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1. blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly (all your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise). by anxiouspunk

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   16 Jun 2018

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Kali Prasad/Nancy Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Kali Prasad
   • Mick/Kali Prasad
   • Will Byers & Kali Prasad
   • Jonathan Byers & Kali Prasad
   • Kali Prasad & Joyce Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Kali Prasad
   • Kali Prasad
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Mick (Stranger Things)
   • Funshine (Stranger Things)
   • Dottie (Stranger Things)
   • Axel (Stranger Things)
   • Original Characters
   • Martin Brenner
   • Steve Harrington
   • Kali's Parents
   • just to be completely clear
   • the relationships and characters won't appear until way later
   • save for some mentions of El early on
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • tw blood
   • Heavy Angst
   • this will get quite heavy at some points just fyi
   • it's never super explicit but just so you guys know
   • Found Families
   • don't be dismayed by the kali/mick tag
   • because kalancy is the main romance ship here
   • other characters and party members will show up but not long enough to be tagged
   • basically this is a fic on kali's life
   • from parents to lab to vigilante justice to finding El and everything after too
   • the Whole Nine Yards
   • will get fluffier as time goes on just give it a minute
   • hey everyone who’s been writing billy’s redemption and fics on his life
   • you’re going to be reading this too right?
   • since you love story arcs on angry abuse survivors
   • no?
   • Oh that's right
   • I forgot that you only care when it’s about an attractive white guy
   • which why I'm only like the second or third person to write about kali's life
   • Child Abuse
   • just in reference to the lab though
   • Also I'm terrible at tagging
   • so I will probably be adding stuff in later
   • title 'blackbird' by the beatles
   • Implied/Referenced Attempted Sexual Assault
   • but it’s never explicit or more then a sentence or two
   • Self-Harm

   Summary

   Kali was riddled with the scars life handed her. Stolen from her home and subjected to torture, with all the losses and the pain she's been through, she's only just been trying to survive.

   This is the story of how she makes herself.

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   English

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