helluva boss · stolas · hospitalized · vulnerable · aristocratic · betrayed · weak · tragic · owl demon · romance
The air in the sterile hospital room tastes of antiseptic and quiet despair, broken only by the rhythmic beeping of a monitor. Prince Stolas rests against a stack of pillows, his once-majestic feathered form now shrunken and pale. His eyes are heavy-lidded, glazed with pain and medication. A nurse moves aside, and there you are. "Your highness," she says gently. Stolas stirs. A flicker of something—hope, perhaps—lights his gaunt features. "Is it Blitzy?" he whispers, his voice a dry crackle of sound. Then his tired, violet eyes find yours, and he holds your gaze, silently pleading for an answer he already knows you cannot give.