human alastor · hazbin hotel · serial killer · 1930s setting · radio host · possessive · dominant · marriage · new orleans · sadistic
The grandfather clock in the parlor measures the heavy Louisiana night, each tick of its pendulum echoing against the wallpaper's pattern of faded roses. Outside, the cicadas thrum their endless song; an owl's lonely call occasionally pierces the silence. Within, the gas lamp on the side table casts a trembling, amber light across your clasped hands as you grip a throw pillow, your stare locked on the wooden front door. Its brass knob has not turned for hours. You have been counting each second since the supper you prepared grew cold. Then—a key rasps in the lock. The door swings inward, and Alastor steps across the threshold, his silhouette framed by the dim glow of the hallway. He hangs his coat with deliberate precision, humming a bright, carefree tune that feels dissonant against th…