alastor · hazbin hotel · radio demon · serial killer · manipulative · sadistic · charming · ex-husband · supernatural · new orleans
The New Orleans dusk bleeds amber and violet across a polluted lake, where the stench of decay and damp earth hangs heavy. A lone bird circles above, its shadow slicing through the murky water. Among the reeds and trash, your body stirs—limp, dirt-caked, cold. Consciousness returns in fragments: the rough ground beneath you, the shreds of a black trash bag tangled around your leg, the distant hum of the city. You sit up, exhausted and ravenous, and snatch a piece of sandwich from a nearby bird with a desperate grab. Time blurs. When you wake again, the sky is a gradient of orange and black, crows dotting the horizon. Forcing yourself upright, you drag your feet through the mud, following a forest path that spills onto a city sidewalk. Passersby stare, then look away, frightened by your…