muse a stuffed animal! -- from @layladixonoc

Layla holds a small stuffed black kitten behind her back and taps him in the shoulder. "Um, Hey, uh, I got you something, for helping me."

Eddie started slightly at the tap, turning to meet Layla’s gaze with a giddy smile. “What? You didn’t have to do that!” He hid his face behind his hair slightly, trying to peek around Layla to catch a glimpse of what she was holding behind her back. “But, uh…what’d you get me?” he asked with a small bounce on the balls of his feet.

[layladixonoc]

She smiled and took his arm, always pleasantly flustered when he was extra gentlemanly. "We shall."

She led him into the house, the place was oddly quiet and somewhat empty. They had moved to Hawkins in a rush and had not done much since moving, partly out of fear that someday they would have to pick up and run again.

She guided him to the kitchen, "Do you want a drink or anything before we get started?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Grin widening as she took his arm, Eddie followed her into the house and looked around as they entered the kitchen. “Nah, I think I’m good. Thank you for agreeing to this, again. I really do appreciate it.” He met her gaze for a moment and rested a hand over top of hers on his arm, giving it a small squeeze as a soft flush crept up his neck.

He could already tell that it was going to be difficult to focus just on biology with Layla. They seemed to have a lot in common, and she was so sweet, and cute…he shook his head slightly and cleared his throat, asking her in what he hoped was a casual tone, “We gonna be studying in here, or your bedroom, or…?”

[layladixonoc]

Layla fished out a bottle of diet pepsi and grabbed a bag of chips from the cupboard.

"Well in here we have a table, but in my room we have more space."

The thought of a boy in her bedroom was just wild, she hadn't really had anyone in her bedroom.

"The space might be good, but you can't make fun of my room."

She gave a cutely stern look and pointed her finger at him.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie held up his hands in surrender with a small snicker, gaze flicking over her face for a moment before he said, with a decisive nod, “You’re cute when you’re serious like that.” He felt a soft flush creep up his neck as he cleared his throat, averting his gaze with another, smaller nod. “Yeah your uh…your room sounds perfect then. Promise I won’t make fun of it too.”

[layladixonoc]

She nodded, feeling content with his answer and led him down the hallway beyond the kitchen.

Her room was small, the wood paneled walls largely bare except for a few sketches she had made for set designs she had dreamed up when she would read her battered copies of her favorite Shakespearean plays. There was little in the way of furniture either, just a double bed, small beat up white and gold chest of drawers and several plastic milk crates stacked haphazardly with a portable turntable balanced precariously atop them. Her beat up but well loved pitch black bass guitar leaned against them as well, slightly dusty from lack of attention.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie trailed in behind Layla, and looked around her room, his hands tucked in his pockets for lack of anything else to do with them; as soon as his gaze settled on the bass, his face lit up and he pointed a single, long finger at it before turning to face Layla again. “Did I know you played bass? Because uh, I’d love to jam with you sometime.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Don’t Touch the Props!”

@layladixonoc

Eddie was bustling around the normally pretty quiet drama classroom where Hellfire Club usually met, taking things that had been put on the table they played at and placing them gingerly back on some of the shelves and odd tables against the walls. He wasn’t sure if this was some weird prank from one of the jocks (or possibly Dustin), or if Hawkins High actually had a drama program to be heard of. He found it odd that he’d never run into anyone involved in theatre, he assumed there would be at least *some* overlap.

He picked up the final item on the table, an intricate glass vase, and walked it slowly over to the same shelves he had been stacking other things on. He paused as he scanned the shelves, looking for a space large enough and low enough for such a big, delicate item. He was humming quietly to himself as he worked, hair hastily thrown up into a ponytail.

[layladixonoc]

Layla's whole face lit up with her smile. "No, um, just was worried I was going to miss the last bus, but if you can um, give me a ride. I was just going home to microwave some leftovers and staying up until Mom gets home."

Why was he so easy to talk to?

"Maybe I can start a character sheet?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie’s smile mirrored Layla’s as he nodded rapidly before responding, “‘course I can give you a ride!! And I’ve got a frozen pizza with our name on it at my place if you’re not feeling like leftovers tonight.” He stood after retying the pouch to secure his dice and tossing it into his backpack, slinging it over his shoulder with a toothy grin.

“I’ll have to introduce you to the strays too, if that’s okay. I gotta put out some food for them before we get going on your character sheet.”

[layladixonoc]

She smiled at the strays, briefly laughing at herself and thinking, 'This makes sense why he's being so nice, he takes in strays.'

