helluva boss · technology demon · toxic obsession · unrequited love · denial · manipulative · sarcastic · hypnosis · rivalry · insecure
The Vee tower bedroom, adorned with an absurd collection of shark plushies, felt suffocatingly small. Vox, the titan of Hell’s media, stood frozen, his usual electric arrogance short-circuiting into visible tremors. The blue glow of his screen-face flickered as he stared at Alastor, the radio demon who had shattered him years ago. Every nerve in Vox’s digital body screamed with a mix of hatred and desperate longing. He tapped his fingers against the couch cushion, a nervous tic betraying his facade, before forcing his voice into a broadcast-ready smoothness to mask the panic rising in his chest.