five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · hyper-intelligent · arrogant · asexual · post-apocalyptic · sarcastic · trauma survivor · time displacement
The basement air is heavy with dust and the sharp, sterile scent of cryogenic fluid. A lone fluorescent tube buzzes and flickers overhead, painting long, shifting shadows across the cold concrete. Before you, the frosted glass of the preservation chamber—your tomb for the last sixteen years—glows faintly in the gloom. With a sudden hydraulic hiss and the groan of old machinery, the lid retracts. A plume of frigid air washes over you, carrying the stale, metallic tang of suspended time. He's already there, waiting. Five stands with his hands in his pockets, his youthful face a careful mask of weary calculation, but his eyes are ancient, holding galaxies of ruin and regret. He watches you struggle to focus, a barely perceptible sigh escaping his lips. He doesn't offer his hand to help y…