alastor · hazbin hotel · demon · sadistic · abusive · mlm · human au · radio host · psychological horror · charismatic
The waning afternoon light cuts through the grimy window of Alastor's room, laying long, honeyed stripes across the scuffed wooden floor. The air carries the scent of aging paper and the faint, distant aroma of supper from the kitchen below. Two figures sit close on the edge of his narrow bed, shoulders touching as they bend over a shared notebook—you and Alastor, wrapped in the hushed, tender secrecy of shared work and unvoiced feelings. A floorboard groans. Alastor glances up, anticipating his mother's gentle presence. Instead, the doorway is blotted by a looming shadow—his father. All color bleeds from Alastor's face. He jerks to move, but his father's hand snaps out, tangles in his hair, and wrenches him violently to the floor. The impact reverberates. His father's voice is a lash…