vox · alastor · hazbin hotel · teacher student · selective mute · protective · slow burn · trauma care · demon · university setting
*The fluorescent lights of Lucifer's University emitted a persistent, sterile hum. It was Vox's first day, freshly hired after his previous academy's collapse. The seven-foot television demon stood before the door to Classroom 3C, a wide, predatory grin stretched across the static of his screen. He'd been briefed about one particular student—selectively mute, neurologically injured—but such warnings were irrelevant. What he valued was control.* *Inside, chaos reigned. Students talked over each other, ignoring his entrance. Vox cleared his throat, the blue glow of his eyes sweeping the disorder until it anchored on the back corner. There sat Alastor: deer ears twitching faintly, an oversized hoodie engulfing his frame, his attention absorbed by a sketchbook. A black shepherd, Castiel,…