"Oh what kind of strays?" She settled her bag on her shoulder and waited to follow him out.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

As Eddie led her out of the classroom and down the hall towards the main entrance, he explained with a light bounce in his step, “Mainly cats, but the occasional dog. Honestly most of them are feral, so I try to just feed them and give them areas that are a bit safer with access to water.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Ashley Harrington had it all- she was a cheerleader, one of the most popular girls in school. Not only due to being a cheerleader, but because of her brother. But she had a secret that neither her brother or best friend Chrissy knew- she was in love with Eddie Munson. One day during lunch she was watching Eddie as usual, when he hopped up on the table and started speaking to the whole cafeteria. She hated the way everyone, including her brother, called him a freak. Usually it was behind his back-but that day it looked like Jason Carver was going to insult him in front of the entire cafeteria.

It felt like just another day to Eddie, getting up and walking across his lunch table, shouting to the other students in the cafeteria about how brainwashed they’d all been into fitting into neat little categories. Jason Carver, one of the more antagonistic jocks, started heckling him, and he simply stuck his fingers up on his head to mimic horns as he stuck his tongue out as Jason left the cafeteria.

Hopping down from the table and plopping back down into his seat, he glanced over and happened to catch Ashley Harrington’s gaze. The forbidden fruit. Well, he was probably being dramatic, but it certainly felt that way, her being Steve’s sister and all. He didn’t know Steve super well, but he knew at the very least he thought he was a freak like everyone else at school. He shot her a bright, toothy smile, giving her a playful salute from across the room. He was pretty sure they had biology together, maybe he could actually try getting to know her better.

[roranoazoroswife]

Ashley smiled back at Eddie with a soft blush. Before she had thought twice about it she was at the other end of the table. She hauled her arm back and punched Jason in the face, feeling either his nose, her hand or both break. She didn’t care that her reputation was probably ruined; she was sick of Jason and his meatheads being awful to Eddie. She swore loudly after a moment cradling her hand.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie watched Ashley move towards he and the group of jocks that had stopped to harass him, eyebrows shooting up as she hauled her arm back and a bark of disbelieving laughter erupting from his lips as her fist made contact with Jason’s face. She put some strength behind it, he could tell that much from the noise it made even before Jason stumbled back against one of the other nearby tables. Hurrying over to her side (to both check on Ashley but also to prevent Jason from possibly retaliating) and stood between them for a moment, Jason straightening back up and glaring at Ashley, blood pouring from his nose.

“Alright, let’s just…everyone take it easy, yeah?” Eddie attempted to lighten the mood with a chuckle, but Jason only scowled at him and left the cafeteria without another word, his cronies trailing behind him looking slightly concerned. Turning his attention back to Ashley, he glanced down at her hands before meeting her gaze with a worried smile. “You alright there, Stallone? You’ve got, uh…you’ve got some swing there,” he said, nodding at her hands. “Need ice? I can walk you to the nurse.”

[roranoazoroswife]

“Yeah ice’ll have to do for now I’ll take the bus to the hospital after school, Steve’s working”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“I can…I can always drive you? I drove to school today. I can take you now, if you want,” he offered with a timid smile.

[roranoazoroswife]

“Really you don’t have to-“

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie was shaking his head before Ashley could even finish, cutting her off with a concerned smile, “I want to. Now let’s get you out of here before Carver brings in a teacher to get you in trouble, yeah?”

[roranoazoroswife]

Ashley nodded and looked back at Jason and his friends with a barely concealed snicker

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Hesitating a moment, Eddie put his hand on her arm to guide her through the crowd of students that had gathered around them. Once they were outside, he let go of her arm with a more nervous smile. “Sorry. C’mon, my van is this way.”

[roranoazoroswife]

“No apology necessary. Thanks, Eddie.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“No problem at all,” he hummed easily, leading her to his parking spot and opening the passenger door, helping her inside.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Send 🧸 to give my muse a stuffed animal! -- from @layladixonoc

Layla holds a small stuffed black kitten behind her back and taps him in the shoulder. "Um, Hey, uh, I got you something, for helping me."

Eddie started slightly at the tap, turning to meet Layla’s gaze with a giddy smile. “What? You didn’t have to do that!” He hid his face behind his hair slightly, trying to peek around Layla to catch a glimpse of what she was holding behind her back. “But, uh…what’d you get me?” he asked with a small bounce on the balls of his feet.

[layladixonoc]

She smiled and took his arm, always pleasantly flustered when he was extra gentlemanly. "We shall."

She led him into the house, the place was oddly quiet and somewhat empty. They had moved to Hawkins in a rush and had not done much since moving, partly out of fear that someday they would have to pick up and run again.

She guided him to the kitchen, "Do you want a drink or anything before we get started?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Grin widening as she took his arm, Eddie followed her into the house and looked around as they entered the kitchen. “Nah, I think I’m good. Thank you for agreeing to this, again. I really do appreciate it.” He met her gaze for a moment and rested a hand over top of hers on his arm, giving it a small squeeze as a soft flush crept up his neck.

He could already tell that it was going to be difficult to focus just on biology with Layla. They seemed to have a lot in common, and she was so sweet, and cute…he shook his head slightly and cleared his throat, asking her in what he hoped was a casual tone, “We gonna be studying in here, or your bedroom, or…?”

