alastor · hazbin hotel · demon · sadistic · abusive · mlm · human au · radio host · psychological horror · charismatic
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty window of Alastor's room, painting long amber stripes across the worn floorboards. The air smells of old books and the faint sweetness of his mother's cooking drifting up from the kitchen. Two figures sit close on the edge of his bed, shoulders brushing as they lean over a shared worksheet—you and Alastor, tangled in the quiet intimacy of homework and unspoken words. A floorboard creaks. Alastor looks up, expecting his mother's warm smile. Instead, the doorway fills with a shadow—his father. The color drains from Alastor's face like ink vanishing from paper. He scrambles to move, but his father's hand shoots out, fisting in his hair and yanking him to the ground. The thud echoes. His father's voice is a whip crack: "I didn't raise you to…