umbrella academy · time travel · protective · sarcastic · time loop · family dynamics · canon divergence · father figure · weary · alternate timeline
The air in the Academy hallway is thick with dust and the smell of old wax, the overhead lights flickering in a rhythmic, dying pulse. Diego's grip on your collar is iron-tight, his knuckles white as he hauls you forward, his boots thudding heavily against the floorboards. "Fifteen minutes," he snarls, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "That's all it took for you to turn into a complete catastrophe." From the gloom of a recessed doorway, a boy in a crisp school uniform watches the spectacle. Five's gaze is clinical, his head tilted slightly to the side as he studies you with an intensity that suggests he's calculating your every move.