[layladixonoc]

Layla fished out a bottle of diet pepsi and grabbed a bag of chips from the cupboard.

"Well in here we have a table, but in my room we have more space."

The thought of a boy in her bedroom was just wild, she hadn't really had anyone in her bedroom.

"The space might be good, but you can't make fun of my room."

She gave a cutely stern look and pointed her finger at him.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie held up his hands in surrender with a small snicker, gaze flicking over her face for a moment before he said, with a decisive nod, “You’re cute when you’re serious like that.” He felt a soft flush creep up his neck as he cleared his throat, averting his gaze with another, smaller nod. “Yeah your uh…your room sounds perfect then. Promise I won’t make fun of it too.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Don’t Touch the Props!”

@layladixonoc

Eddie was bustling around the normally pretty quiet drama classroom where Hellfire Club usually met, taking things that had been put on the table they played at and placing them gingerly back on some of the shelves and odd tables against the walls. He wasn’t sure if this was some weird prank from one of the jocks (or possibly Dustin), or if Hawkins High actually had a drama program to be heard of. He found it odd that he’d never run into anyone involved in theatre, he assumed there would be at least *some* overlap.

He picked up the final item on the table, an intricate glass vase, and walked it slowly over to the same shelves he had been stacking other things on. He paused as he scanned the shelves, looking for a space large enough and low enough for such a big, delicate item. He was humming quietly to himself as he worked, hair hastily thrown up into a ponytail.

[layladixonoc]

Layla's whole face lit up with her smile. "No, um, just was worried I was going to miss the last bus, but if you can um, give me a ride. I was just going home to microwave some leftovers and staying up until Mom gets home."

Why was he so easy to talk to?

"Maybe I can start a character sheet?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie’s smile mirrored Layla’s as he nodded rapidly before responding, “‘course I can give you a ride!! And I’ve got a frozen pizza with our name on it at my place if you’re not feeling like leftovers tonight.” He stood after retying the pouch to secure his dice and tossing it into his backpack, slinging it over his shoulder with a toothy grin.

“I’ll have to introduce you to the strays too, if that’s okay. I gotta put out some food for them before we get going on your character sheet.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie and Val

@goodgirlkisses

Eddie Munson hated school. He’d hated it since the day he found out he wasn’t going to graduate on time, that he had to repeat his senior year not only once, but twice. He was really trying, but it still never seemed like enough; this year he had promised Wayne he would try his best to find a tutor. Of course, doing so was a bit difficult since Eddie didn’t necessarily have many friends at all, let alone smarter ones.

Then she walked into Eddie’s math class for that period, and he perked up with a slight cock of his head. Val. They’d hung out a handful of times in middle school, she’d even been at the talent show when he and his band had performed. He knew she was doing at least better than he was in their class, maybe she could help? He waved her over to the empty desk next to him with a wide smile, hoping she’d be open to sitting next to him.

[goodgirlkisses]

Valerie couldn’t say that she enjoyed her classes. Sure, she did okay, and she was probably going to pass her exams. But it was all still a bit shit. Boring, even. Especially maths. So she had just been ready to spend the following hour bored out of her mind sat at the back of the class.

But Eddie had waved her over, and she was just left a little confused.

She hadn’t spoken to the guy in a while. They used to hang out when they were younger, and maybe she did miss talking to him - he was pretty funny - but for the life of her she couldn’t think what he wanted to talk about.

“Hey,” she just sat down next to him, not really caring if she was taking someone’s seat or not. “What’s up, Eddie?”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Hey yourself,” Eddie chirped, turning in his seat a bit to get a better look at her; “First of all, I just wanna say sorry for ah…for disappearing on you back in middle school. I know we used to hang out a lot.” His smile softened into something more genuine; he always had had fun with Val, and he hoped that would still be the case. And that she didn’t blame him for going off radar once the bullying got especially bad for him.

“So I have a proposition.” He leaned forward so he could rest his elbows on his knees, pulling his chin in his hands as he met her gaze with a slightly embarrassed laugh. “I uh…I’m gonna fail this class-again, mind you, I’ve taken it twice already now.” He shook his head slightly to refocus on what his point was. “I kinda need a tutor. And I am willing to bribe you with whatever you want! Money? Rides to and/or from school? Drugs?” Eddie waggled his eyebrows playfully at her as he spoke the last word.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

((I’m sorry to all my roleplay partners for being absent the past couple of days, my mental health has just been icky. I forced myself to do some makeup and bought myself a new skirt now I am Officially Eddie Munson’s Bitch))

[angela-of-small-death]

coming on to say holy fucking shit I know it’s just a teeny bump but the fact that my biceps are visible at all when I flex? Very hot. Very hot farmer of me considering it is literally just from yard work

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

((ooc and I know they’re teeny but. God I’m already obsessed with the beginnings of my biceps. Gonna get a weight set for my birthday I love feeling strong for once in my life 😭))

[libramooon]

i wish i was special creep by radiohead

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Ashley Harrington had it all- she was a cheerleader, one of the most popular girls in school. Not only due to being a cheerleader, but because of her brother. But she had a secret that neither her brother or best friend Chrissy knew- she was in love with Eddie Munson. One day during lunch she was watching Eddie as usual, when he hopped up on the table and started speaking to the whole cafeteria. She hated the way everyone, including her brother, called him a freak. Usually it was behind his back-but that day it looked like Jason Carver was going to insult him in front of the entire cafeteria.

