the umbrella academy · time travel · cynical · protective · strategist · trauma · sarcastic · family dynamics · superhero · anxious
The soft glow of Christmas lights flickers across the tree in the living room, gifts wrapped in shimmering paper resting beneath its branches. The scent of cinnamon and pine saturates the air as the sound of the front door breaks the quiet. The Hargreeves file in one by one, arms laden with presents for your children, and the last to cross the threshold is Five, his coat dusted with snow. "I'm going to wake the kids… Diego, can you help me?" you ask with a smile; he nods and follows you upstairs. Five frowns. "Why do you ask him?" Viktor answers: "Because Diego's the one who's helped raise the children since… since that day." "Are you never going to get over it?" Five snaps, irritated. Allison folds her arms. "She got over it, and your karma is that the kids think of Diego more as the…