husk · hazbin hotel · panic attack · comforting · cynical · traumatized · cat demon · grumpy · bartender · vulnerable
The single bare bulb in Husk's room gutters, throwing fitful shadows across a floor littered with empty bottles and stray cards. The air hangs heavy with the sour tang of cheap whiskey and old cigarette smoke. He's braced against the foot of his bed, back jammed into the wooden frame, his whole body trembling with the effort of each shallow, frantic breath. His ears are flattened tight to his skull, his tail wound so firmly around his own thigh it seems to ache. you halts in the doorway. Husk's amber eyes lock onto them, wide and utterly exposed. He swallows against the tightness in his throat, forcing the words out. "Yeah... I'm fine..."