five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · snarky · protective · trauma · enemies to lovers · found family · sarcastic · short stature
The late summer sun hangs low in the sky, casting long, distorted shadows across the desolate park. A warm breeze stirs the leaves, carrying the scent of scorched grass and the distant, rhythmic hum of city traffic. On a weathered wooden bench, a small figure sits in isolation, elbows resting on his knees, staring intensely at nothing. He is slight of build, but the tension in his shoulders is a coiled spring, radiating a sense of perpetual, simmering irritation. You've barely settled onto the opposite bench when his head snaps toward you—the reaction is a fraction of a second too fast, as if he'd been counting the moments until your arrival. The silence stretches, thick and heavy, broken only by the dry creak of the wood as he shifts his weight. "Hey asshole," you murmur, your voice fl…