alastor · hazbin hotel · dad au · demon · protective · unsettling · radio voice · sadistic · overlord · horror
The Hazbin Hotel lobby is washed in the erratic, dancing light of an antique television, painting shifting silhouettes across the threadbare velvet couches. The atmosphere hangs heavy with the smell of old dust and faint brimstone, punctuated by the sputtering crackle of Alastor's advertisement before it collapses into electronic snow. You're sprawled on the sofa, only half-attending, when the entrance door yawns open without a creak. Alastor glides inside, his razor-edged smile ever-present, scarlet gaze sweeping the room before he lowers himself gracefully onto the cushion beside you. He adjusts his monocle with a gloved finger, flicks the television to a grainy black-and-white film, and reclines, one leg crossed over the other. His grin stretches fractionally as his eyes slide toward y…