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theold-ultraviolence · 2 years

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Ok fuck it I know I still haven't caught up but I can't get this out of my head. Eddie seeing reader in his shirt/jacket and getting really excited about it. Alternatively, reader asking Eddie if they can join his next campaign bc they love watching him when he gets passionate and descriptive.

Hi Sage!! thank you for dropping by! I must tell you that I've been thinking a lot about this since you sent it to me; originally I was gonna write a short blurb but I didn't want to give you something so short! So please accept these long ass headcanons (it occurs to me this is the first time I'm doing headcanons!? so I hope these aren't too lame!)

So I watched what video where the costume designer is explaining every little detail of each character’s wardrobe and when they got to Eddie MY MIND started going all over the place

Everything he wears is special to him for different reasons, literally every single detail is significant to him, no matter how tiny.

I’ve included this bit in the latest chapter of my fic, No One Like You, but I headcanon that his leather jacket was a gift from his uncle, right when Eddie was experimenting with his look, growing out of his awkward phase and embracing his identity through his style

Eddie’s always been into classic rock but as he grew up, along with the way music was evolving, is when he started getting into heavy metal and more of that ‘wizard’ metal like Dio.

After he started buying those records and further immersing himself in that music, clearly he wanted to look the part – look like he belonged in that world.

So his Uncle Wayne, who is actually super supportive of him, got him that leather jacket. It was either his or he found it at a second hand shop (still torn between which, but my heart goes a little soft at the idea that it was his uncle's originally).

When Wayne got him his jacket it was still too big for him, but Wayne was super cool and fatherly about it, telling him that, ‘you’ll grow into it, son.’ But initially it fit Eddie like a leather version of a wizard's cape (which he didn’t mind, actually!)

So his leather jacket is one of those things that he’s had for a long time and that is very dear to him, like his own version of a teddy bear. Later he gets his denim vest and that one’s special because it’s his own little canvas where he can put all his band pins and patches. The DIO one is extra valuable to him because it was a limited edition one that he got when he bought the album.

His jacket is already chipped here and there, the leather is a bit worn, and he’s had to add different chains and links to mend the few rips around the cuffs that it has.

Because it’s so fragile now, obviously he’s very picky about its handling.

He gets weirdly annoyed when he’s hanging out with his friends, either at a casual get-together at someone’s house, or at school for the D&D campaigns, and everyone sheds their jackets and gets mixed up in the heap of clothes at a corner. He’s not a tidy person in the LEAST but that’s his one pet peeve; he makes sure that his jacket is properly hung someplace.

So when Eddie meets you and starts going out with you, you know it’s the real deal the moment he puts his jacket around you.

He wouldn’t have done it were you anyone else.

It happened one Thursday night; you’d gone to a midnight double-feature at the drive-in, and afterwards you stayed back to comment on the movie, pass the time inside your own little bubble before heading home and ultimately having to face the reality that it was a school night.

Obviously with Eddie, one thing led to another; the night passed you by as you spent it making out with him and only did you realize how late it had gotten because of the chill creeping in your bones, making you nuzzle into his chest, rubbing on his shoulder blades trying to absorb his heat.

Of course, being the gentleman that he is, upon noticing you shivering, he didn’t think twice before shedding his leather jacket to envelop it around you.

You hesitated, knowing what it meant for him, but there was nothing but earnest in his eyes; so you smiled and wrapped it more snugly around your frame.

With the intention of giving it back the next day, you wore it to school and you reveled in parading around Hawkins High with it, showing off that YES, you’re Eddie The Freak Munson’s partner and proud of it.

(And all the cheerleeders who are secretly into him but never want to admit it can back off now lol)

He actually freezes on the spot when he sees you from afar, going to your locker room. His belly fills with a warm, fuzzy feeling which tugs at the corner of his lips until there’s a wide grin blooming on his face.

He’s elated, totally over the moon by the sight so all words escape his love-struck brain and all he can do is tackle you against your locker and attack you with smooches all over your face.

He’s completely glued to you all day, wanting to proudly display that you’re his.

Obviously he keeps lending it to you and insists you wear it on different ocassions, more often than not, when you're in the back of his band and sexy times ensue lol

His favorite thing ever is when you're wearing nothing but his jacket on.

More and more as the relationship progresses, he does little things to make you part of his world, gives you things like pins or cassettes or bracelets so that you’d always keep parts of him with you. And he also includes you in his outings.

He wants you to accompany him to the record store to buy music, the bookstore as he strolls around browsing and skimming through horror novels, comics, fantasy books and music magazines (not music related but I headcanon that one of his favorite magazines is Fangoria).

He has you with him, in charge of changing up the radio station when a song he doesn't like comes up, when he’s working the weekends at Thatcher Tire.

But the one place you haven’t been to is one of his D&D campaigns, because you’re nervous about disrupting the fun, interfering with his friend’s established dynamic.

Although you’ve always been curious to see him being a Dungeon Master – after all you’ve sat beside him countless of times as he worked on all the details and narrative for his campaigns.

One night you finally gather the courage and accept one of his invitations to join. You don’t play on that first night, simply want to watch him in his element – in his own little kingdom.

And of course, since the nervousness is still there, he lets you wear his jacket as a token of luck but also to comfort you. That way you'd have his embrace all night, even if he was sat afar from you.

Knowing that you’ll get to hold onto a part of him all throughout gives you all the confidence you need that night, as you get to the drama club classroom hand in hand for the night’s game.

Obviously you didn’t have anything to worry about; everyone is super friendly and affectionate and you’ve never laughed this hard in your life. You’ve found it hilarious whenever his friends would get ACTUALLY, SERIOUSLY mad or frustrated over the scenarios unfolding for them.

But the highlight of the night is of course, watching him smile with full teeth, move about the place with such speed as if he was in a jungle gym and sit on his throne at the top of the table like the rightful king of the game that he was. You’ve never seen him so unabashedly himself. In there, no one called him a freak, no one gave him shit for his grades or his life choices, he was totally, utterly free, and you felt the luckiest in the world to be a part of that.

You’re also swooning with how handsome he looks, with the back lights highlighting his hair and the warmth of the candles all over the room softening all his rough edges, as well as the red fill-lighting illuminating his face in all the right angles.

It’s truly a sight to behold and it makes you smile, knowing that you’re with him – and that you have his jacket on to proudly display it.

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