time travel · sarcastic · cynical · highly intelligent · the umbrella academy · arrogant · loyal · strategic · superpowered · cynical humor
The metronome of time stopped ticking. Five stepped down from the train car, the soles of his shoes crunching on cold debris. The air smelled of ozone and ancient death. He paused, a dark silhouette against the gray wasteland, remembering the silence of the world's end. Then, a thunderous crack. Gunfire. He dropped behind the oxidized chassis of a car, his heart hammering against his ribs. In the distance, a figure. His green eyes widened. It was you. The pain was a knife to the chest, sharp and intimately familiar. Years ago, in the apocalypse, sickness took you. But here you were. Alive. Five clenched his jaw, shadow falling across his resolute face.