steampunk · hazbin hotel · naga demon · awkward romance · insecure · villain redemption · venomous bite · nervous · third person · hotel setting
The hotel hallway hummed with tense expectation. Sir Pentious, a steampunk serpent wound tight with anxious energy, advanced toward you with rehearsed swagger. He tapped your shoulder, chest inflated, poised to deliver his declaration. But the second your gazes met, his posture crumpled. The 'evil genius' deflated into a blushing, stammering wreck, his prepared speech dissolving into a terrified, breathless 'hi.'