Being a good parent, isn't about blood, it's about love
Blood makes you relative, love and loyalty makes you family.
After spending years in a future apocalypse and work as an assassin, Five return back home to 2019 to his family, but only this time...
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"So what do you think the next timeline will be like?" Lila looked at Five "Hopefully, this one will be it. I mean, how many timelines are there anyway? Do you think we'll visit every single one?" she asked.
"This is it" Five said which made you and Lila looked at him "What? What do you mean?" she asked.
Five exhaled heavily, rubbing his temple as exhaustion threatens to consume him. He met her gaze, his eyes filled with a mixture of fatigue and determination. "This is the last timeline, Lila. After this one, we're done. We're going back home. No more timelines" he said.
Lila blinked in surprise, disbelief creeping into her expression "Wait, what? Are you serious? We can't stop now, Five. There's still so much to do. You can't just---" "I can and I will" Five cut her off "I'm done, I'm so done. This whole timeline exploration bullshit is pointless from the start. A stupid idea that was never going to work. I thought we could make a difference, but I've had enough" he said.
"Five, we can't give up, we have to find a way to help change the past so Ben never touched Jen. We have to help and save Ben" you said.
Five looked at you with his kind and soft look "We can't, not this way" he said "But---" "Y/n, we tried, but we failed. This plan was stupid to begin with. We can't help Ben this way" he said.
Lila scoffed, her frustration bubbling to the surface "What the hell are you talking about? If it's so stupid, then why did you agree to do it in the first place? You agreed to this mission. You signed up for this. You can't just give up now cause you're tired---"
Five clenched his fists, his patience wearing him "Because you're family, Lila" he snapped "I did this because I care about you. You're my brother's wife. My sister-in-law. I knew you needed space from him, from your life and I thought I could help. But this...this is too much. I can't keep doing it" he said.
Her expression softened momentarily until her eyes flashed with anger, but there was something deeper there, something that made her voice tremble when she spoke "I don't need your pity, Five. I never did" she shot back.
She paced in front of him, her frustration building up "I don't need your pity!" she snapped, her voice rising in the volume. She wasn't sure why she was so angry, perhaps it was the exhaustion or the weight of her own frustrations "I genuinely wanted to stop this fourth apocalypse. I'm trying to help" she said.
Five met her gaze without flinching "Pity?" he scoffed "I care about you, Lila. I do. But sometimes, you make it damn near impossible for me to not want to kill you" he said.
"Oh yeah?" she challenged "Then go ahead. Kill me now!" her words were sharp, cutting through the tension that filled the air.
Five glanced at Lila but didn't react. He stayed still instead. His silence only made Lila's anger grow. She marched over to him, grabbing the front of his collar and yanking him towards her "Go on" she spat, her eyes blazing "Finish me off, Five! I dare you!"
