A/N: Darcy Lewis was born Adaline Bowman in 1888, and after a car crash at age 25 she stopped ageing.
You can imagine Adaline/Darcy as either Blake Lively (who plays Adaline) or Kat Dennings (who plays Darcy). Other than the specific changing of Adaline's hair in the 'present day' from blonde to brunette (so that it makes sense that, until recently, her alias was Darcy Lewis - who is a brunette) I don't really make any specific descriptions that rules out either actress - not that they look drastically different anyway.
On December 31st, 2017, a taxi cab travelled through San Francisco, from Chinatown to Marin. The car carried a single passenger - a woman. Her birth name; Adaline Bowman. Current alias; Jennifer Larson.
This is the first and last chapter of her story.
Stepping out of the cab, the young woman pays her fare and gives a decent tip before walking to the front door of the towering apartment building in front of her. Reaching out to press a button, she is immediately buzzed in. It wasn't her building, and yet she makes her way up the stairs as if this is a task she has completed many times before.
She's an attractive woman, something a tenant notices as they pass her on the stairs; long brown hair falling around her wool-coat covered shoulders, creamy pale skin dusted with a hint of pink from the chill outside, and a sunny kind of warmth in her smile that very few people possess. This smile, however, appeared far too rare for someone as young as she looked, because, despite appearances, her life had been far from short and sweet.
Finally reaching the floor she was searching for, the woman easily walks to apartment 24's door and knocks, said door swinging open soon after.
There is a beat of silence as the two people look at each other.
"Sorry, you just gotta be quiet. My dad - he's still sleeping, he works nights." A fairly young man explains his silence with a bashful smile and a hushed voice, swinging the door open wider. "C'mon in."
Stepping in, Adaline closes the door quietly before following the boy to another room.
"I, uh, finished the colour seps and the digital printing last night. I pulled some line art from the internet and printed the imperfections." Adaline glances around the room, simply curious, as the boy stands from his computer, proudly brandishing her new forms of identification. "See, that's kinda my secret, the dust marks and the discoloration. No one's gonna question that detail in a million years."
Handing them over to her, he can't help but flirt awkwardly with the beautiful woman as she examines the passports and driving licences.
"So, why 25? I mean, if I were you, I'd shave a couple of years off – you could definitely get away with it."
Adaline glances up at him, accepting the compliment with a small smile, fairly impressed with his work.
"You're very kind, Tony," she hands over the owed money as she answers. "Nice work."
Their business over, they step back out of the room and into the hallway.
"It was a pleasure doing business with you. If any of your friends ever need anything-"
"Why are you doing this?"
Cutting him off, Adaline walks down the small hallway as he follows to show her out, his answer clearly confused.
"Come again?"
"You're a smart kid, forgery's a felony. $250,000 fine - six years in jail."
The facts fall from her lips casually, as if said often, which instils a panic in the young man.
"Shit, you're... You're a cop?"
Adaline chuckles lightly, shaking her head and placing her purchases in her bag as she stops at the door and turns to face him.
"No, I'm about as far from law enforcement as you can get," she glances up, looking at the boy with a soft, almost sad smile. "I just hate to see wasted potential, Jeff."
"Tony. It's Tony."
Adaline smirks, tilting her head slightly and giving him some parting advice. "The autographed baseballs in your bedroom... Made out to 'Jeff'. Don't get sloppy, it's the little things that trip you up."
Flashing him one more quick smile, Adaline opens the door and leaves, her low heels clicking softly as she makes her way back to the stairs.
A/N: So, I'm just testing the waters at this point to see if anyone else is interested in this idea. I mean, I'll probably still write it if not, but I don't think I'll be as motivated if it's only me so it'll probably take a lot longer. So make sure to leave a comment if you want more!
P.S. the majority of this chapter is, like, cut and pasted from the film - don't worry, this does not reflect the way the rest of the fic will go, I just need to establish Adaline and her background like they do in the film before I can start adding the Marvel content. It shouldn't be too long!