Umbrella Academy Fanfiction
Netflix's adaptation of Gerard Way's comics about seven super-powered adoptees reuniting after their abusive billionaire father's death — and promptly causing several apocalypses. The fanfic fandom is overwhelmingly family-first: sibling-bonding fic, Klaus sobriety arcs, Five's old-man-in-a-teenager tragedy, and fix-its for every timeline the Hargreeves break. Ben's ghosthood and resurrection variants give writers grief material in every direction, and time travel makes any era — the Academy childhood, 1960s Dallas — fair game.
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What is Umbrella Academy fanfiction?
Umbrella Academy fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the The Umbrella Academy universe. With over 20,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Umbrella Academy is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Five Hargreeves, Klaus Hargreeves, Viktor Hargreeves, Diego Hargreeves, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Umbrella Academy Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Umbrella Academy stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
The Final Countdown
by sunflower_in_june16
The rewrite of season 4 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy because I still refuse to accept that it's canon. (oh and it's mostly Five's pov) THE IDEA: Season 4 *but* Five gets a puppy (and everything makes sense). Read it or I'll haunt you in your sleep.Enjoy!
Sweet as Honey
by StarryNight34
Tigers raised in captivity recognise their caged life as normalcy, but that does not stop them from running once the door is left open.She couldn't have known it, but the second The Handler decided to cross the strings of fate of her two best assassins for the greater good of the company, she had ma
Tales from Oblivion
by lycansbian
Following the near-miss apocalypse at Icarus, the White Violin is thrown into Hotel Oblivion alongside the remnants of Orchestra Verdammten. The Hotel residents take to the shift in their own way, divided between understanding and hating the Violin. Tate is the orchestra's third chair French horn, a
The Umbrella Academy || FIVE HARGREEVES
by AliceDanvers092203
The Black Directive taught her how to survive. The cosmic energy surging through her veins taught her how to destroy. But nothing prepared Jenna for the chaotic disaster that is the Hargreeves family. Five thinks she's a nuisance. She thinks he's an arrogant brat with a god complex. But in a race ag
The Apocalypse Archive (Of Our Own)
by Zuko_liz
A collection of connected chapters where Five gets 'classified files' about their lives through Diego's email to try and figure out any clues for the next apocalypse. Little does he know his anonymous helper is just a fanfic reader from another world sending their favourites to someone they assume i
Go Easy on Me
by SailorGreySparrow
Eight remembers training, remembers listening to Reginald's talks on split-second decisions. She can hear the lecture in her head, how he'd warned that once you make those choices—by planning or on instinct—it's near impossible to change your mind in time.orElora’s first kill as a Sparrow.
Spit In My Face
by Zuko_liz
The world didn't end. Ben died. Everything looks back to normal. But it isn't. They've been replaced by a completely new Academy, and nobody takes kindly to that. Right before they fight, Jayme spits hallucinogenic venom on Diego. It does something... different. Not the good kind of different. OR: J
what if I'm far from home
by inkandstone
The last time he had seen Seven, there had been a short, mouse-like girl who hide behind the world with bangs. Who played the violin like a master, but stuttered around her siblings. Who longed to join them on missions, but never included in any family picture. Who seemed to shrink more and more unt
We Need an Umbrella
by icanthinkofausername
The Icarus Theatre jump gone wrong.Allison fell. She fell and she fell and she wondered. Is this what Five feels like all the time? It was a fast feeling, like she was sticking her head out of a car window, but all over. Her fingers felt tingly, like pins and needles. Allison felt all of that and mo
Deck The Academy Halls
by Zuko_liz
Klaus suggests it. Which is how they know it isnt going to end well. "We should do Christmas this year." OR A Christmas special posted on April Fools. Angst, whump, fluff, comfort, a reunion with a lost brother, gambling, and secret Santas ensue when the Hargreeves decide normal life isn't exciting
Northern Downpour
by PoggersBruv
- 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. - Kicked this idea around in my head for a while, happy to finally have the motivation to write it. Sticks
Dance Macabre
by seaside_cow
“They said you’d vanished,” he said, fingers interlocked, looking up at her from below. Number Eight studied his face for a few moments, unreadable — not a flicker of emotion crossed her features.“They weren’t wrong,” the girl replied after a pause, still watching him. Then she turned away from Five
Wandering, But Not Lost.
by PotatoHuman17
Or the Umbrella Academy universe where years before reuniting with his siblings. Klaus joins a rock band and moves to England. *** “As of last night, the beloved mystery band The Wandering Souls has finished their world tour in their hometown of London at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. The six-piece
Every other day I'm wondering, what's a human being gotta be like?
by A4Le
"Because everyday, she would grow more used to the everlasting loneliness, her crave of love and communication diminishing as days went by and no signs of chance were in sight. Was it what she deserved or what she was used to, or was there even a difference?" Viktor/Vanya as a teenager, forced to ta
Should I stay or should I go now?(Volume 1)
by Ambrachan24
When something goes wrong with time travel and Klaus ends up in his thirteen-year-old body in the middle of Hawkins 1983, his only plan is to wait for his siblings to find him and not go crazy from withdrawal.The Upside Down has other plans.O: As if the apocalypse wasn't enough, Klaus finds himself
In The Afternoon
by Zuko_liz
Nothing but domestic bliss ensues when Diego and Lila both have a long day at work. Short and sweet. OR My first time writing the Hargreeves not suffering cinematically.
Once Upon An End
by Zuko_liz
The past holds everyone down, even after the end of the world. OR Learning to live, nurture, and find new meaning in a world that doesn't need you anymore.
Twice Upon a Timeline
by MidIsTheBestNight
When the Hargreeves siblings made their desperate leap through time at the end of Season 1, something went wrong — terribly, beautifully wrong for Vanya. While her brothers and sister tumbled into whenever Five's powers sent them, Vanya's consciousness took a different path entirely, landing her som
Always the Traveler
by TheSageRaven
And truth be told, they were better off without him. They’d been getting on nicely in this new timeline. But Five wasn’t fit for a life of rest. When you spend your whole life running, crawling, grasping for an ultimate goal, how do you learn to stay still once you’ve achieved it? How do you learn t
Xavier academy or H-men: X-men umbrella academy crossover in 1964
by Wasteful_void
Take season 2 of umbrella academy and instead of Dallas, they end up in the x-men's 1964 New York.
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Klave
Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz
Klaus time-traveled into the Vietnam War and found the one person who made him want to stay: Dave, who died in his arms in a firefight. The Umbrella Academy's most sincere romance exists almost entirely in flashback, which is precisely why fic keeps rescuing it.
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Diego/Lila
Diego Hargreeves/Lila Pitts
The knife-throwing vigilante meets his match in a Commission-raised chaos agent who mirrors any power she touches — including his ego. From asylum meet-cute to married parents across apocalypses, theirs is the Umbrella Academy's most functional dysfunction.
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How many Umbrella Academy fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 20,000 Umbrella Academy fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
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Popular Umbrella Academy pairings include Klave, Diego/Lila. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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