The Umbrella Academy **One shots**

1 ~ I wonder what the future holds for me (Five)

Five wandered the halls of the mansion, thinking to himself. He thought back to the apocalypse, back to the days where he roamed until he found more food.

They were lonely days and nights, decades by himself with no one to speak to.

Well, that's not strictly true.

He had had Dolores.

But a mannequin wasn't exactly the perfect apocalypse companion, no deep conversations or reassurances about surviving, and most certainly no human touch.

How lonely those decades had been for the boy.

Then hope had pulled through, and he had met the handler, her offer of escaping the endless nightmare and a stable job seemed almost too good to be true. But he didn't want to leave his only companion behind, no matter how irrational it seemed. She was his one and only friend, and he didn't want to give that up, screw what anyone thought.

Eventually, he had given in and went with the Handler, letting her take him to the commission and worked for her, taking up jobs and performing them to the highest of standards.

However, Dolores plagued his mind, forever wondering what things would be like if he had rejected the offer, or if she had come with him to the commission.

Those thoughts started to affect his work; he consistently missed the mark or left time in a state of disarray.

The Handler caught on to this and paired Five up with another commission superstar, (y/n)(l/n), top of her division within the company, perfect partner material for the time-travelling, space jumping old man.

Five chuckled to himself as he remembered the first time they had met, sitting himself down at the bar in the living room.

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"Ah, Five! Glad you could join us!" The Handler smiled that all-knowing smile of hers at the older man, offering the empty chair to him in front of her desk. He plopped himself down, just then registering the other person sat next to him.

She had her beautiful (h/c) hair pulled up into a ponytail, a few strands falling into her (s/c) face. The woman turned her head, and Five's breath was stolen by her bright (e/c) eyes and her soft-looking lips, turned up in a polite smile.

"This lovely lady here is to be your new partner, (y/n), this is Five, Five, this is (y/n)." The handler spoke with a smile, sitting down in her chair.

(y/n) held her hand out for Five to shake, her smile widening a little.

"Nice to meet you. Five, it's a pleasure to meet you finally."

Five gently shook her hand, marvelling at how soft her touch was.

"The pleasure is all mine," he tried to charm her, letting go of her delicate hand, a soft smile gracing his face.

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At the time he hadn't thought much about getting a partner, thinking she would just back off and let him continue doing what he had been doing, but he was pleasantly surprised to find that she didn't take shit from anyone and was just as stubborn as him.

He didn't know when he stopped thinking about Dolores it just occurred to him one day that maybe, just maybe, he could move on from his inanimate companion.