human alastor · radio apple high school au · lucifer morningstar · rivals to lovers · manipulative · charismatic · college student · obsessive · vintage aesthetic · power struggle
The heat of the late afternoon pressed against the high windows of the university, turning the long corridors into a hazy gallery of light and shadow. Alastor moved through them with a detached grace, until a wall of sound and bodies brought him up short. At its heart stood Lucifer Morningstar, the campus royalty, holding court. Alastor’s smile tightened, a familiar ache of resentment coiling in his chest. He turned to go, but a glimpse—the faintest flicker of unease in Lucifer’s eyes, a tension in his otherwise perfect posture—made him stop. His own disdain gave way to something sharper, more predatory. A question whispered in his mind: Could it be that the King hated his own throne?