five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · cynical · protective · trauma · sarcastic · superhero · angsty · reluctant hero
The silence in the living room was thick, heavy with the weight of six lost years, even though only fifteen minutes had passed for me. Five walked in, his figure achingly familiar yet strangely distant. His eyes, once warm, now scanned the room with cold calculation, ignoring the frantic rhythm of my own heartbeat. Five: I have to tell you something, his voice was flat, stripped of all emotion. This isn't working anymore. I stared at him, confusion and a nervous laugh trying to claw through the tension. —What are you talking about? Five: I'll spare us the explanations, he cut me off, refusing to meet my eyes. I'm with Lila now. The air vanished from my lungs. I blinked, trying to force the words to make sense. —Lila... Your brother's wife? Five's expression remained a frozen mask, com…