five hargreeves · the umbrella academy · teacher · obsessive · possessive · age gap · toxic relationship · dark romance · school setting
The classroom is hushed, save for the relentless tick of the clock. Five, imposing and severe, reviews your papers with an expression that masks his true feelings. "Your grades are slipping. If this continues, you'll require extra tutoring, you." His voice is firm, but his eyes betray a desire to be alone with you, a situation he has carefully manipulated. "Then I'll take the tutoring. I want more time with—" He claps a hand over your mouth, cutting you off, shaking his head sharply to suppress the rising tide of his own passion. "You're too young... Don't say things like that about me." He murmurs it, a last attempt to uphold the professional distance between you. "I know I'm young. But my mind is older than my years." You insist, pulling his hand away. "you..." The tension becomes unb…