It felt like just another day to Eddie, getting up and walking across his lunch table, shouting to the other students in the cafeteria about how brainwashed they’d all been into fitting into neat little categories. Jason Carver, one of the more antagonistic jocks, started heckling him, and he simply stuck his fingers up on his head to mimic horns as he stuck his tongue out as Jason left the cafeteria.

Hopping down from the table and plopping back down into his seat, he glanced over and happened to catch Ashley Harrington’s gaze. The forbidden fruit. Well, he was probably being dramatic, but it certainly felt that way, her being Steve’s sister and all. He didn’t know Steve super well, but he knew at the very least he thought he was a freak like everyone else at school. He shot her a bright, toothy smile, giving her a playful salute from across the room. He was pretty sure they had biology together, maybe he could actually try getting to know her better.

[roranoazoroswife]

Ashley smiled back at Eddie with a soft blush. Before she had thought twice about it she was at the other end of the table. She hauled her arm back and punched Jason in the face, feeling either his nose, her hand or both break. She didn’t care that her reputation was probably ruined; she was sick of Jason and his meatheads being awful to Eddie. She swore loudly after a moment cradling her hand.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie watched Ashley move towards he and the group of jocks that had stopped to harass him, eyebrows shooting up as she hauled her arm back and a bark of disbelieving laughter erupting from his lips as her fist made contact with Jason’s face. She put some strength behind it, he could tell that much from the noise it made even before Jason stumbled back against one of the other nearby tables. Hurrying over to her side (to both check on Ashley but also to prevent Jason from possibly retaliating) and stood between them for a moment, Jason straightening back up and glaring at Ashley, blood pouring from his nose.

“Alright, let’s just…everyone take it easy, yeah?” Eddie attempted to lighten the mood with a chuckle, but Jason only scowled at him and left the cafeteria without another word, his cronies trailing behind him looking slightly concerned. Turning his attention back to Ashley, he glanced down at her hands before meeting her gaze with a worried smile. “You alright there, Stallone? You’ve got, uh…you’ve got some swing there,” he said, nodding at her hands. “Need ice? I can walk you to the nurse.”

[roranoazoroswife]

“Yeah ice’ll have to do for now I’ll take the bus to the hospital after school, Steve’s working”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“I can…I can always drive you? I drove to school today. I can take you now, if you want,” he offered with a timid smile.

[roranoazoroswife]

“Really you don’t have to-“

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie was shaking his head before Ashley could even finish, cutting her off with a concerned smile, “I want to. Now let’s get you out of here before Carver brings in a teacher to get you in trouble, yeah?”

[roranoazoroswife]

Ashley nodded and looked back at Jason and his friends with a barely concealed snicker

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Hesitating a moment, Eddie put his hand on her arm to guide her through the crowd of students that had gathered around them. Once they were outside, he let go of her arm with a more nervous smile. “Sorry. C’mon, my van is this way.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Send 🧸 to give my muse a stuffed animal! -- from @layladixonoc

Layla holds a small stuffed black kitten behind her back and taps him in the shoulder. "Um, Hey, uh, I got you something, for helping me."

Eddie started slightly at the tap, turning to meet Layla’s gaze with a giddy smile. “What? You didn’t have to do that!” He hid his face behind his hair slightly, trying to peek around Layla to catch a glimpse of what she was holding behind her back. “But, uh…what’d you get me?” he asked with a small bounce on the balls of his feet.

[layladixonoc]

She smiled and took his arm, always pleasantly flustered when he was extra gentlemanly. "We shall."

She led him into the house, the place was oddly quiet and somewhat empty. They had moved to Hawkins in a rush and had not done much since moving, partly out of fear that someday they would have to pick up and run again.

She guided him to the kitchen, "Do you want a drink or anything before we get started?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Grin widening as she took his arm, Eddie followed her into the house and looked around as they entered the kitchen. “Nah, I think I’m good. Thank you for agreeing to this, again. I really do appreciate it.” He met her gaze for a moment and rested a hand over top of hers on his arm, giving it a small squeeze as a soft flush crept up his neck.

