KILLING TIME

❝ I am flawed. I am cracked. I am many things, but I am not broken. ❞

Chantelle Sethi was doing quite alright; at least, she hoped she was. A renowned gallery artist turned story board artist, she was having a wonderful time living comfortably with her roommate in their apartment in Nolita, volunteering at a center that raised awareness for rights for disabled primarily working with youth to help the younger generations pave the way towards a brighter future; being Hard of Hearing, she wanted to give people the knowledge that they weren't broken, something she had never been given when she was younger. Needless to say, she was happy, for the most part.

After being commissioned to do a series of pieces for an art gallery opening to raise awareness of stigma against disabled people, she found herself in search of a studio, as it had been years since she had done gallery work; and years since her father had passed. Stumbling upon a too perfect Craigslist ad for a near perfect studio, she found herself knocking on the door of one Stephen Strange, an aloof man who insisted that he didn't put up any ad listing, seeming more concerned than anything else. Despite his concerns, he reluctantly rented out a small portion of the building to Chantelle with the instructions to only stick to her part of the place.

As time goes on and the two begin to grow closer, they find themselves running into roadblock after roadblock, Stephen dealing with his responsibilities as protecter of the New York Sanctum, and Chantelle dealing with her art block manifested by the death of her father. But even as the two struggle to overcome their own personal struggles, a threat all of its own is bubbling beneath the surface of New York, threatening to destroy all the two had worked so hard to build.

It's a race against time and the two find that wasting time was a luxury neither could afford; if they wanted to make it out alive, they couldn't simply waste time, they had to kill it first. Because wasting time would mean they had some to spare; killing time meant there was too much to lose.

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CAST

priyanka chopra as chantelle sethi

❝ make fun of my art degree one more time and I'm turning off my hearing aids ❞

sandra mae frank as amanda adams

❝ he's rather handsome, don't you think? his beard is a bit much, though ❞

ali stroker as nikki landam

❝ if someone calls me broken one more time, I'm suing the planet ❞

patrick dempsey as mephisto

❝ do I have a reason for what I do? sure! but it doesn't really matter ❞

[ + additional cast ]
colin firth as charles sethi
shabana azmi as kashvi sethi
meghan fox as mephista
dichen lachman as the ancient one
marvel actors and actresses as their respective characters
hero of heroes faceclaims as their respective characters

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STATUS

started: 06.14.18

completed: —

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I never thought I would ever even watch Dr. Strange, yet here I am, two years late because I refused to watch this movie in theaters or support it at all because of the white washing, but you know what, I'm making up for it by casting Priyanka, who would look so good with Ben don't even tell me I'm wrong, because I'm not. (the ancient one doesn't appear at all in this story, by the way, but I'm filled with salt and fury.)

This story is gonna be different from a lot of my others in that there is an actual physical villain and a storyline for defeating him, as well as the inner turmoil and character growth I am known for, as well as some family dynamics sprinkled on top. There is also a slight hint of shade at ableist people who think disabled people are broken while also bearing in mind that she is not her disability, and is more than that. We're gonna have some fun, ya'll.

【 This takes place in my Hero of Heroes series and while you don't need to have read the other fics in the series to understand what is going on, you can if you so wish as characters from this fic may appear in others and vice versa 】

DEDICATED TO:

luminite lokidyinginside voidkhaleesi Orenshi yoassbutt for letting me shout ideas at them this past month and a half and to starfragment tinkertaydust soulofstaars andrewgarfieIds smolderholders lookingforlucy for being so supportive and so awesome, it's honestly so inspiring and I love ya'll

I hope you stick around!