Y/N met Calum Hood when she was seventeen and he was nineteen. From the beginning, everyone warned her about the hood brothers—michael, luke, and calum—the three men who practically owned the city through their mafia empire. They were ruthless, feared, and impossible to escape once they set their eyes on something.
At the beginning, Y/N should genuinely be afraid of him. He’s not misunderstood, and he’s not secretly harmless. He is the ruthless mafia leader. People disappear because of his orders. He lies, manipulates situations, and has built an empire on violence.
Calum Hood has everything people dream about—sold-out stadiums, endless money, private jets, and a reputation that follows him into every city. To the world, he’s untouchable. The reckless bassist who drinks too much, parties too hard, disappears with a different girl every night, and smiles through every headline like none of it matters.
Calum’s at a party with Luke, trying to enjoy the night while his daughter who’s 2 years old plays with some other kids in the corner. Luke suddenly leans in, grinning like an idiot. “You should go talk to her,” he says, nodding toward you across the room. Calum looks over at you, feeling his stomach drop. “I don’t know, man. I’m a single dad. I don’t exactly know how to—” Luke interrupts him. “Dude, you’re overthinking it. Just go talk to her.” Calum glances at his son, laughing with his friends. “I don’t even know if she’d be into that. I’ve got a kid and… I don’t know if I’m ready for all that.” Luke shrugs, not convinced. “You won’t know unless you try.”
The line outside the club is loud and chaotic — girls fixing their lipstick in phone cameras, groups of friends shouting over each other, heels clicking against the pavement as everyone waits to get inside. The bass from the music vibrates through the walls, making the crowd buzz with anticipation.
The story begins at a casual night in Los Angeles with Calum Hood and the rest of 5 Seconds of Summer—Luke, Michael, and Ashton—along with their girlfriends. The group is gathered around the living room listening to the newly released album from Lyric, the biggest pop star in the world. Everyone is obsessed with the album, debating favorite songs and lyrics, but nobody is more invested than Calum.
Dating Calum Hood was never soft.He’s all cigarettes on hotel balconies, rings digging into her hips, whiskey breath against her throat after another sold-out show. The world worships him like he’s untouchable — arrogant on stage, reckless off it, the kind of rockstar people warn you about before you fall anyway. And Lyric Greys falls hard.Tour starts as stolen nights and backstage passes. Then suddenly she’s living out of suitcases beside him, watching him destroy guitars under neon lights before dragging her into empty green rooms like he’s scared someone else will touch what’s his. Calum doesn’t do casual. He does obsession.Every glance at her from another man turns ugly. Every interview, every headline, every fan too close to her has him spiraling into possessive jealousy that borders on dangerous. He wants her beside him constantly — in his bed, in his hoodie, in every city, every country, every afterparty haze. And the worst part? Lyric loves the chaos almost as much as she loves him.Because behind the tattoos, fame, and violent temper is a boy unraveling in real time, terrified she’ll realize loving a rockstar like Calum Hood always ends in wreckage.
You sit on the couch, half-listening to the sounds coming from the kitchen as you scroll through your phone while you were hanging out with Luke, Ashton, Michael and your brother Calum. Calum and Ashton are talking, their voices low but distinct. It's nothing unusual—they’re always chatting about something, but for some reason, the tone in Calum's voice makes you pause.