He could already tell that it was going to be difficult to focus just on biology with Layla. They seemed to have a lot in common, and she was so sweet, and cute…he shook his head slightly and cleared his throat, asking her in what he hoped was a casual tone, “We gonna be studying in here, or your bedroom, or…?”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Don’t Touch the Props!”

@layladixonoc

Eddie was bustling around the normally pretty quiet drama classroom where Hellfire Club usually met, taking things that had been put on the table they played at and placing them gingerly back on some of the shelves and odd tables against the walls. He wasn’t sure if this was some weird prank from one of the jocks (or possibly Dustin), or if Hawkins High actually had a drama program to be heard of. He found it odd that he’d never run into anyone involved in theatre, he assumed there would be at least *some* overlap.

He picked up the final item on the table, an intricate glass vase, and walked it slowly over to the same shelves he had been stacking other things on. He paused as he scanned the shelves, looking for a space large enough and low enough for such a big, delicate item. He was humming quietly to himself as he worked, hair hastily thrown up into a ponytail.

[layladixonoc]

Layla covered her mouth as she let out an awkward half laugh/half snort. "Um, yeah, kinda figured it would make your friend's laugh. So, from the Props Mistress to the Dungeon Master," she gave a grand curtsy, "You're quite welcome, Good Sir."

She straightened up, turning a little to hide the blush that colored her cheeks, "And you're fine, but do it again and I break your thumbs." She laughed.

She picked up her bag, part of her not wanting to go, enjoying talking to him, but she figured he wanted to finish getting ready to have fun with his friends. "If you, um, ever wanna help out more, I could use extra hands." She settled her backpack on one shoulder. "Have fun with your campaign."

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie snickered lightly at Layla’s words, bowing deeply with a big flourish after she curtsied. “Prop mistress, huh?” He straightened back up with a slight cock of his head before continuing, “I love when non-kinky things use kinky terminology.” At her threat, he held his hands up with another laugh. “Definitely need to keep my thumbs, considering I’m a guitarist, so duly noted.”

His smile faltered a bit at her grabbing her bag, but he was nodding immediately as soon as Layla made the offer of him helping more. “Yeah, I’d uh…I’d like that. I mean, I don’t know if you’ve got more prop stuff to do now, but if you don’t you’re more than welcome to stick around.”

[layladixonoc]

She stopped and bit her lip before turning around. She wasn't sure she could hide that his comment about had made her feel like her fluttered and curious, but the draw of maybe getting a cute guy as a friend, a cute guy who seemed to get her weirdness and not judge her for it, made her turn back.

"Your friends aren't gonna be weirded out by some random girl showing up are they?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie’s grin immediately widened when Layla asked if his friends would be weirded out, and he shook his head rapidly, curls flying back and forth. “Nah, they’ll just be stoked to have another person here honestly. We haven’t had a new member in a while,” he explained with a small chuckle, plopping down in the throne they had gotten out alongside the larger table and snatching his backpack from beside him to rummage around inside of it.

After pulling out a few thin guide books, some dice and miniatures in a bag, and a DM screen that he unfolded before setting up, he leaned back in the throne and pressed the tips of his fingers together, elbows resting on his knees as he glanced at the chair closest to the throne. “Wanna sit by me?”

[layladixonoc]

Layla couldn't help but smile as he shook his head.

Stop you're gonna get a crush and that never ends well.

"Well, I might not add much but, it's better than going home and doing Chem homework."

She came back to the table and watched him get set up.

"It may be the best option, I know the game but have never actually played."

She shrugged and started to dig in her backpack for a notebook. "Maybe, I can call tonight an observational crash course?"

Why are you so weird!

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Hey, nobody said you had to add anything. Besides, I think you’re adding something simply with your presence.” Eddie flashed her a toothy smile, dimples especially pronounced as he set everything up. Seeing her pull out a notebook had him nearly vibrating in excitement; it was rare someone wanted to come to Hellfire even to spectate, let alone be interested enough to try to learn about it.

“Hell yeah you can! I mean, I could also totally teach you some time. How to play, I mean.”

[layladixonoc]

Layla felt herself blush, his excitement and smile were just adorable. She flipped her notebook to the back and fished out a bag of pens in just about every color.

"Well, it is best to learn from a Master." She smiled back, completely oblivious to her own accidentally double entandre. She unzipped her pouch. "I may have a problem with taking notes that are unnecessarily detailed and multi-colored, but hey, I'm a colorful nerd."

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie nodded in approval once he spotted just how many colors of pens Layla had, puffing his chest up and sitting up just a bit straighter when she called him a master. “Hey, in my book, unnecessarily detailed and multi-colored notes are the best way to take notes for D&D sessions. Or at least some kind of organization. Color-coded or otherwise,” he chirped, leaning back in his throne for a moment and checking his watch before stretching his arms above his head. “And now we wait for the other members to show up!”

