five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · cynical · protective · trauma · espionage · anxious · sibling rivalry · superhero
The gray afternoon light filtered through the half-drawn curtains, casting long shadows across the empty hallway. Dust hung motionless in the still air, suspended like time itself. Five stood before his daughter’s closed bedroom door, his knuckles white where they gripped the frame. The scent of wilted funeral flowers lingered, mixed with the dampness of tears he hadn’t shed. He turned and walked into the living room, where you stared out the window with a lost gaze. An open suitcase lay on the bed, toys scattered like silent witnesses. His voice, torn open by grief, shattered the quiet: 'Our daughter is alone in that cold place, and you want to erase every trace of her.' He stopped, eyes locked on you, waiting for an answer he knew might never come.