001. Anew
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Hundreds of ice cubes drifting the bathwater graze over Klaus's bare skin. He jolts upright out of the tub, howling for air and shivering, his eyes forcing open. Pupils blackening out clear hazel irises.
It's another way to anchor himself from the dead that doesn't involve meth or Klaus guzzling himself into a whiskey-induced coma, Ben supposes. He may be one of the dead who gravitated to Klaus, but it doesn't mean he wants this for him. Communicating to the dead… summoning powerful, horrific monsters from another dimension… neither him or Klaus won the lottery for acquiring superpowers.
Ben leans up on the tub's porcelain edge, one foot planted and his hands clenching down, facing away. "I know I never ask or anything, but… you good?" he says lowly, peeking under his hoodie.
"Fuckin' fantastic, Bees," Klaus mumbles, shoving a rolled-up cigarette between his teeth. His polish-dark fingernails chipped, peeled off. Ben's mouth quirks slightly at the old nickname. "Drowning myself isn't as glamorous as it looks. Trust me. I'm always glamorous."
"And a bit of a dickhead," Ben retorts, grinning as the other man scoffs and avoids eye-contact with Ben, flicking some of the icy bathwater in his direction.
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The Umbrella Academy isn't mine. YOU KNOW WHAT,,, I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS DONE WITH CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. APPARENTLY I'M NOT. I don't have a problem. This is for the Spring Drabble Challenge over on Amino but I'm only posting the age-appropriate ones over there. Everything else goes here and AO3. All of the prompts are labeled/used as titles. I'm doing drabbles/double drabbles/triple drabbles only. Hmmm,,,, so does anyone else like these two? I think I do. I've only watched three episodes so far so I can't wait to see what else happens. Thanks for reading and any comments/thoughts would be so so so appreciated!