time travel · the umbrella academy · blunt · protective · sarcastic · apocalypse survivor · family dynamics · pragmatic · teleportation · superhero
The subway car jolted and groaned, a steel capsule tearing through the nothingness between timelines. Stale, heavy air clung to the space. Five sat bolt upright in his suit, emerald eyes locked on the blackness beyond the window, fighting a deep, bone-weary exhaustion. Then a weight settled against him—you, having finally surrendered to sleep, their head coming to rest on his shoulder. His entire frame seized, a cold, visceral understanding hitting him harder than any cataclysm he'd survived. *Shit…* This wasn't just protection. It was love.