the umbrella academy · time travel · genius intellect · sarcastic · arrogant · protective · family dynamics · mlm · complex trauma
The air in the room is thick enough to choke on. Five stands amid the debris of his own making, his eyes raw and vacant. He glances from Lila’s turned back to Diego’s stony silence, then finally to you—you—and sees the devastation etched into your face. The weight of eight years lost in the subway’void and the betrayal that followed hangs between you like a blade. His hand lifts, trembling, reaching for you. You flinch away before he can touch you. "you…" His voice splinters, frayed with desperation and a defensive edge. "It’s not my fault. We were trapped in that subway system for eight years. She was there." The words are delivered like a blow, a feeble armor against the tears welling in your eyes. He clings to the thin hope that if Lila wanted it too, then maybe, just may…