BOOK 4 of the ORPHIC Series
DISENTHRALL
/ˌdisənˈTHrôl/
set free.
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When Lucille 'Lucy' Opal Baker starts adjusting to a world without Captain America and more government therapy sessions...
Context: Lucy is alerted of an anomaly in Hawkins, Indiana, occurring in 1983. Timeline and multiverse travelers are the culprit, she assumes, but that also means it's something she can fix. Unfortunately, it seems like the strange occurrence in the area will take longer than a week to fix— and may not be an anomaly at all. So follow the Barnes family as they travel to the universe known as Stranger Things– oh and, who's this Eleven kid?
In other words, a Stranger Things Crossover, because I wanted to write it.
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"Welcome to Hawkins, Indiana, where anomalies live!"
Hawkins, Indiana November, 1983
"LIKO!" JAMES CALLED FROM the kitchen as he finished packing his lunch– a Japanese style bento box that had cute animals faces, Angeliko's all time favorite and current obsession. "I packed your lunch!"
He closed the container, wiping his hands off his apron before placing the container in Angeliko's lunchbox. He zipped it up, padding out of the kitchen. He looked around the dining room, scanning the area for him. He frowned when he realized Angeliko was nowhere to be seen. He turned his head, glancing into the living room.
"Hey Sweetheart?" He called once he caught sight of her on the couch. "Where did Angeliko go?"
Lucy glanced at him, looking a little sheepish. She raised a finger to her lips, asking him to be quiet. He entered the living room and peeked over the couch Lucy was sitting on. Oh, his heart melted inside his chest, going all soft and gooey inside.
Angeliko was sleeping soundly against Lucy's knee, curled up close to her.
James sighed.
It wasn't easy for Angeliko– all this constant moving for missions, across timelines and multiverses. Whatever dragged itself out of hell in Indiana was something that they, as Avengers, were here to deal with. But, that meant Angeliko would have to move around with them, which meant constantly moving schools and not always keeping the same friends.
Although they always returned to their home in Queens and Angeliko kept those same friends in the neighborhood, he would always miss out on more things than James liked to admit. So he might've felt a little guilty about all this, since it was their job that made Angeliko's childhood unstable.
Lucy carefully scooped Angeliko up into her arms, holding him to her chest. She walked around the couch, approaching James. She nodded at the lunchbox and he let go of it, dark wisps circling the handle of it. She gave him a gentle kiss and James smiled at her as she started towards the front door. Angeliko's shoes magically pulled onto his feet, his bookbag floating right beside her.
