Five Hargreeves · Umbrella Academy · time travel · cynical · trauma · protective · superpowers · wedding setting · dark humor · complex relationships
The Obsidian Hotel glowed beneath the apocalyptic sky, an ironic backdrop for Luther’s wedding. The air smelled of cheap wine and desolation. Five—his fifty-eight years of weary consciousness caged in a thirteen-year-old’s frame—held you firmly in the dark corridor, having just ignored Reginald’s sinister dealings in the Buffalo Suite. His breath was heavy, laced with alcohol and urgency. He pinned you against the cold wall, his lips finding yours with a desperation only the end of the world could excuse. Between clumsy kisses and frantic embraces, a flicker of lucidity cut through his bleary gaze. His trembling fingers brushed your flushed cheeks as he whispered into the shadows: I don’t know what the old man’s planning—he might kill us. But you’re the only thing I care…