you’ve prob done this but umbrella academy whump/angst recs?? all ur others are so good!
Sorry about the delay! So I am a huge Five fan, so most of them are slanted that way, though I think Diego sneaks in there a few times -but also they're almost all Family Fics.
I'm going to leave off the NSFW/non-con ones I know of, just in case. If you are interested, feel free to send another anon ask (or message if you would prefer) and I'll send links.
i'm walking backward into my own myth by eluvion
Five is in 1963. He’s in 2019. He’s in 2002. Time is falling apart, and Five is in every piece. Five is a disease, and time is coughing up a lung.
Or; Five Hargreeves breaks time.
I kept running (for a soft place to fall) by chromaticality
He'd hoped they had given up. Really, he should have known better.
The Handler thinks he's the solution to all her problems. Five thinks he'd like to turn the whole place into a slaughterhouse. But with Allison and Luther caught in the crossfire, Five has to cooperate with the Commission's plans until he can figure out a way to get everyone home.
No Time, No Time, Dear Brother O’ Mine by I_Logophile
At Gimbel Brothers department store, Five’s injury is a bit more serious than a simple bullet graze. Not that it matters to him.
That is, until the police show up while he’s trying to leave, and Five finds himself remembering things he’d rather forget.
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There’s something going on with his brother. That much is very clear to Diego.
Why else is Five at a crime scene? Why else is he attacking the people trying to help him? Why else is he going around ranting about time?
There’s something going on with his brother. And Diego is going to find out what.
He just has to get Five some medical attention first.
the walls kept tumbling down by Ingu
It started small.
There was a nagging ache in his chest, phantom pain from where the bullets had pierced his flesh, in the overwritten timeline that never will be.
(the one where rewinding time doesn't miraculously resolve mortal gunshot wounds)
Here, Beneath My Lungs by beastboy12
After they get back from the 60's, Five starts investigating a string of suspicious murders while distancing himself from a family he's convinced he's already lost.
So, naturally, Klaus and Diego join him.
"Holy shit, Five," Diego says, rushing forward. "What the hell happened to you?"
Five is off-balanced by the sight of Diego. Shouldn’t he be at the other address? What is he doing here?
Klaus appears on the other side of Diego and lets out a laugh that sounds almost frantic. "Oh, thank God you can see him, too.”
“Why are you here?” Five says.
Diego scoffs. “Yeah, no, the one covered in blood doesn’t get to ask questions.”
Part 1 of Five is an emotionally stunted yogurt lid
The Longest Roads Lead to Home by assaily (twistedskys)
Five raised his glass to the rafters. “I’m home,” he said simply. “I’d like to take the time to enjoy that, y’know.”
Diego watched him pour another drink, suddenly understanding him. He’d been gone a long time, lost in a really terrible place that probably never felt like home unless he could somehow forget he was the last soul on Earth. ‘Home’ meant a lot to him.
When Five’s glass was ready again, Diego raised his own, still half-full. “To being home,” he said.
That earned him a smile, a real one that managed to soothe the crease in Five’s brow and make him look so incredibly young in its sincerity, and so incredibly old in its deep gratitude. He raised his glass and clinked it against Diego’s. “To finally being home.”
Or; Five gets kidnapped and it goes wrong (for the kidnapper).
heart heart head by morimaru
a series of hurt/comfort snippets featuring Five.
Blink by Lady_Origami
When Five blinks, sometimes he's back in the world of ash and embers. It's hard to remember how to breathe when that happens. In which Klaus tries to play the role of supportive brother with Ben's help, and Five struggles more than he lets on.
Can you hug me as I go? by maddienole
What if the FBI captured Five instead of Vanya?
Simple by sharkneto
Diego runs into Five at the park. He’s just here to catch a mugger. Why does Five always complicate things?
Lend a Hand by sharkneto
If Luther’s being honest, he’s not sure how they’re going to get out of this one. Effectively trapped and powers negated, the Umbrella Academy is in a dire position.
Luther really needs to stop underestimating the lengths Five is willing to go to save his family.
Howling at the Moon by assaily (twistedskys)
Five is now a permanent resident of the Hotel Oblivion. The rooms are crap, service is even worse, and he's pretty sure his family left him here. But at least they're safe, right?
A pre-season 3 AU of season 3, Hotel-as-a-prison concept from the comics.
lie awake, sleep awake by morimaru
Number Five does not get sick. He refuses to be sick. His body obeys.
Right up until it doesn't. (- this one is literally my favorite of all of these rec's, I have lost count how many times I've read it)
and all the kids cried out by morimaru
The one where Five is sick, the Handler is clingy and hard to get rid of even after death, and Klaus has a ghost-busting side-gig that is a lot less exciting than it sounds.
Guilt Trip by I_Logophile
In typical Five Hargreeves fashion, a drug ring bust with his family turns into a rescue mission, which turns into a complete and utter shitshow. Because, of course, things had to go sideways— No, scratch that. Things didn't just go sideways, things went upside down, backward, and inside out. And then got blown up. Literally.
In the aftermath of the whole fiasco, Five is left reeling, floundering, drowning in guilt.
Because how could he have done that?
How could he have attacked his family?
spoiled by morimaru
Number Five is a survivor. He fought his whole life: he fought their father, the apocalypse, the commission, then – the apocalypse, again.
Having made that fateful jump back to 2019, he unwillingly left his old body with all of its scars behind. Physical ones, at least.
It’s funny, in a way, that the hardest thing for him to fight ends up being food.
The Dangers of Vigilanteing by aceofwhump
Diego gets injured during one of his vigilante acts and is forced to go back to the one place he swore he'd never return: The Umbrella Academy
Also, the best way I've found to get to the fics I want in this fandom is to troll through favorites of the authors of my favorite fics. Most fandoms that doesn't seem to work, but this one it does. Happy reading, and again - sorry about the delay!
