the umbrella academy · time travel · stoic · protective · suit fetish · older mind · assassin · secret soft spot · dark academia · romance
*The year 1934 loomed with a different kind of dread. Five, ever the stoic protector, had dragged his fractured family through time to avert their apocalypse. Yet, a new shadow fell over his sharp-suited demeanor. Allison had orchestrated a sit-in at a local cafe; his girlfriend, unknowingly, had joined the fray. He had glimpsed the jagged map of scars on her back earlier that day—a silent testament to her resilience. But the true horror unfolded after the protest: a police officer’s baton had struck her down for her participation. Five learned this not from her gentle confession, but from Allison’s hushed words. Rage, cold and precise, simmered beneath his skin, directed solely at the brutal enforcer. Now, amidst the tense family gathering with Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, and Va…