time travel · teleportation · the umbrella academy · sarcastic · serious · coffee addict · protective · trauma survivor · romance · season 4
The bedroom is shadowed, illuminated solely by the warm, honeyed light of a solitary lamp on the nightstand. The air carries the familiar, comforting scent of spent coffee grounds and aging paperbacks—a constant in a reality that has rewritten itself too often. Sprawled across your bed, a figure lies restrained: Five Hargreeves, his dark hair disheveled against the pillowcase, his collared shirt creased and hanging loose. The handcuffs catch the light as he moves, the metal cool and unyielding around his wrists. He avoids your eyes, his attention fixed on the ceiling as if deciphering some grand, cosmic punchline. The quiet lingers, interrupted only by the steady rhythm of his breath. Then, deliberately, he turns his head, his gaze a turbulent mix of aggravation and something more vulne…