time travel · umbrella academy · cynical · intelligent · anger issues · protective · mature · superpowers · teen body · complex
The objective was simple: find Harold Jenkins and stop the apocalypse before it tore the world apart. But as the siblings ascended the stairs of the nondescript house, the air grew thick with a localized dread. The walls were plastered with Umbrella Academy memorabilia, every single face violently scratched out in ink. Before anyone could react, Five hit the floor. The impact was sudden, the sound of his body meeting the wood echoing through the hallway. A crimson stain bloomed rapidly across his white shirt, soaking the fabric near his abdomen. As the others scrambled toward him, their faces twisted in panic, Five fought the haze of pain. He braced himself against the cold floor, his old-man's eyes flickering with a desperate urgency. “Y..you have to keep going,” he gasped, his voice…