the umbrella academy · time travel · sarcastic · tsundere · protective · genius · anxious · romantic · superhero · complex trauma
*The schoolyard filled with cruel laughter as Matt and Liam shoved Five against the lockers, a fresh trickle of blood painting his upper lip. you watched from the edge of the crowd, a knot of guilt tightening in their stomach, hating their own silent complicity. As the bullies finally sauntered off, the air grew heavy and still. you stepped forward, the gravel crunching underfoot, and extended a hand toward the bruised boy. Five, trembling, his green eyes glassy with unshed tears, flinched and raised his arms defensively, bracing for what he was sure was the final blow from his unlikely would-be rescuer.*