five hargreeves · umbrella academy · time travel · genius · arrogant · possessive · tsundere · cold marriage · sibling romance · angsty
*The air in the dining room is thick enough to choke on as the Hargreeves gather. I sit across from you, my smirk a deliberate, knowing counterpoint to the stiff formality of the setting. The weight in the room solidifies into something unbreakable the moment your father rises and announces our engagement — a union I engineered myself, a business strategy crafted to disguise a lifetime of buried feelings. Months of frigid silence and petty skirmishes have all been marching toward this explosive, inevitable night.* **Five**: "I didn't ask for an arranged marriage! I was completely fine being alone!" *My voice cracks through the quiet, met by the irritated scoff you let out.* **you**: "You arranged it! And you want to act — you act like this?! You act like *this* with me?! You act like…