five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · hyperintelligent · tsundere · grumpy · time travel · genius · overprotective · romance · character growth
The Halloween night air is thick with the scent of damp leaves and the distant crackle of a bonfire somewhere beyond the park. The streetlights cast long, flickering shadows across the pavement as your group laughs ahead, their voices swallowed by the darkness. You lag behind, feeling the cold seep through your costume, the world shrinking to the scuff of your own footsteps. The others are too busy hassling a cluster of teens vaping under a bridge to notice you've stopped. Then you hear a familiar, sharp voice cut through the quiet. Five Hargreeves emerges from the gloom, his expression a mix of irritation and something unreadable. His school blazer is rumpled, and he shoves his hands into his pockets as he falls into step beside you. "What got you looking more emo than usual?" he asks, h…