Best Diego Hargreeves Protective Fanfics
The best protective fanfiction featuring Diego Hargreeves (Umbrella Academy) on AO3, curated by popularity. The devotion and care it demonstrates, the safety and security it provides, and the romantic implications of fierce protection.
Top Diego Hargreeves Protective Fic Recs
3 protective fics featuring Diego Hargreeves, followed by other top-rated stories.
The House That Built Them
Protectiveby PetuniaViolet · Diego/Lila
“I’m pregnant, but nice leather jacket.” Diego dropped it and grabbed her shoulders to keep her steady, and Vanya flinched a little when he leaned down to face her closer. “You’re fucking what?!” he whispered harshly.-or: Vanya gets pregnant when she's 21 and it changes (almost) everything.[PRE-TRAN
Boiling Blood
Protectiveby NightP79 · Diego/Lila
Klaus was not easy to anger.But, what happens when he does?(TUA S3 SPOILERS!!!)I just wanted Klaus to have his telekinesis :(
Which one of you fuckers is immortal!
Protectiveby bugskis · Diego/Lila
“Okay, what the fuck was that? Which one of you fuckers is immortal?” Lila lets out with a coarse rasp. Or,Lila ends up copying Klaus and gets an outcome nobody expected.
A Happy Medium
by buildoblivion · Diego/Lila
Klaus is okay. He's always okay. Nothing to see here, he's fine.Except Ben is gone, the whole timeline is royally fucked, and some asshole is out there wearing his brother's face.Now the Hargreeves are stuck in a 2019 that's the same but not quite, and while the rest of the Academy unites to get the
Suffer a Similar Fate
by So_Runs_the_World_Away · Diego/Lila
After a month of silence, Diego's girlfriend showed up at 2:00 in the morning on Klaus' doorstep. "I need your help." Klaus blinked sleepily at her, still half-asleep and more confused than fearing for his life (considering she'd tried to kill his family). Then his bleary eyes took in the way she wa
Starting Anew
by SkyeBean · Diego/Lila
In the months post-season 3, the Hargreeves siblings are trying to adjust to this new world. They get jobs, and move in together, and start learning to live without their powers.And Five has to go to high school.
From One Apocalypse to Another
by y_oruko · Diego/Lila
Five lost his siblings to the void of time when he recklessly tried bringing them all to travel back in time. The plan bit him in the ass and he ended up getting spat out in a zombie apocalypse. Everything just kept going downhill from there, for him and everyone else.--- ---Rick didn't know what to
'we watched our lives on the screen' | The Umbrella Academy reacts to the future
by Anxious_b1sexual_screaming · Diego/Lila
When Five jumps through the portal, he falls into a pocket dimension. He finds himself in a theater with his siblings and their younger selves. In order to get back home they must watch scenes from their futures and figure out what the hell happened.orThe siblings and their younger selves have to wa
remember when
by allucinoctis · Diego/Lila
whilst a lonely old man wanders through the aftermath of an apocalypse searching for his soulmate, you're left wondering why the hell yours is named after a fucking number. you regret holding that grudge because you soon find out he literally manipulated time to save the world, and find you. {au!fiv
well aren't you a miracle
by aheartofkyber · Diego/Lila
“You don’t get it. How does no one else get it?” Klaus said as he made his way further into the store. “Mark my words, brother dear. This is going to be one of those times where it turns out I have some super secret insight and all of you are going to regret not listening to me.” He thought for a mo
Always the Traveler
by TheSageRaven · Diego/Lila
And truth be told, they were better off without him. They’d been getting on nicely in this new timeline. But Five wasn’t fit for a life of rest. When you spend your whole life running, crawling, grasping for an ultimate goal, how do you learn to stay still once you’ve achieved it? How do you learn t
Trouble Child
by ToriAnne · Diego/Lila
The tentative peace between the Hargreeves siblings and their father is disrupted when Klaus returns from an unexplained trip to the afterlife with his powers restored. In the ensuing struggle, Klaus could be Five’s greatest advantage, which turns him into Reginald’s number one target.Hargreeves no
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Diego Hargreeves in Protective Fanfiction
Diego Hargreeves — Number Two, the knife-throwing vigilante with a stutter he conquered and a lifelong grudge against being second. Diego's leather-clad bravado hides the family's most wounded heart, a gift to angst writers.
Protective — One character goes to great lengths to protect another from physical, emotional, or other harm. Protection can be obvious or secretive.
The devotion and care it demonstrates, the safety and security it provides, and the romantic implications of fierce protection. Diego Hargreeves's (also known as Number Two, The Kraken) role in Umbrella Academy makes them a natural fit for protective storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in Umbrella Academy fanfiction.
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