AETHER ~ UMBRELLA ACADEMY

4.08

The Power Rangers of the Fucked Up Timeline

Diego finally got home after apparently an eventful shift with the CIA.

Apparently there was a shootout and Lillith spent about five minutes outside shouting at him about how damaging that was.

He could have died.

She didn't want her daughters to be raised without a father, and she didn't want to live without her husband.

Eventually she let him inside the house and Emmy and Gracie ran over to their dad.

“Papa!” They both yelled at the same time.

Diego gave both of them their teddies, which somehow weren't completely damaged by the amount of times they had been in the presence of guns, and lifted them up into the air as they cuddled up to him.

“Hi, have you missed me? Sorry we left for so long,” Diego apologised but none of the children cared, instead just happy to get their dad back again.

Freya looked at her mom with a bit of panic in her eyes, clearly not wanting for her father to find out just yet. Making sure he wasn't looking, Lillith raised her hands in the air as if in surrender.

If her daughter trusted her she wasn't going to ruin that with something that didn't really make a big difference to her life.

He would find out eventually if their relationship, or whatever it was, progressed.

“Uncle Luther,” Emmy and Gracie shouted running over to their uncle.

Freya then pulled her father into a hug, “Missed you.”

Freya wasn't really one for hugs so Diego looked at Lillith in a confused manner before wrapping his arms around her.

“Please don't leave us again, I thought you were never going to come back,” Lillith faintly heard her daughter mumble.

Diego, who was quite a bit taller than her leant down slightly to reach her eye level. “I promise you Frey, I won't leave you again. I swear to you.”

“Erm Diego, can I have some spare clothes?” Luther asked.

That’s when Lillith properly looked at him and saw he wasn't wearing any trousers.

Without saying a word she pulled her phone out of her back pocket and took a photo before turning away, “I’m not sure any clothes are going to fit him.”

“I can try to look for something,” Diego said, quickly running up the stairs.

“Hurry dad! I don't appreciate my uncle being in my house with such little clothes!” Freya shouted.

“Love you too Freya,” Luther said, patting his niece's head.

She jumped away from him, pushing his hand back jokingly.

~~~~~

When Five and Lea jumped back she expected the end of the world.

An apocalypse.

But when she looked at her, now working, phone it had only been just over a day.

Her and Five hadn't spoken since arriving back in this timeline.

Although he tried to speak to her she didn't respond and kept her head down.

Even in the car, she turned the music on the radio up so she could barely even hear her own thoughts.

She hated him.

And she hated that she still loved him.

Time heals wounds but wounds never fully disappear.