[layladixonoc]

Layla almost too obviously started to sort her pens, when he stretched out on the throne. Okay, things like that are too attractive, focus on, "Aha, this feels like a green, black, and gold type endeavor." God she felt like a weirdo.

"What um--" She briefly blushed as she looked back up, "what time are they supposed to be here?"

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

With an approving hum, Eddie nodded at Layla’s choice in pen colors, relaxing back into his throne and chuckling softly when he caught sight of the red flush of her cheeks. He met her gaze and flashed her a grin, glancing at the clock on the wall above the door. “Five minutes past 3 has been the longest I’ve waited. Dustin usually ends up coming early, but I’m thinking today probably isn’t one of those days with each second he isn’t here.”

Pausing to look at her again, his grin grew just a bit playful and he blurted out before he could stop himself, “Red looks good on you.” It wasn’t said in a joking manner at all, and his own face flushed a bit at his own words.

[hellfireandhandgrenades]

Layla drew out the words, 'Dungeons and Dragons' in an elaborate script as they waited, letting her eyes come up now and then when he spoke but not able to shake the pink tinging her cheeks.

"Dustin Henderson," she nodded, "He's in my Home Ec." She noted more to herself, like she was convincing herself that it wasn't going to be a little overwhelming to meet a new group of people.

When he said she looked good in red she tilted her head to him andbstarted, "But, I'm not--" cutting herself off as she realized what he meant and the tint in her face deepened.

"I--um--you too." She added, seeing him slightly tinted red in the cheeks, and looked back at her page.

There was noise coming from outside, they were coming.

[layladixonoc]

(I swear I need to remember who I am sometimes lol)

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie couldn’t help but watch as Layla scrawled out the words ‘Dungeons & Dragons’, grin growing as he piped up despite her words being more directed at herself than him; “He’s a gas, that kid. And, uh, wow, that’s some seriously impressive penmanship you’ve got there! I may have to bribe you to help me make some fancy maps for my campaigns.”

Another small, fond laugh escaped his lips as he watched Layla realize what he had meant when he had told her she looked good in red, hiding behind his hair for a moment when she turned the compliment back on him. He was just about to say something when Dustin’s voice rang out, “Hey, Eddie!! We are so ready for today’s session!” Lucas and Mike followed behind him, the two of them bumping into each other slightly as Dustin stopped suddenly, spotting the new person.

“Edward! You’ve recruited another party member!” He walked over and sat next to Layla, Dustin and Mike following and sitting in the seats next to him. “I think we have class together. Layla, right? This is Lucas, and Mike.” He gestures to his friends as Eddie quickly said, “Okay, first of all, call me Edward again and I’m killing your character, Henderson. And uh, yeah. This is Layla. She’s just hanging out today to observe, learn how to play by watching, y’know?”

[layladixonoc]

Layla smiled and gave an awkward little wave as the boys came in, "Yeah, Home Ec, your cookies were the best--um-- hey, nice to meet you guys." She put on her best extrovert mask now that there were more people here. Laughing softly with a small snort when Eddie threatened Dustin's character, "Thanks for being cool with me hanging out."

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Dustin puffed his chest up a bit at the comment, looking over at Lucas smugly who rolled his eyes. “In your class, Dustin. I still say the ones I made during my home ec class are better than yours.” They all started shuffling around in their backpacks and began pulling things out as a couple more reserved upperclassmen walked in to the room as well; shooting friendly waves and smiles at both Eddie and Layla. Eddie waved his hand dismissively at Layla’s thanks, grinning widely. “No thanks necessary. Thank you for coming to hang out!”

Luca piped up, “Yeah, if you couldn’t tell, we don’t really get a whole lot of girls here. It’s refreshing!” Dustin and Mike both nodded, one of them shuffling through character sheets and the other rolling their dice a couple of times to practice. Gesturing towards the two of them, Eddie raised an eyebrow and chuckled, “See? We’re happy to have you!”

[layladixonoc]

Layla chuckled at the boys spat about cookies, and waved to the boys who joined.

She wished she hadn't blushed when he grinned like that, but as the others chimed in and let her know it was cool she was there, she relaxed a bit.

"It's refreshing to be accepted," she half joked before leaning to look over at the character sheet Dustin was working on, and making a little bubble on the page and labeling it 'Character Development'

She settled in, ready to learn.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“That’s the cool thing about Hellfire; we’re kind of all about acceptance,” Eddie hummed with a wink, his smile widening slightly as he caught sight of the underclassmen nodding along to his words. Good. He didn’t ever want those kids to think they were anything less than only because they like D&D. Dustin, after setting up his character sheet and his own D&D players handbook, he glanced over at Layla’s handwriting before loudly exclaiming, “Eddie, if you haven’t tried to bribe her to help you make maps for the campaign I’m going to be very upset.”

Bursting out into cackles, Eddie nodded over at Dustin with a thumbs up. “You and me, kid, same brain. Imagine if I weathered them too to make them look like parchment!”

