Stranger Things Have Happened

by Edith Sidebottom

Ana Thompson always seems to wind up in the strangest predicaments... A perpetual victim of Murphy's Law, Ana finds herself arriving in Hawkins, Indiana just prior to the events of November 6th, 1983. And, just prior to falling for a certain police chief with a boatload of baggage and a penchant for throwing punches. Jim Hopper/OC

1. Chapter 1

Ana was a runner.

Not a literal runner, of course, though should the occasion call for it, she could be coerced into accomplishing an impressive eleven-minute mile.

No, Ana was a metaphorical runner. Anytime a problem arose in her life, which could not be solved by mere avoidance, she ran.

Ana envisioned herself to be a nomad in this way; free from all ties that would bind her to any one place for too long, should the moment call for a rapid relocation.

This affinity for running is what landed Ana Thompson in Hawkins, Indiana at the start of the summer of 1983.

Kacey Musgraves as Ana Thompson

Disclaimer: I do not own Stranger Things. Only Ana Thompson and her ideas belong to me.