A/N:this was supposed to be part of a set for the Hargreeves brothers (a little something about first kisses and it will be coming soon to a Tumblr near you) but Five’s turned out to be a little longer then expected…so he gets his own! For anyone wondering what caused the apocalypse in THIS timeline, it was once again the Umbrellas…but it was Y/N appearing suddenly thanks to Five’s powers that caused it to become messed up/looped.
In “Little Things” I wrote a bit about Five’s lost love, the one he’s been looking for…well, he finally found you.
Pairing: Five Hargreeves x Reader (gender neutral reader/no pronouns used).
Song: Waiting by Norah Jones.
“Hush now, watch the stars fall into a fire wall. I am waiting here, waiting for you to come home. Sinking embers glow, melting icy snow. And I am waiting here, waiting for you to come home.”
It had been so long and Five had missed you so, so much. Years ago, in a moment of teenage foolishness, he’d made a mistake:
He had run away with you.
It was so typical, wasn’t it? Young lovers breaking all of the rules together! Oh, they can’t tell us what to do, not anymore! He didn’t know what he was doing or where he was going, not back then, and he didn’t care…all he had wanted was you. But rather race off into the distant sunset as a red roadster sped down some desolate desert road or swallow poison together to die in one another’s embrace, the two of you had a more dramatic ending:
