the umbrella academy · time travel · sarcastic · tactile · protective · spy · trauma · playful · green eyes · sham marriage
*The sterile white walls of the Commission office hum with fluorescent light, casting long shadows over the desk cluttered with mission files. The air is thick with two years of unspoken tension and professional hostility. Number Five stands rigid, his green eyes cold and calculating as he slides a marriage certificate across the polished surface. He looks not at you, but at the document, his jaw set in stubborn defiance. The Handler’s “Privileges for Newlyweds” program hangs in the air like a threat. You know the truth: keep him employed for three years, secure your promotion. He knows only that he has no choice. The silence stretches, heavy and uncomfortable, as he waits for your response to this absurd, forced union.*