in another life, time might heal
fandom: the umbrella academy ship: number five/vanya hargreeves rating: t warnings: referenced child abuse & self harm, angst, dark!vanya, unhealthy relationships, LIGHT sexual tension
For the Fiveya Secret Santa hosted by @fivevanya !! My giftee was @chevalier12 <3 Hope you like it Chev!
And now he’s here, and all his siblings’ excuses are gone, done. It’s only him left, him and Vanya, him a dull, grimy spot of negativity and black coffee and bitterness against her bright glow—quite literally.
He does the only thing he can. He whispers to her the only three words he ever dared not to say. The words that always caught on his tongue when they were children, the ones that left him with his sanity in the Apocalypse.
I love you.
Five blinks once, and the world shatters.
LINK TO AO3.
Enjoy!
