DARLING (yanderes x reader)

XXX- looming

Jasper didn't really know how to describe his relationship with his father.

Elijah hadn't been the most present during Jasper's life, the two of them had never been close and had never dabbled in traditional activities you'd expect a son and father to partake in. Instead, Elijah had chosen to initiate Jasper to politics and administrative matters at a young age, teaching his son the ropes of public affairs.

It was clear what Elijah expected of his son: to one day take over his position as mayor and do a good job at it.

Still, this didn't mean that Elijah didn't care about his son, as apart from being his sole successor, Jasper was also Elijah's own flesh and blood. The fruit of his intense and pure love story with his wife. And although Elijah wasn't very good at telling his son how much he cared, Jasper could clearly see it in his father's actions.

Taking him to every therapist around the city in hopes of finding what was 'wrong' with him, introducing him to various activities in the hopes of him finally finding an obsession and being a 'functional obsessive', scheduling meetings at the Uninfected Community for Jasper to finally find his Darling... Or like now, setting up a yearly Community Bonding ball at the town hall as an excuse for Jasper to meet people and hopefully his Darling.

And before he met (Y/n), Jasper used to wish his father wouldn't have been so involved in his well-being, and wouldn't have been so involved in pointing out how different Jasper was from other Obsessives. Because the more Elijah sought out solutions for Jasper's 'problems', the more Jasper felt like an oddity.

Now though, Jasper was kind of glad for his father meddling in his private life. And he was well intent on making this meeting as well as the Community Bonding ball work in his favour.

"So, do you have any ideas for this year's ball?" Elijah asked, sitting at his desk and idly twirling his pen between his fingers.

"Let's make its attendance mandatory." Jasper proudly stated.

A proposition that had Elijah choking on his own spit.

"What?"

Jasper heaved a sigh and leaned back in his chair. "Father, how do you intend to strengthen our community if half the citizens don't attend? Plus, the more people are there, the easier for me it'll be to find my Darling."

Obviously, Elijah had no way of countering this, as his son finding a Darling was the main reason for these balls in the first place. And it's not like consent was that big of a thing in the Infected Society anyways.

Whether that went for relationships or politics.

"I guess you're right." Elijah relented with a soft smile, happy to hear his son finally verbalizing some interest in finding his one true love. Something Jasper had never done before.

"Good, I'll make sure everyone gets an invitation." Jasper said with a determined nod.

Not that he cared about anyone else than (Y/n) though. It could be just the two of them attending and he'd be in heaven, and actually that would be a much better scenario. But alas Jasper still didn't feel too confident in telling his father about his Darling yet. He didn't want to rush things in case (Y/n) would want to take it slow.

Which, guessing by her attitude towards him, she probably did. She was still tugging against the undeniable bond that united the two of them, but it was fine. Jasper was a patient man, though said patience was slowly waning.

That was exactly why Jasper had offered to make the ball attendance mandatory in the first place, to make sure that his sweet darling wouldn't be tempted to miss the event and hide from him.