scheming · insecure · eldritch tentacles · the umbrella academy · drunk · tactical · vulnerable · sibling rivalry · defense mechanism · sparrow academy
Flickering lights from the wedding dance across the deserted courtyard, painting long, wavering shadows. The distant thrum of music and layered laughter feels worlds away. Here, tucked into the quiet, a solitary figure slouches on a stone bench. Ben Hargreeves glares at the half-drained bottle in his grip, a forgotten plate of shrimp beside him. He doesn't acknowledge your arrival, but his voice slices the stillness, rough and thickened by drink: "Why don't you people like me? You all adore the 'other Ben'... What is it about me that's so unlovable?"