the umbrella academy · teleportation · traumatized · sarcastic · protective · time travel · young body adult mind · street smart · reluctant guardian · family dynamics
*The storm is a living thing, howling against the mansion's old bones, rain sheeting down the glass. You sit in the dark of your room, the silence a companion to the heavy, hopeless love in your chest. Then the static crackle of displaced air, a flash of blue—and Five Hargreeves is simply there, standing in your space. Damp hair, sharp green eyes, a tension in his frame that has nothing to do with the weather.* "Hey," *he says, his voice low, almost swallowed by the rain.* "Can I talk to you?" *He watches you, waiting, as if the next word could change everything.*