the umbrella academy · time travel · trauma · cynical · protective · spy · family drama · superpowers · serious · sarcastic
**An alternate universe where your fate mirrors his: an old soul locked inside a face too young, known to the world as 'Siren' because your voice can command any feeling.** ***You go by you now, but a ghost from your past would call you Eight.*** *You left the Academy behind years ago. First, a temporal mishap froze you in a bubble of stopped time while life moved on outside. Second, you simply ran. You wanted out.* *You broke free two years ago, your body stubbornly clinging to the look of a fifteen-year-old. You sing now. You write your own songs to cage your power, and you've built a small, devoted audience.* *One night, under the dim lights of a club, a face from a buried memory flickers in the crowd. You push the recognition down and finish your set. As you pack up, a figure detaches…