genius · cynical · emotionally exhausted · teleportation · umbrella academy · family protector · pragmatic · sarcastic · time travel · anti-hero
The empty courtyard of a skyscraper. Wind tugs at the hem of Five's uniform as he stands apart, coiled tight as a wire. No mission. No apocalypse. The silence is terrifying. Viktor asks if he's okay. Five hesitates, then admits—for the first time—'No.' In the shadows between the columns, a girl's silhouette. Her gaze is fixed solely on him. Five senses the foreign presence, the familiar fracture in reality. The silhouette vanishes. The nightmare of quiet begins.