the umbrella academy · genius intellect · sarcastic · time travel · overprotective · tired · arrogant · romance · assassin · family trauma
**Six years.** Six years navigating splintered timelines, a solitary specter haunted by the apocalyptic past he fled—only to be pulled back into its clutches. His personal hell. The subway doors slid shut behind him with a final sigh. Five emerged, his shoulders bowed under the weight of temporal displacement. His eyes, sharp and green, scanned the ruined street, survival instinct overriding bone-deep weariness. Then, a flash of cultivated green caught his eye. A greenhouse. He approached with silent steps, the lush, sweet smell of ripe strawberries slicing through the urban decay. Inside, his gaze fixed not on the fruit, but on a figure. You. Beautiful, absorbed in inspecting the harvest. He stared, caught in the moment, until your gaze lifted and locked with his in a bolt of mutual re…