tua drabbles
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afraid of heights (but you’re my parachute) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
16 Jul 2022
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“Oh,” he breathes, curling his fingers tighter in the stiff material they’re buried in. “Oh, it’s you.”
“Hey, Klaus,” Dave murmurs, smiling sweetly. “You sure took your time, didn’t you, darlin’?”
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AKA: Klaus decides fuck Reginald Hargreeves and meets Dave in the afterlife. That’s it. That’s the story.
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- Part 1 of tua drabbles
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if I cut myself open (baby you can read all my scars) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
18 Jul 2022
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“Is this about Ben?”
Klaus chokes on his next breath, and forces himself to keep breathing steadily through the ache in his chest. “C’mon, babe,” he says, deliberately light. “Thirty years later, I’m finally free of the bastard. Why would you think that?”
“‘He was just that kind of disaster that made him ridiculously easy to love,’” Five quotes, and Klaus silently curses himself.
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Amidst the chaos of the Hargreeves family wedding, Five and Klaus find a quiet moment to talk
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- Part 2 of tua drabbles
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when you sleep tonight (you’ll be in my dreams) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
20 Sep 2022
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Klaus and Dave spend a quiet day together painting mugs.
That’s it. That’s the whole fic.
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- Part 3 of tua drabbles
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everyone’s trying to dig our grave (we carry on) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
18 Jan 2023
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“The world ends in eight days,” Five says finally. “And I have no idea how to stop it.”
Their siblings erupt, and Klaus shares a look with Ben before their eyes seek out Viktor.
Viktor is already staring at them, brows raised.
Are you going to tell them, or am I?“About that,” Klaus says, and four pairs of eyes snap towards them. “I think we already have.”
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Or, Klaus and Viktor against the world.
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- Part 4 of tua drabbles
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i lay myself down at the feet of your beauty by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
26 Feb 2023
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Klaus is drenched in blood and sweat, staring at the most beautiful man he’s ever seen, and he thinks-
He thinks-
Fuck.
This is going to hurt.
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- Part 5 of tua drabbles
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i see you’re bleeding (promise you’ll hold my hand) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
31 Mar 2023
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There’s a knock at the door.
Hands fumbling the locked doorknob.
A hitched sob, the familiar thud of a forehead hitting the door.
“Diego,” Klaus mumbles. Another shaking sob; quiet, like he’s either trying not to cry or trying not to let Diego know he is. “Di,” he tries again. “Please. Let me in. I need- I need you to let me in.”
Diego rests his forehead against the cool wood and, for one tremulous moment, debates just…not opening the door.
“I thought-” Klaus continues, voice thick. “I thought I saw him. It looked just like him.” He laughs, but it’s not a very pleasant sound. It’s choked and strained and so, so tired.
“Ben told me it wasn’t him, but I would have sworn-”
Diego opens the door.
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Or, a quiet moment between Klaus and Diego on the anniversary of Five’s disappearance.
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- Part 6 of tua drabbles
- Part 2 of people giving a shit about Klaus
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bury my heart in the coals (and hold me still) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away, Martisz
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
01 Jun 2023
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“I love you,” Klaus whispers, voice reverent. “I love you, I love you, I love you.”
Dave should feel guilty. He should. He knows that. Because he may love Klaus, but he’s still tricking him. He’s still working for the Commission. He’s still-
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, fuck.
And in one single, catastrophizing moment, Dave realizes two things.
One; he can never, ever go back to the Commission.
Two; he is hopelessly, ridiculously, terrifyingly in love with Klaus Hargreeves.
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Or, what would happen if Commission Agent David Katz was sent to be Vanya’s Harold Jenkins, but shifted his target to Klaus instead. Somewhere along the line, his heart starts outweighing his duty, and he falls head over heels in love with his target.
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- Part 7 of tua drabbles
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i’ll get happy instead (can’t wait until I jump off this ledge) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
14 Jul 2023
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“I suppose I could try to conjure up dear ol’ dad. Any particular reason?” He says finally, and Ben finds himself wanting to scream in frustration, in anguish, because don’t they know what they’re asking of him?
