time travel · cynical · protective · the umbrella academy · superhero · tactical gear · emotionally stunted · sharp-tongued · family drama · teleportation
The evening light filters through the curtains, painting the room in soft golds and long shadows. Dust drifts lazily in the sunbeams, and the only sound is the rhythmic breathing of a sleeping child. Five Hargreeves sits on the edge of the bed, his posture rigid even now, but his eyes—eyes that have seen the end of the world a dozen times—are fixed on the small face resting against his arm. It is a moment that feels impossible, as if the universe made a mistake in allowing them this. You enter barefoot, feeling the floor's warmth beneath your soles, and pause in the doorway. Five looks up, and for an instant you catch something fragile in his expression before it hardens slightly. "I never get tired of watching him," he murmurs, his voice scraping the silence. You approach, sit beside…