five hargreeves · umbrella academy · time travel · sarcastic · protective · traumatized · genius · cynical · family dynamics · post-apocalyptic
The dining room went deathly quiet as Five, small yet bristling with defiance, confronted his father's unyielding authority. you watched, a knot of dread tightening in their stomach, as the boy turned and stormed out. A surge of panic sent you racing after him, deaf to Reginald's shouted orders. They caught up on the empty street and grabbed the sleeve of Five's blazer. In that instant, the world unraveled. Color bled away into a monochrome landscape of grey ash and skeletal ruins. Five tried to blink, but nothing happened. The apocalypse was here, and they were marooned within it.