[layladixonoc]

Layla laughed at the two of them having a hive mind moment and then immediately perked up and got up from her chair for a moment, holding up a finger, before briefly disappearing behind a rack of props.

She returned and set a rolled brown parchment between them, the edges burnt, the paper tea-stained and made to look ancient. She unrolled it to reveal a map of Neverland that had taken her two weeks to appear on stage for all of a minute. "Something like this? I-um-get a little excessive with things that no one really notices." She laughed at herself.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie cocked his head to the side slightly when Layla got up from her seat and disappeared behind a rack of props. Dustin looked over to where she walked behind, then back to Eddie with a confused smile. Meeting it with his own clueless shrug, he looked back over at the rack just in time for her to come back out with a visibly weathered roll of parchment. Already nearly vibrating in excitement, as soon as it was laid out flat on the table a couple of the other students at the table noticed and leaned in to take a closer look.

“Hey, Neverland! That’s so good!” Lucas shot Layla a bright smile while Eddie leaned in closer to get a better look as well. “Yeah…name your price. That is some seriously impressive work! Much better than what I would have come up with.”

[layladixonoc]

Layla couldn't help but feel a swell of pride, no one had ever really appreciated her brand of nerdy and here was a table of people who seemed to genuinely think it was neat.

"Oh it's one of my weird relaxing obsession, making overly detailed props that get used for five minutes and no one really sees." She joked, "So, yeah, let me know what you want and I can definitely make something."

She rolled the parchment carefully and put it by her bag as she sat again, not wanting to delay them getting to their game. "Thank you."

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie snickered softly at Layla’s words, shaking his head slightly as he looked at her. “We’re gonna have to hang out sometime soon so I can show you the shitty rough draft maps I have drawn up. I’m sure you’ll be able to make a masterpiece just from looking at those!” He said as Dustin began rolling some of his dice absently, Lucas scribbling down some last minute notes on his character sheet.

“Alright, adventurers. Are we ready to pick up where we left off last session?” The table erupted into cheers, and Mike said fiercely, “We’re gonna get that son of a bitch owl bear!”

[layladixonoc]

Layla nodded a little too enthusiastically then settled in to watch, extremely curious now at what would unfold.

She randomly scribbled notes as she watched the boys burst into animated and enthralling play.

She mostly focused on Eddie. He was a gifted storyteller. She kinda wondered if she could convince him to read to her, sensing from watching that he would make a story more than words on a page. Heck, maybe she needed to try to convince him to get on stage.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Making sure Layla was ready as well with a glance and a wide grin as soon as he caught sight of her nodding too, Eddie dove headfirst into recapping what had happened during the last time they had played: the party had entered an underground labyrinth to find a powerful amulet for the ruler of the realm, and had caught sight of an owl bear while exploring.

Then, the owl bear was approaching them according to Eddie, hungry and furious at the intruders to his home. While talking about the owl bear lumbering towards them, he stood and made himself big, letting out a horrendous mix between an owl hooting and a bear growling that had the table groaning and laughing.

The combat was intense, Lucas’s character nearly being killed in battle before they were able to defeat the beast. Looking at Mike gravely, Eddie leaned forward on his hands and asked him seriously, “How will you be slaying the beast, brave paladin?” Giddy with excitement for getting the killing blow, Mike detailed him decapitating the owl bear and holding it up victoriously while the rest of the party cheered. “Congratulations, brave adventurers; you’ve slain the owl bear guarding the amulet. You settle down in a small cavern to rest, and that is where we’ll end today’s meeting.”

[layladixonoc]

It was exhilarating, entertaining, and honestly a little hot watching him.

She had lost track of her notes and finally settled back from the edge of her seat when he announced the end.

"So fucking cool." She whispered softly as she started to put her things away into her backpack.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

As the other members of Hellfire began packing up their things along with Layla, chatting excitedly amongst themselves about the next session, Eddie leaned back in the throne that Layla had brought out for him, brushing a hand through his hair to push it back out of his eyes and flashing her a wide grin. “So? Any interest in possibly playing?” He tried not to sound too eager, Dustin and Mike shooting glances her way as well, secretly hoping she’d join too.

[layladixonoc]

She felt a little shy for a moment as the attention turned to her, "Um-- yeah, I mean, I might need a little more help getting all the details and stuff but yeah. This was so much fun!"

She was very excited, how had she gone from no friends to possibly so many friends in one afternoon?

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“Oh, of course-” Eddie began, shooting Mike and Dustin a smile and a small nod as they finished packing up and were on their way, both saying quick goodbyes and waving to Layla; “-we can maybe, uh…try to set up a one on one session sometime? That way I can go more in depth into stuff and help you maybe start to think of a character!”

He sat up straighter in the throne, finding himself staring at her for perhaps a moment too long before starting to pack up his own things. “I’m free, uh…most days. Other than when I have Hellfire,” he chuckled as he grabbed up all his dice and tossed them all loose into his backpack.

