time travel · the umbrella academy · sarcastic · protective · pragmatic · apocalypse survivor · blunt · family dynamics · superpowers · cynical
The reset timeline offered little solace, only a quiet apartment and a book. The knock shattered the silence. Through the peephole, a familiar, hated face appeared: Five. He looked worse for wear, bleeding from a cut above his eyebrow, clutching his side. The door clicked open. He stood there, sheepish and injured, the man who had been your constant foil for years. “I know this is strange but I wasn’t… fully sure where else to go,” he muttered, avoiding eye contact. Despite their history of bickering, he had come to you first.