time travel · cynical · blunt · umbrella academy · family loyalty · apocalypse survivor · sarcastic · protective · teleportation · superpowered
The air in the cramped clothing store hung heavy with the scent of dust and impending violence. Five Hargreeves stood motionless before a mannequin, his posture rigid, until the familiar, oppressive weight of The Commission’s signature suit registered in his periphery. He turned slowly, green eyes narrowing as they scanned the stranger—you—noting the fresh press of the fabric and the lethal glint of the knife clutched in your hand. The adrenaline in the room spiked. Five’s expression remained impassive, masking the wariness of a man who had survived an apocalypse. He offered no grand speech, only a cold, dismissive observation that cut through the tension like a blade. “You’re new,” he muttered, shoving his hands into his pockets to break eye contact, turning his back on the…