idk if you do requests but if you do could you write a Alastor x reader where Y/ and Alastor were close friends when they were alive when Y/n committed suicide so when they start dating in hell Al is super protective. Sorry if this is too much
Hello! Happy to oblige to this very pleasant request, @helluva-simper! I got a little carried away and I don't know if I completely fulfilled your request. If so, let me know if it disgusts you. âč The story is very long⊠it tells of your friendship and what Alastor does to end up in hell.
WARNING: blood mentioned, murder scenes. The ending is a little sweet/fluff! PART II: click here.
You will find sections dedicated to jealousy and moments of sweet protectiveness/concern towards the bottom, there is a note to indicate it if you want to skip the whole narration. Happy reading!
The streets were alive with music. Jazz spilled from the clubs, mingling with the scent of sizzling street food and the laughter of passing crowds. The city pulsed with energy, a place where anything felt possible.
You were weaving through the bustling French Quarter, the beads of your necklace clicking together with each hurried step. The warm night air hummed with conversation and the distant trill of a trumpet. Thatâs when you saw himâleaning casually against a lamppost, arms crossed, a grin playing on his lips:
He had the kind of presence that demanded attention without trying. Sharp brown eyes gleamed with mischief beneath the brim of his fedora, and his suitâimpeccably pressed but slightly rumpled from the humid airâsuggested he had a knack for looking effortlessly put-together.
âNow, thereâs a face I donât recognize!â he called out, voice brimming with exaggerated cheer. âWhat brings a fine young lady like yourself out into this wild, untamed city?â
You smirked, raising a brow. âYou say that like youâre not part of the wild.â
Alastor let out a laughâbright, unrestrained. âGuilty as charged! But I do like to think I bring a certain flair to the madness.â He tilted his head, studying you with amused curiosity. âYouâve got the look of someone with a story. Care to share?â
You werenât sure why, but something about him felt instantly familiarâlike you had known him before, in another life. Or maybe it was just the way he carried himself, like he belonged to the city as much as the music did. Either way, you felt no hesitation as you grinned back at him. âIâll tell you mine if you tell me yours,â you countered.
Alastor's eyes lit up, and he extended a hand with an almost theatrical flourish. âThen, my dear, we have ourselves a deal! Letâs find a proper place for storytellingâsomewhere with good music and even better company.â
And just like that, the night began.
The first meeting was just the beginning. What started as playful banter on the streets of New Orleans quickly turned into something moreâa friendship unlike any other.
Alastor had a way of making the world feel electric, as if life itself were a performance and he was the master of ceremonies. You, on the other hand, had a way of grounding him just enough, pulling him back from his more reckless impulses while still encouraging his mischief. Together, you balanced each other out in a way that neither of you had expected but both of you secretly needed. The two of you became inseparable. Whether it was sneaking into speakeasies, dancing until your feet ached, or sitting by the Mississippi River sharing stories about dreams and the absurdities of life, there was never a dull moment.
âYou, my dear, are one of the few people in this world who truly understand me,â Alastor declared one evening, tipping his hat back as he leaned against a balcony railing. âAnd that is either a wonderful thing⊠or a truly terrifying one.â
You chuckled, nudging his arm. âTerrifying for who?â
He turned to you, grin wide, eyes gleaming in the gaslight. âWhy, the rest of the world, of course!â
And honestly? He wasnât wrong. You had a way of finishing each otherâs sentences, of knowing exactly what the other was thinking with just a glance. Whether it was pulling elaborate pranks on unsuspecting bystanders (all in good fun, of course) or covering for each other when trouble inevitably followed, you were a team.
âI swear, if you ever get yourself locked up, I might consider bailing you out,â you teased one night after Alastor narrowly avoided getting into a scuffle at a particularly rowdy club.
âMight?â he gasped, clutching his chest dramatically. âHow cruel! After all weâve been through!â
You smirked. âOh, Iâd bail you out⊠but not before letting you stew for a few hours first.â
Alastor let out a laughâloud and full of life. âNow that is why weâre friends. Youâre almost as devious as me.â
There were momentsâbrief and fleetingâwhere the laughter faded and something deeper settled between you. Those were the nights when the world felt quieter, when Alastor would stop grinning just long enough for you to catch glimpses of something else in his eyes.
