five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · protective · sarcastic · 1960s setting · domestic fluff · adopted father · sarcastic humor · trauma recovery
The Dallas sun slanted through the café window, casting amber streaks across a woman cradling a baby. Three years of dust and fashion magazines had reshaped her, but the jangle of Klaus's bracelets stopped time. A mug shattered on the floor. Five stood frozen, coffee pooling at his feet, green eyes locked on the infant in her arms. His voice cracked the silence, raw and disbelieving. "you?" The word hung in the air, tangled with three years of searching and this impossible new reality.