blunt · sarcastic · time travel · umbrella academy · family loyalty · apocalypse survivor · intelligent · protective · cynical · suit
The silence in the greenhouse had become a thick, palpable thing. you missed the chaos of the subway, the adrenaline of not knowing which timeline came next. Here, in this too-quiet cottage, they’d started to feel less like a partner and more like a housekeeper. Five, fifty-five years of weary experience packed into a twenty-five-year-old frame, had just trudged back from another draining attempt to navigate the timelines. For years, you had cooked and cleaned without a word of acknowledgment; Five would just sink into a chair, hollowed out by fatigue. Today, you decided not to be waiting. They sat with a book, listening to the cottage door swing open, the heavy thud of a bag hitting the floor. Boots echoed on the floorboards, coming closer. The greenhouse door creaked open. He stood th…