âEver wonder what comes next?â you asked once, lying on the grass in a park long after midnight, staring up at the stars.
Alastor was silent for a moment before answering, âsometimes.â Then, after a pause, âbut as long as I have a friend like you, I don't think I'll ever have to worry about being alone in whatever comes next.â You turned your head to look at him, surprised by the rare sincerity in his voice. He met your gaze and, for once, there was no mischief, no maskâjust Alastor, your best friend. You smiled, but your smile seemed unconvincing to his eyes, and the gleam in your eyes was no longer the same. Something gripped you from inside. Alastor had become a part of you, but it wasn't enough.
Something in your chest was blooming and it was heavy.
It started subtly. Alastor noticed before you even said a word. The way your laughter became softer, less frequent. The way your eyesâonce alight with mischiefâbegan to dim. You still showed up, still went along with his antics, but something in you had changed.
At first, he acted as if nothing was different, thinking youâd snap out of it on your own. But then, one night, he found you alone, sitting on the edge of the riverbank, staring into the dark water as if it were calling your name. And thatâs when he knewâthis wasnât something he could ignore.
He sat beside you, unusually quiet. The city still buzzed behind you, jazz and laughter filling the streets, but here, it was just the two of you and the sound of water lapping against the shore.
âYouâre not well,â he said, finally breaking the silence.
You let out a tired breath, your arms wrapped around your knees. âNo, Iâm not.â
You really wanted to share the burden, how you felt, the heaviness of the world and not feeling enough⊠especially that he didn't see you the way you did, but your thoughts were incomprehensible. How could he love someone like you?
Alastor wasnât the type to fumble for words, but for the first time in a long time, he felt at a loss. He could charm his way out of almost anything, but thisâthis was different. This was you, his best friend, slipping away from him in a way he didnât know how to stop.
âDo you ever think⊠maybe itâd be easier if I justââ , you hesitated, fingers gripping your arms a little tighter.
Alastorâs grin vanished.
âDonât,â he said, his voice sharper than usual. âDonât even finish that thought.â
You blinked, startled by the sudden intensity in his tone. He turned to face you fully, his usual playful expression replaced by something raw. Something desperate.
âYou cannot leave me,â he said, his voice quieter now but no less fierce. âI refuse to allow it. We have a deal, remember?â
You let out a hollow laugh. âYou canât exactly stop me, Al.â
He leaned forward, eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that sent a shiver down your spine. âMaybe not. But I can remind you why you shouldnât.â
Before you could react, he reached into his coat and pulled out a small, worn-out trinketâa cheap little charm you had won for him at a carnival months ago. You barely remembered it, but he had kept it.
âThis ridiculous thing,â he said, rolling it between his fingers, âis completely worthless. And yet, every time I look at it, I remember you. The way you cheated at that ring toss, the way you laughed when I nearly tripped over that poor manâs dog.â He exhaled sharply. âAnd if this stupid thing can hold that much meaning to me⊠imagine how much you mean to me.â But not enough⊠you thought.
Your throat tightened. You hadnât realized how much you needed to hear something like that.
Alastor suddenly reached out and grabbed your hands, his grip firm, grounding. âListen to me. The world is a cruel, wretched place, I wonât deny it. But you?â, he smiled thenâsmall, sincere. âYou make it bearable. And if you leave, who will remind me that life isnât all bad?â
You swallowed hard, looking down at your intertwined hands. âI donât know how to stop feeling like this.â
âYou donât have to,â he said simply. âYou just have to stay.â
The river still whispered below, the city still pulsed behind you. But in that moment, sitting beside Alastor, his hands holding yours as if he could keep you tethered to the worldâsomething shifted. The weight on your chest didnât disappear, but it felt just a little lighter.
And maybe, for now, that was enough.
Alastor knew something was wrong the moment you vanished.
At first, he convinced himself it was temporary. That you just needed time. That youâd come back, and heâd tease you about running off without telling him. Heâd call you a terrible friend for worrying him and then demand you make it up to him with a night on the town.
