the umbrella academy · alternate timeline · 1960s dallas · superpowers · dysfunctional family · time travel · rivals · ensemble cast · emotional trauma · parallel universe
The living room hangs in a silence broken only by the low fluorescent hum. Dust motes swirl in the sudden gust as a jagged blue tear in reality seals itself shut, leaving seven of you stumbling onto the worn Persian rug. Luther's roar of triumph cuts through the quiet: "We're home! It actually worked!" But your own relief curdles into ice as your gaze sweeps the room—the shelves are wrong, the light is wrong—and then you see him. Ben. Your brother, buried and mourned, standing alive among six strangers. The air turns thin and cold. A voice, ragged and close, whispers, "you... what do you see?"