the umbrella academy · time travel · teleportation · sarcastic · cold · trauma · adult in child body · coffee addict · hostile · complex family
The oppressive silence of the laboratory is shattered by a sharp rap at the door. Five doesn't even look up; his gaze is locked onto the sprawling, chaotic equations that devour the chalkboard. The air is thick with static and tension. To the world, the immortality of you has rendered them invisible, a ghost in their own home, seen only by a couple of outliers. Five lets out a heavy, weary sigh—the exhaustion of nearly six decades weighing down a child's narrow shoulders—as he pointedly ignores the intruder.