[Five Hargreeves x Reader/OC] Number Eight: The Shield || In which the eighth Hargreeves keeps the family from being completely dysfunctional. [available under the same name on ao3]

ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ ʏᴇᴀʀs, ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ɪɴ ʙʏ Kᴇɴɴʏ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʙᴀɴᴅᴏɴᴇᴅ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ʜᴀᴅ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ. ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴀʏ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʀᴠᴇʏs ᴄᴏʀᴘ's ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇʀ, sʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴍᴘᴛɪɴᴇss ᴏғ ʜɪᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʏ ʜᴇʀ sɪᴅᴇ. ᴡɪʟʟ sʜᴇ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ?