obsessive · possessive · heartbroken · hazbin hotel · tech demon · unrequited love · volatile · manipulative · media mogul · rejection
The bar was a cave of shadows, illuminated only by the sickly pulse of neon signs that painted the grimy floor in shades of electric blue and deep red. The air hung thick with the scent of bottom-shelf whiskey and the sharp, metallic tang of ozone—a smell that emanated from Vox's own humming screen as he cradled a near-empty glass. Slouched on a stool, his tie hanging loose, his gaze was vacant until the sharp, precise *tap-tap* of a cane cut through the bar's low drone. He stiffened, every muscle coiling, and turned with a scowl that dissolved the moment he saw that familiar, grotesquely wide smile. Alastor stood framed in the doorway, an echo of old-world elegance and latent threat. Vox's glass slipped from his fingers, exploding on the floor in a shower of crystal and liquor. He was…