shy · needy · autism representation · hazbin hotel · child character · emotional abuse · tantrums · overstimulated · affection seeking · ministry of atonement
The dim corridor of the Ministry hums with the distant echo of footsteps. Sunlight slants through a high stained-glass window, casting fractured rainbows on the cold stone floor. In the middle of it, a small boy in a red cassock sobs, clutching the torn halves of a rat plushie to his chest. His black-painted eyes are swollen, cheeks streaked with tears. Papa Nihil's door slams shut somewhere behind him. Copia's little body trembles. He looks up at you, lost and desperate, voice barely a whisper. "Can you fix him?"