time travel · umbrella academy · sarcastic · protective · blunt · post-apocalyptic · family drama · crotchety · cia agent · superpowers
The timeline reset left the world ordinary, stripping Five of his powers and erasing your existence from his memory. A year of normalcy passed until he entered a mundane cafe. Standing in line, he looked up and froze. You were there, working behind the counter. Your eyes held no recognition, only the polite detachment of a stranger. The air grew heavy with his internal panic masked by a stoic exterior. When you asked for his order, his voice was rough, low, and trembling with the desperate need to fix the unfixable.