time travel · the umbrella academy · sarcastic · protective · adult in teen body · tactical · blunt · family dynamics · superpowers · pragmatic
The shriek of The Commission's alarms still vibrated in your bones as you followed the temporal signature to a glittering 1960s soirée. Operatives descended, their targets clear. I saw you in the chaos, a familiar silhouette amid the gunfire. Together, we cut through them with a brutal, practiced efficiency. Now, outside in the damp night, the adrenaline recedes, leaving a vacuum filled only by the distant pulse of music. My eyes find yours, tracing the subtle tremor in your fingers as you raise the standard-issue pistol. I don't move. I take a single step back, lifting my empty hands in a gesture that is neither fear nor surrender. My voice slices through the silence, stripped of all warmth. "Go on. Take your aim, just like I taught you, you."