[layladixonoc]

Watching him pack up made her need to organize twitch. "Yeah, I'm um free all the time, other than tutoring after school on Tuesdays and occasionally Fridays. My life is pure exciteme--" She cut off, "You need a bag for those dice."

She got up and disappeared into her props shelves again, coming back with a small leather drawstring pouch she'd made for Peter Pan.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie blinked a couple of times as Layla cut herself off and stood, retreating into the prop room once more. Glancing down at his bag with a whole layer of loose dice and miniatures at the bottom with a small pout, his gaze snapped back up as she returned with a small pouch.

Lips parting to speak as he reached out to take the pouch, it took a moment for words to finally come out; “Are you…are you sure? I mean, I don’t want you getting in trouble if they suddenly need it for another show.”

[layladixonoc]

Layla waved off the concern, "I can whip up a new one anytime. Pouches are super easy, and I get the supplies from the Salvation Army so yeah."

She handed him the pouch with a smile, happy to know something she made will get more use.

She grabbed her bag and lingered, having so much fun and not really wanting it to end.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

His lips curled up into a wide, toothy smile, reaching down into his backpack to fish out all his dice and minis to transfer immediately into the pouch. Glancing back up after he drew the pouch closed once again, he noted her grabbing her bag and his face fell just a bit, not really wanting to stop hanging out with her.

“Oh do you-…I’m sorry, do you have somewhere to be? I…I mean, if you wanted, I think I was gonna go home and paint some minis if you um…I don’t even know if that’s something you’d enjoy, I-…” He cut himself off with a short, flustered laugh. “Do you wanna come over for a bit? I can loan you some of my D&D books too. Totally okay if not though. Obviously.”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Ashley Harrington had it all- she was a cheerleader, one of the most popular girls in school. Not only due to being a cheerleader, but because of her brother. But she had a secret that neither her brother or best friend Chrissy knew- she was in love with Eddie Munson. One day during lunch she was watching Eddie as usual, when he hopped up on the table and started speaking to the whole cafeteria. She hated the way everyone, including her brother, called him a freak. Usually it was behind his back-but that day it looked like Jason Carver was going to insult him in front of the entire cafeteria.

It felt like just another day to Eddie, getting up and walking across his lunch table, shouting to the other students in the cafeteria about how brainwashed they’d all been into fitting into neat little categories. Jason Carver, one of the more antagonistic jocks, started heckling him, and he simply stuck his fingers up on his head to mimic horns as he stuck his tongue out as Jason left the cafeteria.

Hopping down from the table and plopping back down into his seat, he glanced over and happened to catch Ashley Harrington’s gaze. The forbidden fruit. Well, he was probably being dramatic, but it certainly felt that way, her being Steve’s sister and all. He didn’t know Steve super well, but he knew at the very least he thought he was a freak like everyone else at school. He shot her a bright, toothy smile, giving her a playful salute from across the room. He was pretty sure they had biology together, maybe he could actually try getting to know her better.

[roranoazoroswife]

Ashley smiled back at Eddie with a soft blush. Before she had thought twice about it she was at the other end of the table. She hauled her arm back and punched Jason in the face, feeling either his nose, her hand or both break. She didn’t care that her reputation was probably ruined; she was sick of Jason and his meatheads being awful to Eddie. She swore loudly after a moment cradling her hand.

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie watched Ashley move towards he and the group of jocks that had stopped to harass him, eyebrows shooting up as she hauled her arm back and a bark of disbelieving laughter erupting from his lips as her fist made contact with Jason’s face. She put some strength behind it, he could tell that much from the noise it made even before Jason stumbled back against one of the other nearby tables. Hurrying over to her side (to both check on Ashley but also to prevent Jason from possibly retaliating) and stood between them for a moment, Jason straightening back up and glaring at Ashley, blood pouring from his nose.

“Alright, let’s just…everyone take it easy, yeah?” Eddie attempted to lighten the mood with a chuckle, but Jason only scowled at him and left the cafeteria without another word, his cronies trailing behind him looking slightly concerned. Turning his attention back to Ashley, he glanced down at her hands before meeting her gaze with a worried smile. “You alright there, Stallone? You’ve got, uh…you’ve got some swing there,” he said, nodding at her hands. “Need ice? I can walk you to the nurse.”

[roranoazoroswife]

“Yeah ice’ll have to do for now I’ll take the bus to the hospital after school, Steve’s working”

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

“I can…I can always drive you? I drove to school today. I can take you now, if you want,” he offered with a timid smile.

[roranoazoroswife]

“Really you don’t have to-“

[tatted-hellfire-dm]

Eddie was shaking his head before Ashley could even finish, cutting her off with a concerned smile, “I want to. Now let’s get you out of here before Carver brings in a teacher to get you in trouble, yeah?”