AS THE WORLD CAVES IN
❨ a Steve Rogers fanfic. ❩

YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
THAT SEES ME FOR ME.

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S Y N O P S I S

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　　THE BASTARD OF ASGARD, that's what she'd always been called. King Odin's bastard daughter, the princess with no claim, the princess who would never be queen, King Odin's lasting mistake, the girl who shouldn't exist. Aldrif Odinsdottir had names hurled at her or whispered about her for her entire life. She'd always known who she was, what she was.

　　Once, before Aldrif was born, there had been Ten Realms instead of the Nine Realms everyone knew. The Tenth Realm was known as Heven and within it resided the Angels. King Odin employed the Angels to protect Asgard's borders but the Angels eventually turned on Asgard and war sparked between the two species. This war lasted for years until the Queen of the Angels managed to sneak into Asgard. And a year later, the Queen taunted Odin with a baby that she claimed to be his, threatening to kill it. When Odin refused to believe her, the Queen stabbed the baby in the heart before fleeing, leaving the baby she believed to be dead for Odin to collect after cutting Heven off from the other Nine Realms.

　　But she was not dead and Aldrif would carry the scar over her heart for the rest of her immortal life.

　　Years later, when her oldest brother is cast out of Asgard and her other brother is proven to be a Jotun, not an Asgardian, and taken as an infant by Odin, Aldrif feels the world around her, tenuous as it had always been for her, crumbling to pieces. While Thor returns to Asgard changed for the better, Loki is changed for the worse by the events that took place in his absence and this leads to them eventually losing him.

　　And when they are informed he is on Midgard, Aldrif accompanies Thor to get him back. But on Midgard she meets a man named Steve Rogers, Captain America, the man out of time. He does not care that she is a bastard or that she is half Angel (for he has a very different view on angels). He is the first person in a very long time to see her for who she is. In fact, most of Midgard is the same and she falls in love with it just as her brother had. But unlike her brother, when they capture Loki, she decides to remain on Midgard, not as Aldrif Odinsdottir, the Bastard of Asgard, but as Angela, the Avenger.

　
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S T A R R I N G

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Dominique McElligott as
Aldrif Odinsdottir / Angela

　
❨ THE BASTARD OF ASGARD ❩

Chris Evans as
Steve Rogers

　
❨ THE MAN OUT OF TIME ❩

F E A T U R I N G

pedro pascal as tony stark
annet mahendru as natasha romanoff
penn badgley as bruce banner
nyle dimarco as clint barton
alba flores as wanda maximoff
jesus castro as pietro maximoff
the age of saviors series cast as their respective characters

　
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P L A Y L I S T

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❉ i. soldier ⎯ fleurie, tommee profitt ❉ ii. brooklyn baby ⎯ lana del rey ❉ iii. born for this ⎯ the score ❉ iv. till forever falls apart ⎯ ashe, finnaes ❉ v. a thousand years ⎯ christina perri ❉ vi. believer ⎯ imagine dragons ❉ vii. someone to you ⎯ banners ❉ viii. say you won't let go ⎯ james arthur ❉ ix. whatever it takes ⎯ imagine dragons ❉ x. as the world caves in ⎯ sarah cothran ❉

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D I S C L A I M E R
I do not own or take credit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All rights respectfully belong to the writers and creators. I do, however, take credit for all the original content found within this book, from the characters, subplots, and dialogue. This story is also part of a series which means characters from other Age of Saviors series books may appear or be mentioned.

This plot respectfully belongs to pseudonym-lux, who has given me permission to write Angela and her journey. I would like to thank you again, Liz, for trusting me to write this amazing plot and character. I cannot wait to explore Angela and her relationship with all the characters, and I hope that I do this story justice.

W A R N I N G S
This story will contain the following content, some of which may be uncomfortable to certain readers: violence, blood, death, and mild vulgar language. Please proceed with caution. You have been warned.

D E D I C A T I O N S
dunbonnet indirys pseudonym-lux nightwvngs -voidlegends starfragment void-daniella dprandall21 samwnchesters and latte-to-go. Thank you all so much for continuing to support me throughout the years! And thank you, reader, for giving this story a chance. I hope you all enjoy reading!

A U T H O R　N O T E
For a while now, I've been wanting to write Aldrif Odinsdottir/Angela from the comics. I always found her story interesting, but I could never adapt Heven and the Angels into the MCU and so I went to Liz for help. Which I suggest you all do if you're having trouble with a Marvel plot. I mean, I don't call her my Breathing Marvel Wikia for nothing.

But anyway, within twenty-four hours, Liz created what has quickly become one of my favourite plots to write. Angela has already made it in the top five of my Marvel OCs, that is how much I love her. She and Steve have a very fun dynamic, and I cannot wait to explore that within this story. So thank you again, Liz, I'm really excited!