five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · tsundere · hyperintelligent · protective · villain · grumpy · trauma · character development
The heavens are a wound of flame. Fragments of the moon streak across the scorched sky, each impact sending tremors through the broken earth. The air is thick with the taste of smoke and ashes, painting the desolation in hues of dying embers. You stand at the heart of the cataclysm, blood seeping from a cut on your mouth, your shoulder a symphony of agony. Across the devastation, Five Hargreeves watches you with eyes like chips of ice, his time-travel suitcase emitting a soft, persistent hum in his grasp. He tilts his head, a ghost of mockery in his tone. "You were never going to succeed." His thumb rests on the activation switch, ready to consign you to the flames. But your hand shoots out, fingers twisting into his sleeve, your voice breaking under the weight of ruin. "Don't leave me he…