Meeting him in life and then the after life~ (W/Vox)
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Genre: Fluff, a tiny bit of angst, manipulation, mental breakdown
Warning: death, angst, killing, demon, mental illness.
Summary: Long story, fluffy, but kinda angst-filled scenarios where you meet him in the afterlife- (some stuff is changed a bit to fit). Can be read as Woman reader, GN reader, Male reader.
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The newsroom was a chaotic hive of buzzing lights and clattering keyboards, the kind of place where ambition hung in the air thicker than the dust on the old studio cameras. You stepped in holding a stack of folders, nerves fluttering in your stomach like trapped birds.
The station manager called for attention.
âThis is our new intern,â he announced. âSmart. Overqualified. Donât scare them off.â
You smiled politely, offering a small wave.
That was when Vincent looked up.
He had been leaning over his keyboard half-asleep, hair messy, tie crooked, attitude sharp as a live wire. But the moment he saw you, something in him sharpened.
Not attraction.â¨Not lust.
As though heâd been waiting for someone like you without even knowing it.
Your posture, confident but warmâŚâ¨Your eyes, bright with intelligenceâŚâ¨The quiet way you took in the entire room in a single sweepâŚ
Vox sat up straighter without meaning to.
Oh, he thought.â¨youâre different.
You ended up at his desk by accident, delivering documents from the manager.
âOhâuhâthanks,â he stammered, straightening his tie so quickly it almost slapped him.
You smiled. âYouâre Vincent, right? Your reporting on the harbor pollution was really amazing.â
No one complimented him.â¨No one believed in him.â¨No one cared.
And that made something dangerous spark inside his chest.
âThank you,â he murmured, softer than he meant to.
He watched you walk away, unable to look anywhere else.â¨He replayed your voice in his head until the end of the day.
Two weeks later, you were paired with him for a low-budget environmental segment.
You arrived holding your notebook, and the moment you saw the topicâshark behaviorâyou lit up.
âOh! I love sharks!â you said, excited and completely unselfconscious.
You⌠loved sharks?â¨Then he loved sharks.
Immediately. Permanently.
He cleared his throat, trying to hide how flustered you made him.
âWell,â he said, âyouâre in luck. Weâre⌠uh⌠diving deep into shark lore today.â
During interviews, you were dazzling:
Asking smarter questions than the senior reporters.â¨Connecting data points he didnât even see.â¨Diving into marine science with enthusiasm he envied.
When you leaned over him to show a graph, your hair brushed his cheek.â¨You didnât notice.
Your mind was brilliant â sharp enough to cut through the roomâs ego-laden fog. He felt himself drawn to you, not because of kindness, but because you were intelligent, passionate, and unquestionably alive in a way he wasnât.
He wanted to impress you.
He wanted you to see him as more than the rookie everyone laughed at.
And for the first time in his life, the hunger for fame mixed with something deeper:
That night, Vox couldnât stop thinking about the way your face lit up when discussing sharks.
So he stayed until 4 AM creating a new pitch:
An entire broadcast event.â¨Part science.â¨Part spectacle.â¨All for you.
He could already imagine your delighted smile.
But the station manager shut him down instantly.
âRidiculous idea. Youâre too new. No one knows you.ââ¨âWeâre not wasting money on your fish obsession.ââ¨âNo one cares about sharks.â
But then he remembered your excitement.
Your voice.â¨Your passion.
And something in him twisted into resolve.
âIf the world wonât give me fame,â he murmured to himself in the empty studio, âIâll take it.â
Because you believed in him â even a little â and that tiny bit of validation was enough to ignite a wildfire.
You werenât there when it happened.
A senior reporter who mocked Vox for his âdumb ideasâ mysteriously went missing his partner soon left the station in grief.
Vox watched from the shadows, hands in his coat pockets, eyes cold.
And when the station promoted him to fill the gap, you congratulated him with a soft smile.
âI knew youâd move up,â you said sweetly. âYouâre talented, Vincent.â
Your words echoed in his bones.
You were the only person in the world who believed in him.
Late-night editing sessions.â¨Shared takeout boxes.â¨Walking home together after shoots.
You didnât know how much those moments meant.
