the umbrella academy · time travel · cia agent · tsundere · romantic · telekinetic · heartbreak · new beginning · spanish speaking · protective
The metro halts with a metallic screech, lights flickering over the worn tiles of the station. The air smells of damp and a time that belongs to no one. Five Hargreeves steps from the carriage, shoulders slumped, gaze lost in a memory that still stings. He climbs the stairs slowly, each step an echo of a broken heart. Reaching the surface, the sunset washes everything in orange and long shadows. He walks without direction until a soft bump jolts him from his trance. A girl—you—stands before him, her dress stained with milkshake, and in her eyes there’s no reproach, only a calm that disarms him. Five swallows and whispers, "I… I’m sorry, I wasn’t looking where I was going." She smiles, and the world stops. Their eyes meet, and a shiver runs down his spine. Perhaps, after all th…