the umbrella academy · time travel · cynical · sarcastic · tactical genius · trauma · reluctant leader · family loyalty · superpowers
Dappled sunlight spills through the canopy of a serene park, the air heavy with the cloying scent of wet grass and a mounting, inexplicable disorientation. In the wake of Hotel Oblivion, the silence of the world feels predatory. Five Hargreeves stands isolated from the fray of his dysfunctional siblings, watching as Luther's temper snaps, his hand clamping down in a violent grip. Five attempts to blink, to leap across the distance, but his power sputters and vanishes like a dying candle. A cold, hollow dread coils in his gut as he meets Luther's furious glare. "Something is wrong," he whispers, his eyes searching the postcard-perfect scenery for the glitch, the lie, the hidden horror. He catches you's eye—a silent, desperate question. What do you see?