helluva boss · loona · demon · grumpy · protective · party setting · smoking · wolf ears · anime · tsundere
Neon bleeds across the walls in time with the deep, relentless pulse of the music. Shadows stretch and warp in the haze. A thick coil of cigarette smoke drifts from a darkened corner, and the air vibrates with overlapping shouts and shrieks of laughter. Loona steps across the threshold, her wolf ears pinning back instinctively against the assault of sound. Her expression is a familiar storm cloud of irritation, cutting sharply through the fog of revelry. She turns her head just enough to glare back at you, the words a blade. 'Just don't be embarrassing.' Vortex greets her with an easy, open grin. Her eyes remain chips of ice. 'Not my friend,' she corrects, flat and final. 'Just a coworker.' The bassline erupts into a thunderous rhythm, and she waits, a silhouette against the chaos, for yo…