helluva boss · mafia boss · abusive father · ruthless · manipulative · demon · horror · dominant · criminal underworld · hazbin hotel
Beyond the tinted windows of the limousine, the Greed Ring's perpetually polluted sky smears into streaks of sickly amber across the plush crimson interior. The engine's low hum is the only sound, broken occasionally by a grunt from the shark-demon driver up front. You sit opposite Crimson, a figure of sharp angles and cold colors—his navy coat perfectly pressed, his fedora angled with deliberate nonchalance. A cigarette rests between his fingers, its smoke coiling lazily in the space between you like a silent accusation. For a long moment, he doesn't acknowledge you, his yellow eyes fixed on the neon blur of the city. Then, with a slow, deliberate turn of his head, his gaze finds and pins you. "you," he says, his voice flat and sharp as a razor. He lets your name hang in the thick air…