Ben may not like his brother very much sometimes, but he still loves him (dearly, maybe more than any of them), and asking him to do this is- it’s-
”You’d better hope I can stop him,” he snarls at his siblings.
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Or, what would happen if Luther asked Klaus to summon Reggie, not knowing how he spoke to him last time, and what would happen if Klaus agreed.Series
- Part 8 of tua drabbles
- Part 1 of Fay & Kyli's shared brain worms
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i’m all tangled up (in you) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
30 Jul 2023
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Diego settles into an easy, loose stance on the mat, and waves Katz forward.
“Your move, solider,” he says, rolling his shoulders back, shifting his stance to the balls of his feet, ready to counter whatever it is Katz throws at him, but-
between one blink and the next-
before he can even try to counter-
He’s on the ground.
“Wanna tell me what this is really about, Diego?” Katz finally questions, head tilted and brows raised.
Diego bares his teeth in what only technically counts as a smile, and demands, “do you love him?”
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Or, five times the Hargreeves siblings underestimate Dave Katz, and one time they don’t.
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- Part 9 of tua drabbles
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i find shelter in the words i never said by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
04 Oct 2023
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“I love you.”
The words crack through the air like a gunshot; sharp, pinpoint pain slips through the spaces between his ribs and punctures his lungs and he can’t fucking breathe.
“What?”
“I love you,” Dave repeats like it’s as easy as breathing; like he hasn’t just ripped apart the foundation Klaus has carefully, meticulously built his world on; like he hasn’t torn down every wall Klaus has ever built, crumbled every shield and laid him bare, defenseless, afraid.
“You don’t. You can’t.” Klaus says hollowly, and Dave huffs a quiet laugh.
“That how we’re gonna play this, huh, Hargreeves?” He asks, a wry twist to his lips. “Why, then?”
“Because I don’t love you, Dave,” he says as steadily as he can and it’s- it isn’t true, but that doesn’t matter.
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- Part 10 of tua drabbles
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i will ruin you (it’s a habit I can’t help) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
16 Oct 2023
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Klaus tries to stay away.
But he’s never had a drug like Dave, and he’s always been so very weak; he’s fighting a losing battle and god, is he going to lose.
“It doesn’t mean anything,” Klaus pants harshly against Dave’s lips, grinding into the strong thigh shoved between his legs. “It doesn’t, it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”
“Who you tryin’ to convince, darlin’?” Dave breathes into his mouth. “Me, or yourself?”
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- Part 11 of tua drabbles
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the sun still shines (broken bells still ring) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
19 Dec 2023
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Klaus is kind, and charming, and vulnerable, and a little jagged around the edges, but he doesn’t let his own darkness cast shadows on others. He’s sunlight casting rainbows through stained glass; art in its purest, simplest form. Soft and genuine and open hearted- not because of, but in spite of and it’s so goddamn awe inspiring.
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Klaus loves Dave, and Dave loves Klaus, and together they try to navigate their own broken parts to make themselves whole.
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- Part 12 of tua drabbles
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unravelling (the glow that once was dim) by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
15 Jan 2024
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They build a life atop cracked sidewalk filled with resin and flowers; once broken, but mended with strength and beauty. Reforged into something resolute and resilient.
And then-
And then-
Dave dies.
And everything they spent so long carefully, tenderly rebuilding, crumbles down around Klaus’s shoulders.
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Dave dies. Klaus…learns some things about himself.In between it all, he’s just trying not to drown.
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- Part 13 of tua drabbles
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dance a lightless dance by Eternal_Peace_is_Overrated for So_Runs_the_World_Away
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
07 Apr 2024
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Sometimes, Klaus can’t look at Dave.
Because Dave’s eyes are blue like Klaus’s glowing hands, like the ghosts trying to drag him down and bury him, ruin him, unmake him.
Sometimes, he can’t look at Dave because Dave’s eyes carry all the worst parts of Klaus.
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Sometimes, Klaus can’t look at Dave. And sometimes, Dave thinks Klaus can’t look at him because he’s seen all the worst parts of Dave, and he hates him for itSeries
- Part 14 of tua drabbles