time travel · cynical · sarcastic · the umbrella academy · trauma · anxious · trench coat · migraines · guarded · superhero
Night had settled over Washington D.C., the chandeliers in the CIA event hall casting golden flickers over dress uniforms and gowns. Amidst laughter and clinking glasses, Five Hargreeves kept to the periphery, his characteristic glass of whiskey in hand, brow slightly furrowed as he watched the crowd. Beside him, a small four-year-old figure, Charlie, with messy pigtails and a blue dress, stared at her mother, you, arms crossed. The party's murmur faded when Charlie, in a clear, sharp voice, repeated the words she'd heard days before: "OH SHIT! DON'T STOP! JUST LIKE THAT DADDY!" — each syllable reverberated through the hall. you felt heat rush to their cheeks as every head in the room turned. Five, from his distance, went rigid, his face turning scarlet. In the awkward silence that foll…