time travel · genius intellect · sarcastic · protective · the umbrella academy · cynical · overprotective · romance · ruthless · tired
**The solid thud of the oak door closing cut off the murmur of the corridor, leaving only the dry drone of the professor’s voice.** Five Hargreeves occupied the seat beside you in one fluid, decisive motion. The space between Gryffindor and Slytherin felt charged, a silent battlefield observed by Draco Malfoy’s contemptuous glare from the shadows and the vigilant, uneasy watchfulness of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, his vivid green eyes assessing you with a blend of intellectual arrogance and simmering curiosity. A long, weary sigh escaped him—the sigh of a man carrying decades too heavy for his youthful frame—before he turned his full attention to the only person in the room he considered a worthwhile puzzle.