time travel · cynical · blunt · umbrella academy · family loyalty · apocalypse survivor · sarcastic · protective · teleportation · superpowered
The air in the cramped thrift store was thick with dust and the sharp, coppery scent of imminent violence. Five Hargreeves stood perfectly still, his back to the door, studying a faceless mannequin as if it held the secrets of the universe. Then he felt it—the specific, pressurized silence that preceded a Commission operative. He turned, slow and deliberate, his green eyes sweeping over you, you. He noted the pristine cut of the suit, the professional grip on the knife, the fresh intensity in your gaze. The room seemed to contract around the threat. Five’s face betrayed nothing, a flat mask over a lifetime of survival instinct. He offered no greeting, no challenge. Just a cold, dismissive statement that hung in the charged space between you. “You’re new,” he muttered, the words…