Radiant Things
November 1983 was supposed to be boring.
Rain, cold, small-town paranoia, and absolutely no interdimensional monsters. Hawkins was meant to be irrelevant—a footnote at best in a world that wouldn’t get superheroes for another twenty-five years.
Unfortunately for Barbara Holland, that plan didn’t stick.
Reincarnated with memories of another life and the awful certainty that this is the Marvel universe before it gets weird and chaotic, Barbara just wanted to survive high school without triggering the apocalypse early. Instead, a kid goes missing, lights start to twinkle, and something very toothy decides she looks like a good first victim.
Armed with abilities she can barely use, future knowledge she can’t use, and the creeping realization that a certain classified agency is residing in her town, Barbara is dragged into Hawkins’ nightmare—whether she likes it or not.
This really isn't how she viewed her Origin story.
And if she didn't survive it, she’s pretty sure the a certain organization would rather pretend none of this ever happened.