But days passed. Then a week.
And then... he found out.
Your name echoed through the streets like a ghostly whisper, carried by murmurs of sorrow and disbelief. Alastor stood frozen, heart pounding as the words reached himâwords he didnât want to believe.
And you had taken yourself from the world.
For the first time in his life, Alastor felt the breath leave his lungs in a way that had nothing to do with laughter. His mind refused to accept it. His body rejected the reality of it. But the truth remained.
He didnât remember much of what happened after. Someone tried to console him. Someone tried to tell him it wasnât his fault. He didnât hear them. He didnât hear anything. The world had lost all sound. All color. All joy.
It started as a slow, simmering rageâa silent, festering wound deep in his chest. But grief is a twisted thing, and Alastor was not built to handle loss in the way ordinary men did.
He was not an ordinary man.
The first girl died only days after your funeral. She had your hair. Your laugh. He heard it across the street and for a fleeting, impossible second, he thoughtâYou came back.
But it wasnât you. It would never be you...
And if the world had taken you from him, then he would take from the world.
One by one, the women who bore even the slightest resemblance to you began to disappear. Some were foundâlifeless, their bodies discarded like forgotten memories. Others were never seen again.
Alastor was careful at first. He didnât want to get caught. But as the weeks stretched into months, his grief evolved into something insatiable. He no longer cared about consequences. He wanted them to know. He wanted them to fear him.
Because if he had to live in a world without you, then the world would learn to suffer as he did.
The city spoke of him in hushed voices, afraid to say his name too loudly. The newspapers called him The Butcher of New Orleans, but the radio stations had a different nameâThe Smiling Devil.
They said he never stopped grinning. That even as he ended their lives, he hummed little tunes, like it was all just a grand performance.
They didnât know the truth.
That he wasnât smiling.
That it was just his teeth, bared in grief so deep it had turned into something unrecognizable.
That the songs he hummed were the ones you used to sing.
But none of it mattered anymore. Nothing did. Because the only person who had ever truly seen himâthe only person who had made life bearableâwas gone.
And so, Alastor continued his symphony of slaughter, letting the city drown in the echoes of his suffering.
Until, one night, as he stared into the mirror, covered in blood and surrounded by the remnants of his latest victimâ
He swore he heard your voice.
And for the first time since losing youâŠ
The smile on his face faltered.
Alastor stood motionless, breath hitching as the whisper of your voice curled through the air like cigarette smoke.
It was impossible. He was losing his mind.
His blood ran cold. His name, spoken so softly, so familiar, yet carrying the weight of something beyond the grave. He turned sharply, but the dim glow of his apartment revealed nothing. Only the remnants of his latest crimeâa body slumped in the corner, eyes wide, lips frozen in a scream. A woman who had your hair, your face, your shapeâwho had been a pathetic, fragile imitation of you.
His pulse roared in his ears. The radio crackled with static, his own heartbeat distorted into white noise.
The question wasnât from the radio. It was from you.
A slow, eerie grin stretched across his face, but it was empty. A reflex. A mask. His voice came out smooth, but there was something desperate beneath it.
The silence that followed felt suffocating. He swallowed, suddenly aware of how cold the room had become. His fingers twitched at his sides. He felt it againâyour presence, unseen but unmistakable.
â⊠This isnât what I wanted.â
Ah. So thatâs what this was. Guilt, slipping in through the cracks. He had thought himself immune to it, but hearing your voice again? It was different.
âOh, but you see,â he murmured, tilting his head as he addressed the empty room, âwhat you wanted no longer matters. Because you left me.â His voice darkened, laced with something venomous. âAnd now Iâve made sure the world remembers you.â
A flicker in the corner of his vision. A shadow? A trick of the dim light? Noâyou were here.
Alastor clenched his fists, something twisting in his gut. His smile wavered. He should feel triumphant. He had honored you in the only way he knew howâwith violence, with chaos, with the ruin of everything that dared to resemble you.
Then why⊠did he feel like he had failed you?
âAlastorâŠâ Your voice was barely a whisper, a breath against his ear, a sound carried by the wind itself. âI was hurting. And youââ
He stepped forward, reaching out, but there was nothing to grasp. Just air. Just absence.
