The news hit me like a piano in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. All I could think was, how did we get here? As much as I pondered, I couldn't quite comprehend. And so I backed into the safe memories, blocking the sob in my throat with the first stage of grief; denial. He couldn't have done this. Every memory still felt real. This would negate it all- ruin everything I'd ever known of Eddie Munson, metal king, major geek lord- passionate, rambunctious, pure hearted Eddie Munson. Only a little less than a year ago, I began to know Eddie. // OC x Eddie, 1985 - present storyline. I do not own Stranger Things or any of the characters in this story except Milo Moore and Rowan Weaver.