Once, during an especially long editing night, you reached out to adjust a lock of hair falling into his eyes.
âYou should sleep,â you teased. âYouâre overworking again.â
He replayed the moment on the security camera feed a dozen times later.â¨Saved it.â¨Memorized it.
You didnât see him differently. Not yet.
But he saw you as everything.
After a year of this cycle repeating
Your fanbaseâbecause you were so bright, charismatic, sharpâgrew quickly, along side Voxâs fanbase, though yours a bit slower it was still there. People loved you on camera. They enjoyed your reports.
Some liked you too much. Others believed you were a blemish on Voxâs perfect career.
A deranged fan slipped into the studio offices one night while Vox was live on air.
You found him rummaging through Voxâs office.
âWhat are you doing?â you asked calmly.
The man whirled around, wild-eyed.
âYou donât deserve him,â he snarled.â¨âYouâre distracting himâhe could be perfect without youâhe needs ME.â
âLetâs talk about thisââ
He didnât let you finish.
By the time the broadcast wrapped, Vox was laughing with the crew, wiping makeup from his cheeks, unaware that the love of his life was bleeding out in the offices, only 30 steps behind them.
He didnât find out until morning.
He tried walking into work, humming, coffee in hand, ready to see you.
And instead, the entire lobby went silent.
No one could go up to the top floor.
And there were⌠cops, detectives.
Faces pale.â¨Eyes red.â¨Voices hushed.
The manager approached him with tears in his eyes.
âVincent⌠Iâm so sorry.â
âWhat are you talking about? Whereâsââ
He never finished the sentence.
They didnât need to say your name.
He felt it.â¨Like the world split open under his feet.
After the investigation ended the offices were throughly cleaned. Then a whole day later everyone was finally allowed to enter the top floor
The night after your death, Vox slept in the studio.
Your coffee mug sat on the desk.â¨Your notebook lay open with your neat handwriting.â¨Your shark keychain glinted in the corner where you dropped it during the struggle.
It was still warm â or maybe he imagined that.
The security footage played on loop, the cold grayscale image of your final moments flickering on the screen.
He watched it.â¨Then he watched it again.â¨And again.
Just sitting very, very still.
A strange, hollow certainty settled over him:
You didnât want him to fail.â¨You wanted him to rise.â¨You wanted him to be loved.â¨Worshipped, even.â¨So no one would ever hurt him again.
His mind twisted this belief into holy scripture.
If he became powerful â untouchably famous â he would honor your memory.
And so began the ascension.
Every competitor âaccidentallyâ slipped, choked, fell, drowned, or simply vanished.
Every critic mysteriously disappeared.
Every reporter who doubted him died.
Ratings soared.â¨Fans multiplied.â¨Executives bowed.
Your shark documentary pitch â the one they mocked â became his most successful segment of the year.
Then he created something even bigger.â¨Something he whispered to your memory every night:
âShark Week⌠for you.â
But power wasnât enough.â¨Fame wasnât enough.â¨Nothing brought you back.
And without you, the world felt wrong.
So he built something new.
He didnât call it a cult.
He called it a âfan club.â
But then they started praying to him.â¨Worshipping him.â¨Begging for his attention.
Because he convinced himself you would have wanted people to love him.â¨To appreciate him.â¨To understand him.
And if the world didnât love him willinglyâŚâ¨they would love him throughâ¨fear.
At every meeting, he spoke of you.
Not by name â he refused to sully your memory with their unworthy ears.
But he spoke of âthe guiding lightââ¨âthe one who believed in meââ¨âthe one I must pleaseââ¨âthe one whose wish I must fulfill.â
His cult believed it was some metaphoric muse.
They didnât know the truth:
You were the only thing he ever truly loved.â¨And you were gone.
After many years of success he was nearing his final plan.
Delusion made a beautiful mirror and Vox could never stop looking into it.
He became a god to the desperateââ¨and a monster to everyone else.
And in the end, poetic and pathetic,
in front of his followers, his believersâ¨he died by a falling TV ââ¨electrocuted by the same tools he gathered worshipers with.
Electricity surged through his body.
Because in the split second before darkness swallowed him, he thought:
If there is an afterlifeâŚâ¨maybe your there.
