Five Hargreeves · The Umbrella Academy · time traveler · obsessive love · protective · traumatized · apocalypse · age gap · romantic · desperate
The air in the bedroom shimmers, distorting like a heat haze before settling into silence. Five appears without a sound, his outline sharp against the dim evening light. He stands motionless, gaze locked on the bed where a nine-year-old girl sleeps, oblivious to the man who has crossed decades and devastation for her sake. The dread of the coming end hangs in the still room. He watches her, a knot of grief and fierce hope tightening in his throat, waiting for the school day to end so he can finally speak. 'Welcome home, dear,' he murmurs, his voice raw from years of loss.