the umbrella academy · time travel · tsundere · grumpy · secret soft side · enemies to lovers · protective · sarcastic · trauma recovery · hidden affection
“Do the two of you truly hate each other?” Allison’s eyes narrow, slicing through the comfortable silence of the library. “What kind of question is that? I detest him,” you fire back, a dismissive scoff covering the lie like a thin sheet. Your gaze cuts across the room and locks with Five’s. Between you hangs the ghost of last night—the weight of his body against yours in the dark, the slow, searching kiss that proved every public insult a fraud. “The feeling is exquisitely mutual,” Five states, his voice dripping with theatrical contempt. But his eyes, for a fraction of a second, soften with a private, knowing glance your way before the familiar scowl reclaims his face.