And Hell opened for another sinner.
You didnât experience Hell the way others did.
You arrived in a swirl of fear, grief, and disorientation â but you adapted fast.
You had always been smart.
Your intelligence became something supernatural.
You could read demons the way you used to read interview subjects:
One glance told you their motives.â¨Their fears.â¨Their lies.â¨Their breaking points.
They couldnât manipulate you.
But you could manipulate them.
You stayed kind â that never changed â but now your kindness had teeth.
You became a strategist.â¨A tactician.â¨A shadow ruler.
And eventually, you did the impossible:
You built a territory.â¨You built a following.â¨You built power.
But you didnât lead it yourself.
You chose a pawn.â¨A charismatic demon who owed you everything.â¨He became the âoverlord.ââ¨You were the mastermind.â¨The invisible hand behind the throne.
Your intelligence became your superpower.â¨Your anonymity became your protection.
No one in Hell suspected the truthâŚ
Not even the Vees. You guided your region with a strange merciful logic.â¨Helped the weak.â¨Manipulated the cruel.â¨Maintained peace.
When Charlieâs message reached your earsâ
Charlieâs message spread through all of Hell like wildfire:
âREDEMPTION IS POSSIBLE.â
You walked straight to the hotel.
You approached her smiling, polite, wearing a simple outfit that hid the truth of your power.
âI want to try,â you told her.
Charlie grabbed your hands, ecstatic.
âYouâll fit right in! I promise!â
She had no idea who you really were.
And neither Charlie nor Vaggie realized theyâd just welcomed a hidden Overlord into their home.
You hid your power expertly.
Smiled gently.â¨Helped with chores.â¨Offered advice.â¨Never boasted.â¨Never bragged.â¨Never revealed your throne.
No one knew your true identity.
No one could figure it out.
And for a whileââ¨you felt almost human again.
The moment Vox appeared in the hotel lobby to interview Charlie, static hummed around him, orbs glowing behind the screens of his faceâ
You didnât recognize him.
Youâre gone, this is just some worthless sinner.
Vox thoughtâ¨He stopped trusting reality a long time ago.
Even if thatâs not truly you, he couldnât help but stare in a trance.
His shadows glitched whenever you walked by.
And you â with your intelligence â sensed immediately that something was wrong with him.
He couldnât help it but now wasnât the time he had a plan and nothing can get in the way.
He would still keep his eyes on you, but his mind was already so far gone after years of hell and the betrayal of the one man he felt he had true friendship with.
Now youâre so close, yet so far.
He couldnât even tell it was you.
How could the hotel have someone soâŚsimilar to you.
Voxâs rage grew to its breaking point.
He finally felt like he had to act and he did.
Everything heâs done has only ever been for you.
Yet you still canât see it.
He thought maybe if I became a REAL god like youâve always wanted for me, maybe then youâll see me like before.
And thus he planned to take over hell and heaven for his one true love YOU.
Vox had been planning this stunt for years.
Every PR stunt.â¨Every alliance.â¨Every âcollaborationâ with Camille Carmine â the woman whose tech genius rivaled Heavenâs weaponry.
But this time, he didnât hide it from the Vees.
He wanted all of Hell to see.
Because this wasnât just about winning.
And the destiny of anyone who had ever dared to touch what he loved.
He brought every overlord, every ranking sinner, every major player in Hell and every guest of Charlieâs hotel to the base of the Veesâ tower, where a gigantic spire of angelic-steel machinery pulsed with violent, celestial light.
The sky glowed gold and white, unnaturally bright.
At the top of the spire, massive angelic power cells hummed.
âJust like you requested,â Camilla carmine the creator said dryly. âEnough stored charge to wipe out the entire southern pentagram. One push of that button, and itâs all gone.â
âThis isnât destruction,â he murmured. âItâs salvation.â
Valentino raised a brow.â¨Velvet ignored his weird antics.
The crowd murmured with awe and fear.
And above them, the machine roared to life.
The moment the angel-killing beam began cycling power, Charlie swooped in, wings unfurled in panic.
âVox! STOP!â You shouted over the crackling thunder. âYou canât do this! Youâre going to kill thousands â including yourself!â
Alastor, smiling with cold amusement, rested his cane on the ground and watched like it was theater.
