STARRY EYED ⋆⋅ 𖤓 ⋅⋆ "i was your starry-eyed lover and the one that you saw. i was your hurricane rider and the one that you'd call." The Outer Banks were filled with ghosts. Some haunted the shorelines. Others lived inside you. [a 'outer banks' fanfic] season 1 - finale [released: 10/7/25] [finished: ] do not copy my work. [rankings] n.1 in 'outerbanksoc' 13/9/25

❛To care is to heal and be healed, and you are an open wound that never stops bleeding.❜ ( UNDERGOING EDITING - previously published chapters will be reposted one at a time as a revamp & some rewriting commences ) ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thorn Dillon-Holman has done his time in the dark--he looks now to the stars, silently wondering when it will be his turn to burn vast and bright instead of continuing to fizzle out. Then suddenly, as if to test him or play a very cruel trick upon the town, on a cold November night of 1983, the universe answers. Around the same time a young Will Byers goes missing, Thorn's radio starts speaking to him in static frequencies--frequencies that begin to morph and talk and growl. ⠀⠀⠀⠀Whatever evil pollutes the water in Hawkins doesn't just begin and end with Will, for a great and terrible power finds Thorn when and where he least expects it--in darkness, when all other lights go out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀[ extended summary inside ] ⠀⠀⠀⠀stranger things | season one ⠀⠀⠀⠀nancy wheeler x male oc ⠀⠀⠀⠀CONDUIT series, book one ⠀⠀⠀⠀olivia martin © 2016 (original ⠀⠀⠀⠀version) & 2023 (rewrite) ⠀⠀⠀⠀( cover by me / @iydiamartin )

James Barnes was sixteen years old when his baby sister came into the world, pink and wrinkly and screaming her little head off. And James? James was unimpressed. She was tiny-too tiny. Her hands were no bigger than his thumb, her head barely covered in a fuzz of dark hair. She cried constantly, made Ma exhausted, and stole all the attention in the apartment. And worse? She was completely useless. Couldn't walk, couldn't talk, couldn't even hold her own head up or go get groceries. He had brothers. Brothers he could roughhouse with and throw punches at. This? This little thing wasn't a sibling-she was a baby. And yet, despite all his grumbling, he still found himself staring at her when nobody was looking.

Head in the clouds, but my gravity's centered. STRANGER THINGS ★ SEASON 1 - SEASON 5 Male Oc / Steve Harrington Cover by @sparkcs

ᥫ᭡ ʚ⋆ 𝜗𝜚 ⋆ɞ ᥫ᭡ Avery Delgado grew up in the shadow of circuitry and oxygen meters, the daughter of one of the Ark's most respected engineers. From a young age, she showed a natural aptitude for systems diagnostics and mechanical repairs, often sneaking into maintenance corridors to watch her mother work. Though unofficial, her training was rigorous. Quiet lessons exchanged over rationed meals, whispered formulas etched in condensation on recycled glass. But genius doesn't always come with caution. At sixteen, eager to prove herself, Avery accessed a restricted subsystem to run a recalibration simulation. She miscalculated. The system looped continuously for hours, venting what amounted to two weeks' worth of oxygen into the void of space before anyone caught the error. The cost was catastrophic-and unforgivable. She was arrested immediately, labeled reckless and dangerous. It didn't matter that it was an accident. On the Ark, every breath mattered. When they came for her, Avery didn't go quietly; she fought back, kicking and clawing, her panic twisting into defiance. The guards called it violent resistance, enough to deem her "dangerous to interact with other prisoners." So instead of a shared cell, she was sent to solitary confinement. Her mother didn't fight the sentence; Avery never knew if it was out of duty, disappointment, or quiet self-preservation. Now, on Earth, Avery carries the weight of that mistake like a brand on her skin. She still thinks like an engineer, still sees systems and solutions where others see chaos. But beneath that logic is a quiet desperation, a need to prove that she's not just the girl who made the Ark bleed air. She's the girl who's going to rebuild something better, for herself and for Naila; the sharp, stubborn shadow at her side who reminds her every day what's at stake. Together, they're not just surviving. They're learning how to live. STARTED: 25/06/25 ENDED: - [ season 1 - season 5 ] cover by @gr

cryptid /cryp·​tid/ noun an animal that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist ----------- The investigation of cryptid creatures from the general public sparked interest within SHIELD's Enhanced Division and, subsequently, HYDRA's Weapons Division. A race to find the creatures of cryptids commenced as myth merged with reality. Thus began decades of an underwhelming chase that proved nearly pointless. Nearly. PROJECT: CRYPTID emerges, and three year old 017 finds herself introduced to a tall, towering and scary looking weapon, the Winter Soldier. Quiet and recluse, Solveig doesn't mind being called 017. She doesn't remember her home or her family, but she does know the only family she has now- HYDRA. She knows nobody else has the glassy wings on her back, and she knows she's all sorts of wrong. The agents say so. But, maybe, just maybe, the man- Bucky- would think of her different, and maybe, the Winter Soldier would too. ----------- "Only the best dads let their children fly. Only the most loved children will soar." ----------- in which the Winter Soldier adopts an Asgardian child. ----------- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (minimally/references) BLACK WIDOW PRE-AVENGERS: ASSEMBLE AVENGERS: ASSEMBLE POST-AVENGERS: ASSEMBLE WARNINGS: child abuse, non-consensual body modification, torture, etc (the usual HYDRA violence)

Ten-year-old Brydee Prescott has learned to stay silent. Mute since her sister's tragic infection, she hides her fears behind a grumpy facade, watching as the undead roam freely and danger lurks at every corner. Life in the Quarantine Zone is bleak, but Brydee's greatest worry is her father, who vanished on a secret mission for the Fireflies six weeks ago, leaving behind nothing but unanswered questions and a promise to return. Desperate to find him, Brydee hatches a daring plan. She sneaks into the back of a Firefly truck, hoping it will lead her to her father. But instead, she ends up trapped in the State House, surrounded by the chilling remnants of the Fireflies-only their dead bodies remain. Just when Brydee thinks she might never escape, three strangers appear: Joel, Tess, and Ellie, a fearless girl with a mysterious secret-she's immune to the Cordyceps virus. Things lead to another, the State House blows up with, regrettably Tess in it. Not having anyone but each other, Joel, Ellie and Brydee embark on a harrowing journey to track down the elusive Fireflies, with Brydee determined to find her father. Along the way, she discovers that the fight for survival is as much about finding hope and family as it is about facing the undead. -> cover by the lovely @pinkmatterwp

"And it feels like an eternity Since I had you here with me Since I had to learn to be Someone you don't know To be with you in paradise What I wouldn't sacrifice? Why'd you have to chase the light? Somewhere I can't go?" Evan Buckley Kid!Fic published : 7 | 5 | 25 finished : status : ongoing