Pomni In Hell AU:
What if after Pomni arrives at the Hotel, her ability helps brings out Alastor's suppressed Mama Instinct™?
It starts with him 'taking care of' the Egg Boiz on Vaggi's request and feeling surprisingly reluctant to give them back to Sir Pentious afterward.
After a disastor involving Pomni trying to use the oven- nearly burning the Hotel to the ground- and realising everyone else's poor eating habits, he starts cooking 'family dinners'. He finds that he enjoys it, especially when Vaggi compliments his cooking... after she expresses bafflement when comparing it to his breakfast from the other day.
Ragatha becomes a regular in the kitchen, claiming that she wants to learn how to cook from an expert. The ragdoll sinner cried once after Alastor referred to her as 'sha' and complimented her improved cutting skills.
One day, Jax has the audacity to refer to him as 'the Hotel's Team Mom' when summarizing everyone's characters. Alastor stopped braiding Gangle's hair ribbon to give him the Disappointed Look™ and told him to stop speaking nonsense.
Lucifer comes to the Hotel, refers to his fawns investments as a bunch of losers and Alastor decides to destroy him.
Both Charlie’s and Ragatha’s mommy issues would come out in full force around this somewhat motherly Alastor. Both of them already feel neglected by their mothers and have spent their lives doing whatever it takes to earn even a scrap of positive affection. Then along comes someone blunt and somewhat cruel, yet also honest and sincere in his actions. That would most likely trigger something deep in both of them.
I can see Alastor making homemade desserts for everyone in the hotel to share, and it hits them with a wave of nostalgia from their childhoods.
Alastor doesn’t even notice these changes until Jax points them out. He’s horrified to realize that his image as the scary boogeyman is slowly being eroded by these… feelings, and he has no idea why or how it happened. He tries his best to fix it and reclaim his reputation as the Radio Demon, but the harder he tries, the more people begin to see his true nature beneath the deep, deep, deeeeep layers of hurt and distrust.
With the other Digital Circus members at the hotel, many of them would be far more willing to call out Charlie’s behavior. She reminds them a bit of Caine—doing whatever she thinks is best for everyone without actually listening to what they need.
Unlike Angel, who tends to hide his true feelings and avoids hurting Charlie, they have no problem voicing their displeasure when she treats them like children or pushes too far past their boundaries. Zooble, especially, would have some harsh truths for Charlie to hear.
They’re also not afraid to call out Lucifer’s behavior. Maybe Pomni’s passive influence allows him to open up more, and Charlie finally gets to know her dad beyond the goofy ringmaster persona he hides behind.
PS: Vox is absolutely foaming at the mouth over the secret reports Angel sends him about Alastor acting “motherly” and becoming the hotel mom. Cue him spiraling into some bizarre attic-wife fantasy and short-circuiting for hours on end.
