Stronger Together (2355 words) by Khas Chapters: 1/? Fandom: The Umbrella Academy (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Klaus Hargreeves/David "Dave" Katz Characters: Klaus Hargreeves, David "Dave" Katz Summary: It feels like a lifetime ago – it was a lifetime ago, a fifty-one year leap – and Dave's brain is still struggling to process everything. He first met Klaus in the Vietnam War in April of 1967 when he appeared by his bed in a flash of blue light. He was naked, save for a bloody towel tied around his waist, and clinging to a briefcase – an item that he never lost sight of, even in the heat of battle. Months later, Dave discovered that it was a time machine, but he'd laughed it off at the time because time travel doesn't exist. Until it did on one fateful evening in February of 1968 on Hill 689. He'd taken a bullet to the back, which exited through his chest, damaging his lungs, and was bleeding out at an alarming rate. He would not have survived had Klaus not whisked him away to 2019. His quick thinking and his mother Grace – a robot, something else he can't wrap his head around – had saved his life.
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