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in this fic, i’m gonna be dividing it up into acts. each act is how their feelings develop for one another, so when there’s a new act you can expect a new aspect of their dynamic. i hope that makes sense.
also!! (y/n) will mainly be referred to as number eight. it's easier to write with, plus i have a plan for it and a reason, but i'll still be using (y/n) from time to time though.
on the topic of eight's age, i wanted to address why i'm making her age sixteen. before i begin, pedophilia is wrong in every single way, shape, and form. i believe we are all aware of that. a thirteen has no sense of maturity to understand what is wrong and right in the sense of elder people coming onto them, obviously. five, however, has already gone through puberty and his teen years, he is a 58-year-old man. he understands consent and he understands right from wrong in that sense. the reason i want to write eight as being sixteen is i'm going to tie the situation she wakes up from to the jennifer incident and ben's death. her consciousness's age is twenty-nine. that being said, i plan to age up five to fifteen, just to make myself more comfortable with writing. if you have a problem with any of this, either choose not to read this fic or leave, i don't care about your unnecessary comments.
there will also be no smut in this, as i am uncomfortable with writing that. it will be purely fluff, angst, and slow burn.
on the topic of eight's powers, just imagine a severely watered down danny phantom and you're right on the money. if you had ever hoped there to be a fic where reader and klaus are besties, you've come to the right place.
P.S. the klaus/reader is just for backstory purposes, when eight was younger. this is a five/reader and will end that way.
i also do not own any of the umbrella academy or its characters! if you have any other comments that should be shared, please share them here.
besides that, enjoy!