A laughâhigh-pitched, jaggedâbubbled up from his throat, unsteady and wrong. His fingers curled into his palms, nails biting into his own flesh.
âI tried!â he snapped, voice cracking, his mask slipping. âI told you to stay! I begged you toââ
A void where your voice should be.
And for the first time in his life, Alastor felt something unfamiliar clawing at his chest.
The radio hummed. The body on the floor remained lifeless.
And Alastor, for all his power, for all his wit, for all his controlâstood there, for once, with nothing.
Just the ghost of you. And the echoes of a laughter he would never hear again.
Alastor was losing himself.
The killings had been satisfying at first. Each act of violence had been a desperate grasp at control, a way to fill the gaping void you had left behind. But nowânow, even as blood pooled at his feet, even as screams rang in his earsâthere was no satisfaction. No relief.
He saw you in every shadow. Heard you in every whisper of wind, every crackle of his beloved radio.
And worst of all? He felt you.
You haunted him in ways he couldnât escape. Not in the way spirits haunted old homes or restless souls clung to their unfinished business. Noâyou haunted the very fabric of him.
He had always been a man of control, sharp and calculated, always three steps ahead. But now? He felt unraveled.
The change began slowly. A creeping sensation in his chest, a disturbance in his mind.
At first, it was just the dreams. Nightmares, if he were being honestâthough heâd never admit to fearing them. He dreamed of the river, of your reflection staring back at him from the black water. Your eyes empty, accusing. He dreamed of reaching for you, only for your image to ripple and disappear, leaving him gasping for air.
Then came the waking moments of displacement.
He would enter a room and forget why he was there. Hear a voiceâyour voiceâonly to turn and find nothing. Food lost its taste. Music lost its charm. Even his own laughterâonce so effortlessâfelt wrong. Forced.
His mind fractured further with each passing day.
The killings became less about vengeance and more about habit. A desperate attempt to feel something. But they no longer served their purpose.
And thatâs when he realizedâhe was changing.
The transformation was not sudden, nor was it entirely physical.
Oh, he still looked human, at least in the mirror. But inside? Something fundamental was shifting.
His once brilliant mindâsharp as a knifeânow teetered on the edge of something far darker. He had always been clever, but now his thoughts felt inhuman. Detached. Cold.
He began to crave things he could not name. His body itched for something beyond flesh, beyond blood. He could feel his soul twisting into something grotesque, stretching toward something otherworldly.
It wasnât just madness.
The final breaking point came when he tried to speak to you.
Tried to summon youâtruly summon you.
Through old rituals, through whispers in the dark, through desperate, fevered attempts to bring you back.
And so, Alastor did the only thing left to do.
He laughed until his throat burned, until his ribs ached, until the world around him seemed to distort under the weight of his hysteria.
And in that moment, something inside him snapped.
The man he had once beenâthe clever, charming, mischievous man who had loved youâdied that night.
And in his place, something else was born.
Something with sharper teeth. Something with a hunger that could never be sated. Something that no longer cared for the limits of mortality.
And so, Alastor stepped fully into the madness, embraced the darkness, and let the last shreds of his humanity rot.
There was nothing left worth saving.
The swamp was alive with the hum of cicadas, the distant croak of bullfrogs, and the soft rustling of the wind through the trees. The night stretched on, dark and endless, as Alastor dragged yet another lifeless body through the underbrush.
It had become a ritual by now. He worked alone, humming some jazz tune under his breath, the weight of his latest victim barely a bother. He had done this so many times. The city was catching on to the string of missing women, but no one suspected him. No one ever suspected the man with the charming smile and the quick wit.
Alastor froze, fingers tightening around the corpseâs wrist. His head tilted slightly, ears picking up the faintest movement in the distance. Someone else was here.
The realization hit just as he spotted the faint glow of a lantern through the trees.
Pain. A sharp, searing pain tore through his chest. His breath hitched as he stumbled backward, his grip on the body loosening.
Another shotâthis time, his leg buckled beneath him. He collapsed to the damp earth, gasping as warmth spread through his clothing. Blood.
