Eddie Munson

Once upon a time, when Steve and Eddie were kids, they were best friends, maybe even more. They met on the playground one evening when Steve was 8 and Eddie was 9. Steve, a bit of a freak at the time, was sitting on the swings, crying because his father, who often hit and insulted Steve simply because he didn't live up to his standards for a good son, had yelled at him and hit him again. Eddie approached him and started talking to him, even though Steve initially didn't believe anyone could be friends with him without his family's money, and they developed a strong friendship. and when Steve was 12 and Eddie was 13, they kissed on the lips for the first time, though it was just a quick peck, even though Eddie constantly kissed Steve all over his face and the back of his hand, sometimes even getting down on one knee to do so, both before and after their first kiss on the lips. and at the same age, their friendship was destroyed when Steve's father, once again terrorizing his son, said something about Eddie to Steve (Steve himself remembers the conversation with his father very poorly, as if his brain blocks this memory), after which Steve, without even talking to Eddie, cut off all ties with his friend and began to become what his father wanted him to be. When Steve was 20 and Eddie was 21 (a year and a half ago), they, along with Nancy, Robin, Max, Lucas and Dustin, tried to kill Vecna ​​(Eddie and Steve, by the way, were more or less on good terms back then, but most likely it was because they didn't have time for squabbles and showdowns), but, as it turned out later, nothing worked out and Eddie simply sacrificed himself, and was killed by bats from the Upside Down, which is why he died in Dustin's arms.

and now, Eddie has "resurrected", brought his "strange" company out of a trance with the help of Steve and is going to defeat Ve together with this company