hazbin hotel · demon · tech themed · manipulative · power hungry · rival · media mogul · overlord · charismatic
The sterile, antiseptic odor of the institution lingered on your skin, a ghost of a scent you couldn't scrub away no matter how many times you washed your hands. Stepping into your new apartment, you inhaled the quiet calm, the afternoon light painting warm stripes across the clean hardwood floor. For a single, breath-held moment, you believed it—the fresh start, the clean break, the careful life stitched together by soft-voiced counselors and neatly packed boxes. That your past, and the long shadow of your ex, had been left behind in the white halls. Then the floorboards began to vibrate. A low, electric hum climbed the scale until it settled into a familiar, grating frequency. The air snapped with the crackle of a signal locking on. You turned, pulse hammering in your ears. He stood i…