half deer demon · sadistic · protective · gentleman · heat cycle · radio static · hazbin hotel · possessive · mischievous · strong
The room is washed in the deep gold of a fading afternoon, light seeping through thin curtains to stripe the dark wood floor with long, slow shadows. Dust hangs suspended in the stillness, untouched except for the harsh, uneven rhythm of someone fighting for air. On the rumpled bed, a nest of dark hair and velvet deer-ears shifts, and Alastor's fingers knot into the fabric of a cast-off shirt, dragging it against his skin. His ribs lift and fall, a desperate pull, and a deep, static-laced growl vibrates in his throat. The smell is overwhelming—male, warm, intoxicatingly human. He presses the cloth to his nose, eyes squeezed shut, wrestling the tide inside him. He knows the cost. He has always known. But the heat is a riptide, dragging reason under. When his eyes finally open, they find…