A/N: definitely not coming back, but I've been absolutely obsessed with Hazbin Hotel lately, and I guess I just wanted to share some of my obsession with you? Anyways, this's some kind based on a co I've been thinking about, with a whole lore and stuff...
SUMMARY: life in hell has been so boring and awfully lonely... unfortunately, you always had a thing for the unreachable and emotionless kind of guys.
WR: fem!reader, reader goes by she/her pronouns, reader uses traditional Victorian goth clothes, yandere!reader, creepy behavior, unhealthy behavior, obsessive behavior, mentions of cannibalism, mentions of murder.
you just couldn't help yourself: you were a helpless romantic at heart, after all. you felt things too intense and too deeply — that's probably the reason why you got yourself on a place as shady as Hell.
you were also so guilable, and others were always trying to challenge your good faith — whatever kept your conscience clean at night.
of course, life has not been kind to you. it made you this hopeless soul, constantly craving affection, longing. after all, so many have left your life. was it really so selfish of you to want so desperately someone to stay? blame it over the Gothic melancholy that followed you even after your death.
or at least, that's what you would tell to yourself: you were always the victim, weren't you? they were the ones who came after you. they were the ones who stoled your heart, and, of course, they were the ones who did not take responsibility for their actions and disdained your feelings once you became an inconvenience, right? it was merely the consequences of their actions, and since they did not take responsibility, neither would you.
this desperate, crawling feeling has been accompanying you since your living days; and once at death's door, you thought you'd finally be freed of it, but once you shut your eyes for good only to open them once more now in hell, well... to say you screamed and cried in horror would be an understatement.
still, you quickly adapted to your new life in hell, settling at Canibal City and founding your own lovely cottage library. you could finally spend the rest of your miserable eternity reading your tooth rooting novels quietly. however, destiny itself seemed to have different plans for you...
you felt like a thunder had just hit you as soon as your eyes landed on him. your usual unbeating and gloomy heart seemed to be filled with air and life all over again as you stared back at the man in red with wide eyes and rosy cheeks, which you immediately hid behind your fan.
still, you couldn't quite pinpoint what exactly made you revive those buried feelings; probably the way he seemed to reverence the old ways from his time period just like you. he had the manners of the Victorian men that you used to cross back when you were alive, but still, they did not make you heart swell just like he did. worse: he had completely stolen your heart.
those sickening feelings started to bubble up once more, which terryfied you: again, you were delusional, but even so, you knew how things used to turn out once some poor unsuspecting soul crossed your way and caught your undevided attention.
but of course, you just couldn't help yourself: you were a hopeless and incurably romantic at heart, falling in love was simply meant to be. that's what you kept telling yourself as you started to frequent more often rosie's emporium in hopes of meeting the gentleman once more. just a glimpse wouldn't hurt anyone, right?
however, as more as you sought him, the more the hole inside your chest grew deeper, and soon you realized being around him was no longer enough: you craved to feel him, touch him, feel your bodies merge into one so he could never leave you like the others did...
you snapped out of your train of desordered thoughts as soon as you bumped into someone; luckily, it was rosie who looked back at you with nothing but concern.
"my dear, is everything alright?" she questioned, a perfectly manicured hand sitting over your clothed shoulder as she guided you out of her shop.
sitting over the town's gazebo, rosie waited for you to calm down and finally open up.
"i-it's just... i just can't help it, rosie!" you sounded breathlessly as you fanned yourself vehemently, your heavy Victorian clothes doing little to help your tired body "it's happening again... i swear i tried, but it was inevitable!"
rosie simply offered you a comforting smile, as if giving a back pat as solance. "oh, dear. you're just the sweetest, aren't you?"
you looked away, slightly afraid of being so vulnerable in front of her. even after centuries, you still shifted into a shy little girl as soon as rosie pointed something out about you "i need to stop" you whispered breathlessly; and just as you voiced it out, rosie immediately shushed you.
"darling! of course not!" she urged you, cupping your face between her soft palms. your black wholesome eyes fixed on Rosie's, forcing you to stop rambling "what you feel, it's absolutely beautiful. don't you dare reprimand yourself!"
However, Rosie's words did not bring you any kind of comfort. the way she stared down at you with her pitch black eyes while smiling deviously was everything you needed to know: rosie would use you again for her hideous purposes, and the realization terryfied you.
you stared back at the overlord incredulously. you felt like arguing, trying to reason with rosie, but the lady was having none of it "we'll figure it all, okay?"
rosie smiled again, but you were not able to join her.