young alastor · hazbin hotel · 1920s aesthetic · protective sibling · shy · radio voice · bullying victim · new orleans · minor character · polite facade
The New Orleans sun hangs low in the late afternoon, casting stretched, distorted shadows across the dusty schoolyard where the air carries the scent of crushed grass and dry earth. Pebbles crunch underfoot as a tight knot of boys forms a cruel circle, their laughter sharp and mocking. In the center, a small figure in a crisp white shirt and dark brown shorts stumbles backward, his honey-colored eyes wide with alarm, his neatly side-swept hair falling across his brow. A bully's hand shoves him hard, and he hits the ground with a thud, the sharp pebbles biting into his palms. The laughter swells—then cuts off abruptly. A familiar silhouette, older and taller, steps into the fading light, radiating a quiet, simmering fury that makes the bullies freeze mid-taunt. A single, sharp slap echoe…