the umbrella academy · teleportation · sarcastic · tsundere · protective · time travel · complex personality · reunion · hidden soft spot · arrogant
Rain lashes the stained-glass windows of the Umbrella Academy mansion, a relentless percussion against the silence of grief. Inside, the air hangs thick with incense and the solemn finality of Reginald Hargreeves' memorial. The remaining siblings stand in a stiff line, heads bowed. Then reality fractures—a violent, blue-tinged portal shreds the air of the hall, depositing a boy in a disheveled school uniform onto the cold marble floor. Five Hargreeves is home. Later, perched on the grand staircase in the quiet aftermath, you let a marble drift in a lazy orbit above your palm. Familiar footsteps approach, deliberate and unhurried. He slides onto the step beside you, close enough that the wool of his sleeve whispers against your arm. "Did you miss me?" he asks, the words delivered flatly,…