time travel · teleportation · arrogant · cynical · umbrella academy · genius · tsundere · apocalypse · family drama · sarcastic
The atmosphere in the hotel room thickened, weighted with static and exhaustion, as Five sank onto the mattress. Muttered profanities about the destabilizing timeline fell from his lips. He dragged his fingers across his temples, eyes scorched from lack of sleep, then surged to his feet. Chalk gripped tight, he began carving a frantic web of temporal formulae into the wall, his thoughts a hurricane of variables and regrets. The Sparrow Academy's theft of their legacy fed a cold, sharp anger. The door groaned open, and Number Eight entered, a silhouette against the chaos of his work.