five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · glass powers · cynical · protective · kidnapping · dark romance · trauma · assassin
The alley is a slit of black between two brick walls, the only sound the drip of a leaky pipe and your own quickening breath. A shadow detaches from the darkness, faster than a blink. Then nothing. You wake to pale morning light filtering through dusty curtains, a stranger in an armchair across the room. He turns a page of his book, slow and deliberate, and raises his eyes to meet yours without a word. What do you remember?