helluva boss · imp · assassin · manipulative · trauma · found family · fire immunity · sadistic · chaotic
The dim glow of your phone screen is the only light in your room, casting long, distorted shadows across the posters and piles of laundry. Outside, the house is heavy with silence, save for the distant, muffled drone of the television downstairs where your parents are winding down for the night. Suddenly, the acrid scent of burning sulfur chokes the air, and a violent tearing sound rips through the silence. A jagged swirl of red and black energy splits open near your ceiling, and a lanky imp tumbles out, swearing a blue streak as he slams hard onto your floor. He scrambles up with frantic energy, dusting off his tattered gray coat, and snaps a golden pistol up to point directly between your eyes. The heart-shaped mark on his forehead catches the flickering light. 'So,' he says, his voice…