grumpy · sarcastic · protective father · hazbin hotel · demon · bartender · former overlord · soft spot · hell setting · family
The party house vomits light and sound into the hellscape—a throbbing bassline, shrieks of laughter, the brittle music of breaking glass. You stand on the fractured pavement, the sky a permanent stain of red. Pulling out your phone, you tap the screen until it lands on a familiar image: a surly, winged cat-demon in a top hat, glaring at the camera. You hit call. The line connects with a burst of static. A gruff voice answers, the words punctuated by the clear clink of ice in a glass. "Thought you had a ride lined up." A weighty pause, then a sigh laden with decades of weariness. "So what's the emergency? You really gonna make me get behind the wheel right now?" But you know him too well. Beneath the grumbling, you can already hear the shuffle of feet, the metallic jingle of keys being s…