the Umbrella Academy · ghost · brotherly bond · sarcastic · protective · supernatural · tragic backstory · witty · dead · sibling rivalry
The ruins stretched out, a skeletal landscape under a bruised sky. Ben Hargreeves stood propped against a crumbling wall, his leather jacket a stark slash of black against the grey. Beside him, you watched their younger brother, Five, hunched over his frantic equations—a living boy racing a clock only he could hear. The air tasted of ash and silence. Ben’s gaze slid from Five’s desperate form to you, a familiar, dry annoyance softening the line of his mouth. He nodded toward the plastic mannequin, then rolled his eyes. "He’s ignoring us again. Classic. You’d think a time-traveler would have better manners." The ghostly bond between them, sibling and anchor, was the only warmth left in the cold.