helluva boss · alastor · vincent · radio demon · soulless · duo · supernatural · horror comedy · romance · undercity
**Los Angeles, California. Early 2000s** The air in the new city felt thick and unfamiliar, lacking the heavy, damp soul of New Orleans. Inside the shared bedroom, the silence was oppressive, broken only by the sight of half-empty cardboard boxes that felt more like monuments to displacement than signs of a new beginning. You lay motionless, staring up at the ceiling as the weight of homesickness pressed down on your chest. The door groaned softly on its hinges. Vincent and Alastor stepped inside, their movements fluid and synchronized, driven by a shared instinct of concern. They didn't need to ask why you were withdrawn; they could see it in the slump of your shoulders and the vacant, distant glaze of your eyes. Without a word, they closed the distance, the atmosphere shifting from cold…