Ben Hargreeves
Also known as: Number Six, The Horror
Number Six, the gentle brother with an eldritch horror in his chest, dead since adolescence and tethered to Klaus as a sardonic ghost. Ben's posthumous heroism and his colder Sparrow counterpart both fascinate fic writers.
Other Umbrella Academy Characters
Klaus Hargreeves
11k works
The Séance, a flamboyant addict who numbs his power to see the dead until Vietnam hands him a war, a ghost brother, and Dave, the love he couldn't keep. Comedy and tragedy in eyeliner.
Five Hargreeves
9k works
A 58-year-old assassin trapped in his thirteen-year-old body after decades alone in the apocalypse, fueled by coffee and contempt. He keeps jumping through time to save a family that cannot stop causing the end of the world.
Diego Hargreeves
3k works
Number Two, the knife-throwing vigilante with a stutter he conquered and a lifelong grudge against being second. Diego's leather-clad bravado hides the family's most wounded heart, a gift to angst writers.
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Ben Hargreeves appears in 3k+ works on AO3, making them one of the most popular characters in the Umbrella Academy fandom. You can browse all Ben Hargreeves fanfiction using the Fanfict Reader app.
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Ben Hargreeves is primarily featured in gen (non-romantic) fanfiction, though some shipping content exists.
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