sharkneto’s Umbrella Academy fics –
not alone series (all can be read as standalone)
- Lonely Drunk - Luther comes home to find Five drunk as a skunk. He just wishes it wasn’t such a common occurrence.
- Sleepless - Viktor can’t sleep. He shouldn’t be surprised that Five can’t, either
- Had Worse - Five gets a bit drunk and has a small accident. It’s fine; he’s had worse injuries and he takes care of it, so why are Klaus and Diego making it into a bigger deal than it is?
- The Zoo Is Better When It’s Not All Dead - Klaus needs a distraction from missing Ben. Five needs a distraction from… well, everything. Somehow, that means a day at the zoo.
- Minor Convenience - Patch pulls Five over once again for underage driving. There’s more to the problem, this time, though.
- Simple - Diego runs into Five at the park. He’s just here to catch a mugger. Why does Five always complicate things?
- A Rusty Cog - All the above plus more moments from Five’s POV. Five’s first year back in the real world, and it’s hard. He’ll figure it out. For his family, he’ll figure it out.
shifting together series (AU offshoot of orsumfenix’s The Shifting Mirrors)
Holding It Together (M for graphic violence, multi-chapter) - The Hargreeves are out of the Sparrow timeline but still not home. The timeline they find themselves in is almost right, just with a Five that never time traveled. A race for the Hargreeves to find each other, stay one step ahead of a Commission no longer on their side, and for Five to figure out how to get them home. For real this time.
Nice Things Can’t Last Forever (They Still End Too Soon) - (alternate ending to Holding It Together) In some timelines, things work out. A miracle happens, a tragedy is avoided, a death undone. In some timelines, they don’t. This is the time it doesn’t.
Joining Together - (prequel to Holding It Together, multi-chapter, in progress, sporadic updates) Sarah meeting Number Five was a chance encounter. Deciding to hire him to work in her physics lab with the ulterior motive of helping the lost former-superhero find a positive life-trajectory… now that was a conscious choice.
Other TUA Fics
Sometimes Age Comes Alone (multi-chapter, M for injury) - Five knows an experimental jump like this is a bad idea – especially when lost in the wrong timeline – but he’s willing to gamble if it means he’s not stuck as a goddamn thirteen-year-old. And it does work; just not quite how he planned.
Searching for Good Times (multi-chapter) - What was a simple mission – get into Dad’s creepy hotel, find Five, and get him out – turns into a trip down the rabbit hole, where Allison finds a familiar face has been keeping her brother company and nothing is quite as it seems.
Crueler to Remember (multi-chapter) - Luther and Allison are dropped in the apocalypse and find a familiar face. Apocalypse angst with sibling bonding.
Bone Weary - Five and Delores spend a day in the end of the world at the zoo. (Companion to The Zoo Is Better When It’s Not All Dead, can be read independently)
Cease-fire on the Cleveland Express - Desperate times call for desperate measures and Lila has to team up with the very last person she would ever pick. But Five seems to have an idea of what’s going on and, more importantly, where they can get more information. All they need are two tickets for the 4 o’clock train to Cleveland.
Model Older Brother - Luther and Five build a model airplane together. Soft brotherly bonding.
Lend a Hand - Luther really needs to stop underestimating the lengths Five is willing to go to save his family. (rated M for graphic violence, injury)
He Does Know How To Do Everything - That fic where Five rides a horse
Quite the Apocalypse Scout - When the family wants to go on a camping trip, Diego and Five will join but they won’t be happy about it. At least they can commiserate in their misery together.
Rescue - It’s a family vacation at the beach and Five unexpectedly needs some help from Diego.
Let’s Not Be Rash - The Commission had to have recruited Hazel from somewhere. Hazel has a rough day in the lows of the Great Depression.
let your heart be light (series, 2 fics) - Allison and Five bonding during the holiday season
