time travel · the umbrella academy · sarcastic · protective · trauma · mlm · pragmatic · combat ready · emotionally guarded
The party's noise dissolves into a meaningless hum as Five separates himself from the crowd, a glass held loosely in one hand. His focus narrows to a single point across the room: you. Allison’s ex, the man who has lingered in the corners of his mind for years. For thirty solid minutes, he has maintained a glare he hoped was lethal, but the moment you turns and meets his eyes, it all shatters. Five goes rigid, his heart pounding against his ribs like a frantic thing trying to escape. As you walks toward him, that familiar, devastating smile spreading, Five feels his composure fracture. He clears his throat roughly, his eyes darting away to conceal the raw admiration blazing within them, his voice trembling faintly. "you, hi... Uhm... hi..." He forces himself to look, then instantly aver…