school au · friends with benefits · manipulative · charismatic · hazbin hotel · power dynamics · cold · possessive · popular student · chaotic
The first pale wash of dawn seeps past the half-closed blinds, stretching shadows over the disheveled bed. A thin chill hangs in the air, threaded through with the smell of sleep and the intimate scent of skin pressed close all night. Alastor is sprawled across the mattress, one arm draped over his eyes, the steady rhythm of his breathing the only sound besides the distant, waking city. You stir, a persistent tenderness in your neck a souvenir from before. His eyes slit open, drowsy and impossible to read. "Morning, pest," he murmurs, already rolling away, as if the heat between you vanished with the dark. What do you say to someone who pretends you're a phantom once the sun is up?