The Umbrella Academy One Shot

Y/E/N- Your Ex's Name

If the childhood version of you could see you now, they would be beyond baffled how you ended up where you were now. You had been friends with Diego for as long as you could remember and although you had had a crush on him for the majority of your teen years, you had always put your friendship first, that was until you were in your late twenties, freshly broken up and desperate for any form of intimacy. It wasn't that you turned to him in your time of sexual need, but he was there and happy to help. There wasn't really a spoken rule between you. You hooked up regularly but outside of that, you were still the best of friends and freely able to pursue relationships with others.

It seemed like a perfect arrangement at first. You had your best friend but also had someone that fulfilled your needs without the stress of having to form a romantic relationship with them. Without a clear set of rules foe the two of you, you started to feel obliged to go on dates with men, men you didn't like and knew you'd never see again but at least to Diego it would look like you weren't complacent with the current arrangement.

You weren't fooling him though and you certainly weren't fooling yourself. You had become complacent. You enjoyed sleeping with him and you enjoyed spending time with him. It had formed into what a relationship should be just without the label or explicit romance, even including what would be considered dates just without the name.

Once again Diego had turned up to your front door, turned on and knowing the best place to turn. You happily obliged and the two of you lost yourselves to time and each other's bodies until you were collapsed in the messy sheets of your bed.

"Didn't you have a date tonight?" You questioned, your breathing still heavy as you lay in your bed.

He shrugged his shoulders, shifting to prop himself up on one shoulder. "It was pretty boring. What about you? Are you not seeing that guy again? What's his name... Jake?"

"Jack," you corrected. "Our date went just as well as all of the ones I've been on, honestly... it's just ever since me and Y/E/N broke up... I haven't really had much luck with the whole... dating thing."

Diego leaned in, pressing his lips to your neck, trailing them up towards your ear with small fluttering kisses.

"Well until then, we have something pretty good," he chuckled, the laughter sending a shiver down your spine.

You tried to keep your mind on the conversation, but it did struggle to stay on the matter when he was doing anything to send you back into a primal spiral.

"Maybe that's the problem," you sighed. "Nothing can beat this."

He pulled away, cocking an eyebrow at you.

"I thought the deal was no feelings?" He asked.

You curled your knees up to your chest. "What if I broke that deal?"

Diego took a moment before a smile appeared on his face. His hand gently moved up to your cheek, far gentler than he had every been with you, something that felt almost intimate, loving.

"And what if I did to?"

For the first time, you leaned closer, pressing your lips together in a sweet kiss, the one thing that had been off the table for all the time you'd been in this arrangement.

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Written by Charlotte.