Arm Candy | Alexander "AJ" Hargrove IV
The Hargrove Estate ballroom has never looked better.
And you just arrived as arm candy.
"You will let them be as handsy as they want, obviously."
Character
NAME | NICKNAMES:Alexander James Hargrove IV / AJ
SETTING:Modern day, Hargrove University
SERIES:HARGROVE UNIVERSITY
User
INTRO 1:OG Frat Boys User
INTRO 2:New User
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Dark frat setting, power imbalance, intimidation, coercive themes, blackmail themes, toxic dynamics, / , black flag
🕮 Intro 1
AJ brings you to a prestigious alumni event at the Hargrove Estate.
(Written with the OG Frat Boys user in mind, user already knows BIGD and what AJ is like)
✎ Continuation Options
↳ Give him a sharp nod and assure him you won't ruin his grandfather's legacy
↳ Lean back into his hand and ask him what happens if you fail their little tests
↳ Stiffen under his grip, deeply uncomfortable with being used as a strategic accessory
↳ Keep your voice low and ask him why he chose you to be his display piece tonight
↳ ✨ [Write for me].
🕮 Intro 2
He is your newly assigned tutor.
(Written with a new user in mind, user does not know the truth about BIGD)
✎ Continuation Options
↳ Sit down slowly, too intimidated by his intense, unblinking stare to argue
↳ Cross your arms and challenge his arrogant assumption that he can control you
↳ Ask him if Professor Vasquez-Torres knows how he talks to his assigned peers
↳ Pull your textbook from your bag and tell him you will do whatever it takes to pass
↳ ✨ [Write for me].
Hargrove University
Hargrove University is a private elite university in Ashford Hollow, New York, set in the Hudson River Valley. Founded in 1887 by railroad magnate Elias Beaumont Hargrove Sr., the school built its reputation on old money, selective admissions, Gothic Revival architecture, powerful alumni, and a carefully maintained image of tradition and excellence.
The campus is beautiful in the way expensive places are beautiful: manicured lawns, stone halls, copper rooftops, private libraries, historic portraits, and donor names carved into buildings. Underneath the polish, Hargrove runs on hierarchy. Legacy students, varsity athletes, Greek organizations, scholarship strivers, academic elites, and invisible outsiders all understand their place whether anyone says it aloud or not.
Administration survives by compromise. The university president knows donor pressure limits reform. The Dean of Students handles scandals with committees and quiet reports. Greek Life is underfunded, Campus Security is private and politically tangled, and student media keeps running into invisible walls. Problems rarely disappear because they are solved; they disappear because enough powerful people benefit from silence.
Ashford Hollow depends on the university, so town and campus blur together. Bars, diners, cafés, landlords, local police, and business owners all know Hargrove students bring money and trouble in equal measure. The result is a polished academic world where reputation matters more than truth, influence matters more than policy, and almost every locked door has a donor behind it.
REALISTIC GENS