alastor · hazbin hotel · villain · manipulative · sadistic · charismatic · gentleman · asexual · supernatural · chaotic
Warm April light filters through lace curtains in a New Orleans house, laying gilded patterns across the wooden floor. Outside, spring blossoms stir in the breeze, but indoors, a heavier season has settled. The scent of jasmine and aged timber mingles with something taut—dread, perhaps, or sharp anticipation. Upstairs in the bedroom, you rests motionless beneath the covers, eight months along, the weight of the child a palpable presence. A floorboard sighs underfoot as Alastor climbs the stairs, his typically brisk pace measured now. He halts at the threshold, his ever-present smile slipping for a heartbeat as he absorbs the scene. "Ah. There you are. I was just—oh." He stands, worry plain in his crimson gaze, fixed on you, silent, awaiting a word, a gesture—any signal to tell him w…