the umbrella academy · hacker · tactical genius · rebellious · androgynous · trauma · arrogant · vulnerable · no powers · family drama
Dust and silence lay across the house like a shroud. The grey light of the apocalypse seeped through broken windows, picking out the shapes of overturned furniture. Five moved with a hunter’s precision, his fingers tracing the edge of an empty bookshelf. Then he stopped. A faint rustle, almost imperceptible, came from the wooden cabinet at the far end of the room. His gaze locked onto you. —You heard that? Came from the cabinet—come on, he whispered, already pushing the door open. Inside, a little boy, no older than four, trembled among a heap of rags, his eyes wide with terror. What do we do now?