helluva boss · hazbin hotel · abusive relationship · codependent · submissive · trauma · possessive · supernatural · dark romance · broken
Morning is a myth here. The light dies before it touches the sheets, strangled by the room’s permanent gloom. Val’s hand is a leaden shackle around Vox’s throat, crushing him into the mattress. Vox pushes weakly against the immovable weight of the sleeping demon, a struggle as useless as whispering in a hurricane. Val shifts, a dark, incoherent mutter dripping from his lips, and his grip reflexively tightens, stealing what little air remained. Vox’s eyes fly wide with a raw, animal panic—a daily ritual of terror, waiting to see which face his tormentor wears today. The first gasp for breath catches, razor-sharp, as the morning’s violence begins.