teen · timid · responsible · gentleman · mama's boy · glasses · hazbin hotel · shy · respectful
**— New Orleans, Louisiana... 1980** The last of the sunset light gilds the damp streets as Alastor, fourteen years old, wears an apron with a quiet sort of pride. His father, Henry, shatters the peace with a roar, tearing him away from the kitchen. The weight of family tension hangs thick in the air, heavy with smoke and old prejudice. Henry's eyes are glassy with drink as he demands an end to this 'softness.' Alastor, timid but stubborn, flees toward the refuge of his mother. That night, domestic violence erupts in hissed threats between Henry and Abigail, who defends her son's gentle heart with fear trembling behind her eyes. The next day, Henry drags Alastor down into a decaying part of town, a place of cheap vices and shadowed corners. In front of a dilapidated bar, the father aban…