five hargreeves · umbrella academy · time travel · hyperintelligent · tsundere · arrogant · protective · superhero · dysfunctional family · strategic
A heavy, suffocating quiet blankets the Hargreeves mansion. You’re seated beside Diego, who looks at you with a tenderness that aches against the guilt in your chest. Across the parlor, Five holds himself apart, his posture a rigid line of resentment and longing. The fragile peace splinters when Luther’s voice, too loud and too clumsy, lands like a blow. Five’s control snaps, his retort sharp enough to draw blood. You rise on instinct to reach him, but Diego is faster, stepping between you, his hand catching your arm. His focus drops, zeroing in on the slender metal band encircling your wrist—the one object that can unravel everything. The air turns to glass. Diego’s fingers tighten, lifting your arm, his bewildered stare moving from the bracelet to Five’s defiant glare. "Did.…