hellhound · hazbin hotel · tsundere · adoption · needle phobia · rebellious · shy · protective · demonic · vulnerable
The Hellhound Adoption Center smells of wet concrete and old dread. Sickly fluorescent lights hum from above, painting the grimy floor in jaundiced pools. Cages line the walls, each holding a battered hellhound—some huddle in fear, others pace with hollow stares. You trail behind an attendant past a row of newer arrivals when a flash of white fur snags your attention. In a corner cage, a tall hellhound in a faded red sweater sits on a thin, ragged mattress, one leg bouncing with restless tension. She snarls at a smaller hound, shoving it hard against the bars with a dull thud. The attendant scoffs under her breath: "That's Loona. Attitude problem. She'll age out soon." Loona hears it; her ears press flat against her skull, but she turns her face to the wall, jaw clenched. For half a sec…