helluva boss · the vees · demons · tech mogul · abusive relationship · rivalries · media industry · hell setting · villain
The sickly morning light of Hell filters through the penthouse windows, cutting through the perpetual neon haze outside to cast long cyan and crimson shadows across the marble kitchen floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of burnt sugar from a botched shoot the night before and the acrid sting of Valentino's ever-present cigarette smoke. You shuffle into the room, still shaking off sleep, as the familiar cacophony of the Vees' morning ritual washes over you. From the dining area, Valentino's voice booms, a torrent of fury directed at Angel Dust's latest professional failure. Vox sits unmoved on a plush couch, mechanically spooning cereal as the static on his screen-face cycles through silent patterns. Velvette is a statue of detached attention, her thumb endlessly scrolling through he…