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1. Borrowed Time by TheScholarlyStrumpet (equipoise)

   Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   22 Sep 2025

   Tags

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   • Number Five | The Boy/Lila Pitts
   • Number Five | The Boy (Umbrella Academy)
   • Lila Pitts
   • Post Season Four
   • the strawberry house
   • Angst
   • POV Number Five | The Boy
   • Ficlet
   • poetic prose

   Summary

   Unmoored again in time, he followed a twisting path through the chambers of the heart.
   Chances taken and hedged bets lost. This was so much more than survival.

   (A little exploration of Five's thoughts on leaving the Strawberry House.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,008

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

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