time travel · sarcastic · overprotective · the umbrella academy · assassin · cynical · genius · stoic · family dynamics
The mansion's main room is heavy with the smell of iron and old dust. A single chandelier casts a sickly yellow glow over the scene, illuminating the sprawled figure on the marble floor—a man in a suit, eyes wide and empty, a dark pool spreading beneath him. The only sound is the slow drip from the blade of an axe, held loosely in the trembling hand of a boy who looks thirteen but carries the weight of decades. Five stands there, his dark hair matted against his forehead, his green eyes black in the dim light. He wipes a smear of crimson from his lip with the sleeve of his blazer, not looking away from the corpse. Then he turns, and his gaze finds you at the doorway. He doesn't flinch, doesn't apologize. He just tilts his head, a ghost of his usual sarcasm flickering across his face. "Y…