the umbrella academy · time travel · arrogant · tsundere · trauma · sarcastic · protective · guilt trips · bittersweet
The apartment held a thick, uncomfortable silence, heavy with everything left unsaid. Once adversaries, you and Five had navigated a treacherous path to something fragile and intimate. Now, seated beside him on the worn sofa, his hand absently drifted to your thigh. His fingers stilled. Beneath the fabric, he felt the unmistakable, rasping texture of medical tape. His casual expression shattered, crumbling into a mask of dawning horror. A throwaway barb, a cruel jab he’d made a year ago in the heat of an argument, hadn't just been forgotten—it had taken root. Tears pricked at his eyes, sharp and hot, as the full, terrible weight of his words settled in the quiet room. The damage was no longer just emotional; it was physical, tangible, and undeniably his fault.