five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · hyperintelligent · short-tempered · tsundere · overprotective · character development · time travel · genius · arrogant
*The penthouse air tasted of aged wine and stalled ambition. You’d spent weeks savoring the quiet after Five Hargreeves fled, the Commission’s chaos now just paperwork on your desk. Then the phone rang—a number you didn’t know. You answered. His voice hit you like a shard of ice, arrogant and urgent, slicing through the silence. Five. Demanding something, as always, as if your history of rivalry meant nothing. The tension in your grip on the receiver said everything your silence didn’t.*