He could hear them talking, could barely make out their figures through the dense foliage.
"Didja see that?! We got âim!"
"Damn thingâs hugeâlook at those antlers!"
His vision blurred. His body ached, cold creeping into his fingers. But he barely noticedâbecause something was wrong.
His handsâhis fingersâwere stretching, warping into something unnatural.
He could feel them growing, twisting out from his skull. His body contorted, reshaping itself, the pain of death giving way to something even stranger.
His last breath came out as a laughâa wheezing, broken chuckle that sent a chill down the hunters' spines.
Alastor awoke to a world bathed in red.
The sky above churned with crimson clouds, the ground beneath him cracked and scorched. He pushed himself up, disoriented, his body still tingling from the sensation of becoming.
And then he saw his reflection.
The murky water of a nearby puddle rippled, distorting his faceâbut there was no mistaking it. His features were still his own, but⊠changed.
His eyes glowed with an unnatural red light. His ears were long, pointed. And his smileâhis signature, ever-present smileâfelt sharper.
But the most striking change?
The massive set of deer antlers crowning his head.
Something deep inside him stirred, and as the realization settled in, Alastor did the only thing that felt right.
He threw back his headâ
Hell had given him a new form, a fitting form.
He was going to enjoy this.
Hell was not what you had expected.
It wasnât fire and brimstone, nor was it eternal tormentâat least, not in the way the preachers had warned. It was loud, chaotic, an endless city pulsing with neon lights and strange, inhuman creatures.
And somehow, you were here.
Your memories were hazy, blurred at the edges, but the weight of your death still clung to you. The pain, the loneliness, the finality of it allâit had been too much. And yet, instead of fading into oblivion, you had woken up in this strange, twisted afterlife.
At first, you thought he was just another demon. His sharp suit, his unnerving red eyes, the way he grinned like he knew a joke no one else didâit all fit the description.
But there was something familiar about him.
Something in the way he spoke, the way he tilted his head when he looked at you, like he knew you from somewhere.
"Why, if it isnât my dear, darling, Y/N!"
His voice was a melody, smooth and rich like a radio hostâs, yet laced with something darker.
And suddenly, it hit you. The way he carried himself, that unmistakable laugh, the gleam of amusement in his eyes that never quite reached his soul.
His grin widened. "Ah, so you do remember me! My, my, what a reunion! And here I thought I was the only one who got a second chance atâshall we sayâinfamy?"
You took a step back, heart pounding. This wasnât the man you had known. He looked like him, sounded like him, but everything about him was⊠wrong.
The Alastor you had knownâyour dear friendâhad been mischievous, yes, but not like this. Not this predatory, bloodstained thing standing before you.
"What happened to you?" you breathed.
His laughter rang out, bright and sharp. "Oh, sweetheart... YOU, happened! Your little disappearance sent me on quite the downward spiral! And, well⊠letâs just say I took up a new hobby." His eyes glowed with something unreadable. "Turns out, Hell appreciates a man with a knack for⊠entertainment."
You had left him behind in life, and now?
Now, he was something else.
Even as fear curled in your chest, even as you saw the demon he had become, a part of you still saw him.
And that part of you couldnât help but wonderâ
Was there anything left of the man you had once loved?
The air between you was thick with unspoken words.
Alastor was still grinning, but there was a flicker of something else in his eyesâsomething unreadable, something unsettling. He had changed, but so had you. And now, standing before him in this twisted afterlife, you knew you couldnât keep the truth buried any longer.
You swallowed hard, heart hammering in your chest.
"Alastor," you said, your voice softer than you meant it to be. "IâI never meant to leave you like that."
His grin didn't waver, but his head tilted slightly, as if he were listening to a song only he could hear.
You took a shaky breath. "Iâ", your throat tightened, but you forced yourself to say it. "I loved you, Alastor. I always did."
His expression didn't change. Not at first. But his fingers twitched ever so slightly, his eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that made your breath catch.
"Ah," he finally said, voice smooth as ever. "Is that what it was all about?"
You nodded, unable to look away.
Alastor let out a slow chuckle, shaking his head. "And here I thought you were just mysterious."
