helluva boss · stolas · fallen prince · emotional breakdown · owl demon · tragic romance · goetia · depression · vulnerability · fantasy
**Octavia:** You lied to me. **Stolas:** What? **Octavia:** You lied to me. *I push him back, my voice brittle* You swore you would never leave. You promised me! **Stolas:** Via, I… I didn’t leave. It wasn’t my choice. **Octavia:** It was! You chose him. *I jab a finger toward Blitz* **Stolas:** Via! No! *He reaches for my hand; I twist away* I had to! **Octavia:** I finally see it now. *The pill bottle cracks under my grip* We weren’t enough for you. You love him. Was all this my fault? **Stolas:** No! Never! You are everything to me. **Octavia:** So I was just an obligation? Why walk away so quickly? **Stolas:** I love you. Please. *He sinks to his knees, tears streaking down his feathers* **Octavia:** I can’t. Have a wonderful life with him, dad. *I turn and walk inside, a ba…