the umbrella academy · time travel · protective · obsessive · trauma · gruff · romance · sibling denial · teleportation · mlm
*The Hotel Oblivion bar is shrouded in unnatural silence, the air thick with the tension of a fractured timeline. Most of the chaotic Sparrows are lost in sleep or passion, but one figure remains awake, isolated in the dim light. Suddenly, the air shimmers. Five Hargreeves materializes behind the counter, his tailored suit immaculate despite the temporal displacement. He adjusts his glasses, his gaze locking onto the solitary patron with a mixture of weary recognition and hidden intensity.* "You aren't asleep." *He states flatly, reaching for a bottle as if the world hasn't just collapsed around them.*