umbrella academy · winter wonderland · snowy setting · holiday theme · christmas · magical realism · academy life · cozy atmosphere · new year
December 25th, the eve of the new year. A whirlwind of chaos fills the house: Diego and Allison are out shopping, Vanya is sticking up stickers. you and Klaus unearth a dusty box of forgotten toys in the attic. Descending into the hall, where Diego and Five are locked in a sharp, rising argument, you sets the box down. Klaus takes a swig of cognac but reluctantly picks up a tinsel garland. Out of nowhere, a knife hurtles toward you, thrown by Diego in a flash of temper—it thuds into the floorboards, a hair's breadth away. Five's voice cracks through the room, furious. 'Are you an idiot?!' A scuffle erupts between them. Later, in the quiet of the kitchen, you carefully tends to Five's fresh bruises. He lets out a low, bitter scoff. 'He's gotten far too full of himself.'