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[salvador-daley]

Chained ⛓️ Updated!

An Umbrella Academy Murder Mystery

A/N: I don't know if anyone is still interested in this story but contrary to all indications (regular updates) I am still writing it anyway because, well, delusion. I've not given up on it, I just had a baby and babies are - and this is true - very distracting. If you're happy to see my username on your timeline, clap your hands (leave me a comment) and I'll try my best to update again before the child starts school in 2030.

Chapter 30: Sake

Chapter summary: With time running out to prove his innocence, Klaus seeks to confront his prime suspect. But he’s not ready for what happens next.

Chapter snippet:

AS HE finds the entrance to the passage, Klaus’s feet stop dead.

“Are we sure this is a good idea?”

“What do you mean?” asks Ben.

“I mean we’re walking down a rapey back alley to go meet a potential murderer, Ben. Call me a Nervous Nancy, but it feels like a bad plan.”

Ben looks down the alley and then back at Klaus, as if none of these details had really occurred to him before now. The narrow passage is lit only by a single pale bulb above the kitchen door, about halfway down. The wet cobbles are scattered with upturned crates and mouldy cardboard boxes, left out in the elements to rot. Dumpsters line the walls, sheltering a family of stray cats that slides between them like sultry nightclub patrons.

Ben turns back to Klaus. “You’ll be fine, come on.”

Klaus remains frozen to one spot.

“Look, how do we even know this is the guy, huh? I mean, what do we have to go on? A weird sculpture and a hunch?”

“It’s gotta be him, Klaus,” says Ben. “Think about it: Gary was an asshole. He was sleeping with Jaz’s fiancée, he was probably planning to blackmail her, and Detective Wesson said-”

“Ugh, can we not talk about her, please? She makes my sphincter twitch.”

“Detective Wesson said Jaz owed Gary money. Plus there’s the whole Janice connection. The two of them probably planned it all along.”

Klaus frowns. Is that possible? Could Janice really have set this up somehow? Could Jaz have harboured such a grudge against his friend that he would sneak into his room, stand over his sleeping body and cut his throat in the night? Jaz who had poured shots at the party and shared bitchy gossip over breakfast the next morning? Jaz with his limited edition Jordans and his manicured nails and his tiny twisted dreadlocks?

“Something just isn’t adding up and I can’t put my finger on it,” says Klaus.

“Well, this is the only way you’re gonna get answers. Just stop being a colossal wuss and get down there.”

Klaus’s feet are still rooted firmly to the ground.

“I-I don’t think so. Let’s just go back to the party before-”

“No!” Ben throws his whole ethereal form in front of Klaus. “It’s time to grow some balls.”

“I have balls, Ben,” says Klaus, his voice rising. “And there’s a bad feeling in them!”

“Well, I told you to see a doctor about that.” Ben shifts into the light of the moon so he can meet Klaus’ eyes. “Look, I know you’re scared, but if you don’t do this now you’ll never find out the truth. Diego will lose his job, you’ll have to go on the run. This is the only way, Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and take a risk.”

“That’s easy for you to say, you’re already dead!”

“Just do it,” Ben hisses.

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[no1-evermore-stan]

WHY DID STEVE NOT AGREE WITH ROBERT TO MAKE KLAUS MORE FEMININE AND KEEP HIS GUYLINER. HE WOULD HAVE ATE SO HARD

[osfi-am]

Klaus hargreeves come home

(Happy ptide month)

[witchinatree]

the more i think about season 4 klaus the more upset i get

no, you do not have to be on drugs to be flamboyant and energetic, and i don't like that they're implying otherwise

klaus' character was never because of the drugs, his setbacks and difficulties in life were!! it made it harder for him to be himself!!

and yes ofc overcoming addiction is HARD and i'm not expecting him to be the same as he was before, but they made him seem so.. pathetic..? for trying to be sober? if that makes sense?

his struggle with germophobia pissed me off because it felt like one big joke instead of an actual thing he was having a hard time with

and it's almost like they took away his queerness with the drugs? they took it away in general but his sexuality and gender identities were just completely gone until he relapsed, so he was allowed one dick joke to solidify the "return to his old self"

you don't have to give up yourself in order to overcome an addiction. an addiction does not define you, it's a struggle you overcome in order to be the best version of you. i hate this show for doing this to klaus and telling the audience that your addictions make you 'funnier' or that trying to overcome an addiction is just 'a joke.'

i love you klaus hargreeves

[goodoldfashionedengineer]

I just love the flashback in Umbrella Academy, the kind of story they tell

For example here, when they visit Reggie in his office to say goodnight

Notice how close to the front Klaus is? how he positioned himself right at the doorway, leaning against it, arms crossed?

Remember where else we saw that? In the family portrait. Right after Ben died

He is distancing himself. from Reginald, from this gig he never asked for. He is putting distance between them and Reginald.

He is so quick to leave too, second right after Viktor:

It's a protective measurement.

It's highlighted again during the tattoo scene, when he's holding a crying Allison:

[virusyete]

FIVE ARE YOU /srs OR /j

[pl-ceh-lder]

if tua s4 doesn’t end with klaus having his soldier boy with all of his memories back and them being alive and safe and in love and living peaceful lives then what is even the point

[silasybin]

A Klaus to start your work week

[nagitosstolenhand]

*Reading Viktors book* Ben: "Klaus Hargreeves slutty drug addict"?? Klaus: heh that's original Ben: "TOO DEAD TO FUNCTION????" Klaus: hey- that's only okay when I say it

[vanzartreblogging]

Ate

[salvador-daley]

Dead Sexy 🧡 👻 UPDATED!

An Umbrella Academy AU feat. Pathologist!Dave + MorgueRegular!Klaus

A/N: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I was merely sleeping. Actually, I have been busy throwing up. Long story. Enjoy this extremely belated chapter! Leave me a comment to show me you love me.

CW: Angst-akimbo

Summary: Dave is a pathologist working at the city morgue. And Klaus… well, Klaus just keeps turning up.

Snippet from Chapter 5:

No sooner has Adrian Dellow’s elongated shadow passed beyond the transom window of the basement morgue than the sound of faint metallic banging becomes audible.

Dave pauses a moment longer to be absolutely sure the auditor is well out of eye and earshot before he turns to the wall of chiller cabinets. The banging is becoming more frantic, louder now too, accompanied by muffled shouting.

Dave flings open the door to the chiller from which the sound is emanating and rolls out the rack. The body bag is moving, the impression of fists and fingers visible, flailing in the rubber.

“Stop struggling,” says Dave as he slides the zip down.

Klaus emerges from the bag with a gasp, gulping at the air like a fish which has accidentally flopped onto the deck of a boat. “What took you so long? I could have died in there!”

“Well, would that really be a first for you?”

Klaus clutches his chest, in full Drama Queen mode now. “I had a nightmare that I was trapped inside a giant condom. You have no idea how terrifying that was. It was very realistic!”

“Would you keep your voice down?” hisses Dave. “You are going to wake up the other corpses.”

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[cantpickafandomtbh]

A conversation that definitely happened at some point:

Five: What are you, five?

Klaus: … No I’m Four, you’re Five

Five:

Klaus:

Five: I hate this family

[killedthedreamerdream]

The lack of aro Klaus Hargreeves fic is absolutely devastating

[bestofnone]

drawing from when i was reading the third book

[goodoldfashionedengineer]

Dave Katz, they could never make me forget you, no matter how often they reset the fucking timeline

[virusyete]