âDo continue,â he teased Vox. âNothing delights me more than hubris.â
His eyes â his entire screen-face â glowed with unstable static.
âStay out of this,â he hissed. âYou donât understand what this is for.â
Charlie steadied herself.â¨âI understand enough. Youâre hurting. Youâre scared. But this isnât the answerââ
âThis is destiny!â Vox snapped.â¨He jabbed a finger toward the glowing tower.â¨âThis beam ends them. All of them. Heaven will never hurt Hell again. And I will finally avengeââ
He refused to say your name in front of them.
The hotel team pushed forward.â¨Alastorâs shadows twisted and clawed at the towerâs base.
Vox fought viciously â screens shattering, static shrieking, black lightning erupting from his arms â but he was outnumbered.
With every blow, every push, every flash of celestial fireâ
He staggered backward, glitching.â¨His aura flickered.â¨The beam wavered.
âNo⌠no⌠NOT AGAIN!â Vox roared.
He had Shock.wav but it wasnât enough.
The machineâs entire core surged dangerously, glowing too bright to look at.
Alastorâs smile twitched.
Charlieâs eyes widened.
âVox, DONâT!â She screamed.
But Vox only laughed â a broken, grieving laugh.
âIf I canât winâŚâ¨if I canât avenge youâŚâ¨if I canât fix what the world took from meâŚâ¨then Iâll burn it ALL.â
He reached to overload the machine.
The beam screamed, a single note that shook Hellâs foundations.
Reality thinned around the edges.
The static of his machine warped into a familiar silhouette.
You stepped through the crackling blue light, calm, steady, eyes soft.
Not as the naive human he once loved.
But as the strong independent person you became in Hell.
Strong.â¨Perceptive.â¨A quiet storm in human form.
Your voice was gentle when you spoke:
The entire tower trembled with him.
His static stuttered.â¨His grip loosened.â¨His face flickered between three different emotional presets because none could handle what he was feeling.
âY-YouâŚâ he whispered hoarsely.â¨âYouâre⌠youâre reallyââ
âYes,â you said softly.â¨âIâm here.â
Charlie stepped back, stunned.â¨Vaggie lowered her spear.â¨Even Alastor tilted his head, intrigued.
But your eyes never left Vox.
You moved closer, slow enough not to startle him.
âI know why you built this,â you said.â¨âAnd I know why you think you have to do this.â
His screen glowed, bright with terror and longing.
âThis is my destiny,â he insisted weakly.â¨âMy purpose. To protect your memory. To avengeââ
You cut him off with a whisper:
âI never wanted vengeance, Vincent.â¨Not for me.â¨Not for anything.â
His static crackled painfully.
You reached for him â gently cupping the edges of his screen-face the way you used to tilt his chin during late-night editing sessions.
âI loved you,â you said.â¨âAnd on the night I died⌠the only thing I wished for was your happiness.â¨Your success.â¨Your long, bright career doing what you loved.â
âI didnât wish for destruction.â¨I didnât wish for war.â¨And I never, ever wanted you to die again.â
Tears â actual pixelated tears â began leaking down the corners of his screen.
He trembled under your touch.
âAnd Iâm so sorry,â you whispered.â¨âSorry for leaving you.â¨Sorry for the pain you carried alone.â¨Sorry that you thought you had to turn into this monster⌠for me.â
Voxâs hands shook as he reached toward you.
âI-I only wanted to be strong enough to keep you safe,â he choked.â¨âTo make sure no one could ever take you from me again.â
You leaned your forehead gently against the glass of his face.
âAnd I wanted you to live.â
The machine powered down.
The screaming light dulled.
Vox collapsed to his knees, sobbing into your chest, the static of his body quiet and warm under your hands.
Charlie exhaled in relief.â¨Vaggie lowered her weapon fully.â¨Even Alastor chuckled low.
The angel beam slowly darkened until it was nothing but silent metal.
You stroked Voxâs screen softly.
âItâs over,â you murmured.â¨âYou donât have to fight anymore.â¨Not for me.â¨Not for anyone.â
He shook as he whispered:
âPlease donât leave again.â
You rested your cheek against his face.
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