⋆⭒˚.⋆ 𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐍 ᵃ ˢᵗʳᵃⁿᵍᵉʳ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍˢ ᵃᶠ

𝟎𝟏𝟏.𝟓

ZERO

-- ORMZVI XRITZR --

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PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

october 28, 1997

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IN A quiet apartment on south 17th street, a woman stands at her kitchen counter, slicing bread.

"isabelle? are you coming?" she calls down the hall to where her daughter's bedroom door is closed. "dinner's ready."

"yeah, i'm coming, mami! just a minute." the woman sets down the bowl of bread on the table next to their meal of gambas al ajillo and glances towards the tv she has on. there's a news reporter on the screen, talking about sightings of a missing boy, but it's in middle-of-nowhere indiana, so the woman turns her attention back to the closed door down the hall right as isabelle opens it.

"who were you talking to?" the woman asks as the two of them sit down across from each other.

"elise! she was telling me about how her brother's friend went missing months ago, and now people keep calling into the police department, claiming they've seen him. apparently something like this happened, like, years ago, too. she made it sounded super weird."

the woman frowns slightly, looking at the television again. "i think that was just on the news, actually. i didn't recognize that it was hawkins, but now that you mention it..."

isabelle follows her mom's gaze, biting into a piece of shrimp as the two of them watch the news reporter point to something on the screen behind him. the image he's gesturing to zooms in on a figure standing at the edge of a large stretch of woods.

the woman squints, leaning forward, and isabelle frowns in confusion. "what is it?"

"i just thought–" the woman abruptly cuts off, her eyes widening as the image behind the reporter is brought into clearer focus. a gasp cuts through the silence, and isabelle watches her mother carefully.

"oh my god," the woman murmurs. her fork clatters onto the table, falling from her hand.

"what?" isabelle persists, watching in concern. "what is it?"

selena garcia sits back in her chair, eyes stuck to the television screen. her voice is choked as she tells her second child, 

"xavier."

mimi and zoe's corner!

- so....were not dead haha!!! were trying to get ahead of the game and get most of the chapters done beforehand but...we all know how that worked out last time 

- i (zoe) am almost at 300 followers so uhm...double release ig?? first we need to actually write though..

- theres going to be a lot of new characters/more are going to be involved this season so be excited!

questions or comments here!

happy reading <3

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(not proofread bc we typed this up in like .2 minutes)