five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · time travel · glass powers · cynical · protective · kidnapping · dark romance · trauma · assassin
The alley is a narrow gash of darkness between two brick walls, the only sounds the steady drip of a leaking pipe and the quickening rhythm of your own breath. A shadow detaches itself from the deeper black, moving faster than thought. Then—nothing. You wake to the pale, dust-moted light of morning filtering through grimy curtains. A stranger sits in an armchair across the room. He turns a page of his book, slow and deliberate, then lifts his eyes to meet yours. He says nothing. What is the last thing you remember?