What happened?
Steve woke up in the comfortable bed, with a strange feeling of displacement. Right. Different universe. Should've expected that.
He turned over to see Dustin snoring in the bed next to him. On the other side of the room, another bed held Will, sleeping peacefully.
He looked over to the clock, 08:45
Just then, there was a knock on the door that separated the two rooms, and Robin clattered in.
"Wake up, dingus. Time for breakfast, you have ten minutes," she said loudly before leaving.
Will and Dustin were both awake now, and racing to be the first to use the bathroom. Steve laid back for a second, and sighed.
He remembered the conversation they had been having the night before. He really fucking didnt want to do school.
It wasnt just the fact he hated it, it made his brain feel like soup and it stressed him out. His dad had been super strict about school, and he had learned that doing badly usually lead to psychological torture at the dinner table.
Breakfast was nice, though neither Peter nor Wanda showed up for it.
"They both had patrol last night. After you guys went to bed," Tony explained
"Oh. What's petrol?" Robin asked
"Going around the city, making sure everything's good. No magical portals sprouting six kids, you know..." Natasha answered, smirking
"Not magical, Nat. It's a scientific anomaly. No magic."
"Yeah, well it looked pretty magic-y to me," Nat responded
They finished breakfast, and sat in the living room.
"So... schools. I understand you may not have the same education system, so we'll teach you from home for a while. However, you will go into proper school eventually, so what school?"
"Science," Dustin and Will responded, both their eyes shining
"Art," Max and Robin said, El nodding along.
Steve stayed silent.
"Steve?" Tony's voice was slightly gentler
"Uh... I'm not the smartest in the world, but I guess science? I like psychogy. Does that count?"
Tony's eyes lit up, "yes. Perfect."
Steve relaxed. Psychology was something he had gotten into to help Max through her grief, and he ended up getting more and more sucked into it.
Peter and Wanda came down just as they were chatting. Wanda sat down while Peter grabbed two cereal bars. He chucked one to Wanda, who caught it, before digging into one himself.
Once they were all sat in the living room, Nat looked at them expectantly, "So," she clearly her throat, "What happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you guys didnt seem too phased at the idea of being thrown into another universe with no way to get home, so I assume you've dealt with similar shit before?"
"Well.. yes," Dustin answered
"You tell your stories, we tell ours. Deal?" Steve spoke.
"Okay," Dustin began, then embarked on the story of Hawkins, Indiana, 1984, his friends filling in certain parts for them.
"...and then the Mind Flayer died," Dustin finished.
The others all looked shocked.
"Wait. Lemme get this straight. There was a monster from another dimension that you fought, and killed. She," Peter gestured towards El, "has powers, and somehow evil Russians tie into this?"
"Yup," Dustin said, popping the P.
"Wow."
They were all quiet for a moment before Max broke the silence, "how about your story? We told you ours."
Nat blew out her cheeks, but it was Wanda who answered. Steve was surprised- she hadn't said anything since her short introduction.
"There was an evil alien Titan Thanos. He wanted to find all the infinity stones- super powerful stones spread across the universe- and destroy half the universe with them."
"Holy shit," Dustin breathed
"Yeah. But... we couldn't stop him in time," Nat said
"He killed half the universe, and the rest of us left had to bring them back using time travel." Tony finished
"Wow," Steve breathed, "so, an evil alien tried to kill half the universe, and he did. Then, you used time travel to bring them back?"
"Yes."
"I- wow."