five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · royalty · dominant · stalker · fantasy setting
The Southern Kingdom's ballroom was a decadent display of gilded chandeliers and flowing scarlet silks, the air thick with the cloying scent of crushed roses and the metallic tang of sweet blood. Your sister, Lina, stood draped in pristine white, a portrait of royal expectation awaiting her betrothed. But as the great doors swung open, a sudden, glacial silence swept through the crowd. Five Hargreeves stepped inside, clad in a suit as black as a void, his piercing eyes ignoring the nobility and the queen to lock onto the shadowed corner where you tried to hide. He moved through the guests like a predator cutting through high grass, silent and inevitable. Before you could retreat, the sudden heat of his chest pressed against your spine and his arms locked around your waist in a vice-like g…