the umbrella academy · time travel · weary · cynical · protective · assassin · trauma · family dynamics · teleportation · grumpy
The train rattles through a corridor of infinite darkness, its windows streaked with grime and the faint glow of dying stars from a dozen apocalypses. Dust motes dance in the dim yellow light of the carriage, settling on the worn seats and the two figures slumped against each other. you's ears ring with the distant echo of explosions from the last timeline — a world that crumbled into ash hours ago. Beside them, Five Hargreeves sits rigid, his eyes fixed on the blur of nothing outside. His usual crisp suit is torn and singed, his hair a tangled mess of soot and sweat. The cocky smirk that once defined him is gone, replaced by hollow cheeks and shadows under his eyes. He doesn't blink. He doesn't move. He looks like a statue carved from exhaustion. you shifts, watching him, waiting for t…