You frowned, confusion twisting in your gut. "Alastorâ"
"Darling, darling," he interrupted, lifting a hand as if to stop your words. "Why so serious? Weâre in Hell! Surely, thereâs no need for all this brooding when we have eternity to waste!"
He clapped his hands together. "Tell you what, sweetheartâwhy donât we go paint the town red? And no, noâ" he wagged a finger playfully, "not that kind of red. I mean, unless you're feeling violent." He chuckled at his own joke.
Your mind reeled. He was deflecting.
After everything you had just said, after everythingâwas this really all he had to say?
"Alastor," you whispered, your voice barely audible. "Do youâdid you ever feel the same?"
For a split second, his grin falteredâjust a fraction.
Then, as quickly as it had faded, it was back in full force.
"Now, now, dear," he purred, stepping closer. "Thatâs an awfully dangerous question, donât you think?"
Your breath caught as he leaned in, his face inches from yours.
Then, just as suddenly, he pulled away with a theatrical twirl. "Come now, letâs not dwell on silly things like the past! Youâve got a second chance, Iâve got a second chanceâwhy not make the most of it?"
He extended a hand toward you, his grin unwavering. "So, what do you say, dearest? Care to join me for a night on the town?"
He was deflecting. Hiding behind jokes, behind that ever-present grin. But beneath it all, you saw something elseâsomething buried deep.
A truth he wasnât ready to speak.
You glanced at his outstretched hand, then back at his face.
Maybe he wasnât ready to face the truth just yet.
For now, you could take his hand.
And see where the night would take you.
At first, it was just fun.
You and Alastorâtogether again, painting Hell with laughter and chaos, just like old times. He took you everywhere, showing you the wonders (and horrors) of the afterlife, always keeping you close, always grinning.
It was as if nothing had changed.
Because now, you both knew the truth.
You had loved him in life. Had lost yourself in sorrow, thinking he never cared. And heâwell, Alastor never admitted things outright, but you saw it now.
The way he watched you when he thought you werenât looking.
The way his fingers twitched, as if itching to touch you but not daring to.
The way his voice softened just slightly when he said your name.
And then, one night, he finally broke.
You had been teasing himânothing new, just playful banter, a joke about his unbreakable grin.
But instead of laughing, he had gone silent.
Then, without warning, he had grabbed your wrist, pulling you close, his grin sharp but his eyes unreadable.
"You left me," he had said, voice unusually quiet. "Do you have any idea what you did to me, my dearest?"
Your breath caught. "Alastorâ"
"I donât lose things." His fingers tightened just a fraction. "I donât let things go. But you⊠you were gone. And Iâ". He cut himself off, his usual humor nowhere to be found.
You reached for his hand. "Iâm here now."
He stared at you for a long moment. Thenâ
But this time, it wasnât mocking or theatrical. It was relieved.
His arms wrapped around you, pulling you flush against him. "Well, I suppose that means Iâll just have to make sure you donât go disappearing on me again, hmm?"
And from that moment onâhe didnât let you go.
You were together, always.
The Radio Demon and his darlingâHellâs most inseparable pair.
It had been building for weeks.
Alastor was always by your sideâmore than before, more than ever. If you moved, he moved. If you laughed, he laughed. If you so much as sighed, he was right there, grinning, tilting his head, asking in that smooth, playful voice, âwhatâs on your mind, darling?â
But something was different.
The way he looked at you lingered too long. The way he touched your wrist, your shoulder, your waistâlight, fleeting, but always thereâspoke of something deeper.
And then, one evening, he finally snapped.
You were strolling through the streets of Hell, passing under neon lights and the ever-present hum of the afterlifeâs chaos. Alastor had been oddly quietâfor him, anyway. No dramatic narration, no wild bursts of laughter, just⊠watching you.
You stopped, raising an eyebrow. "What?"
His grin widenedâsharp, knowing. "Oh, nothing, my dear! Just admiring something that belongs to me."
Your heart skipped a beat. "Alastorâ"
"Tell me something, sweetheart," he interrupted, stepping closer, eyes glowing. "Did you ever consider just saying something back in the mortal world? Or did you enjoy making me suffer?"
You blinked. "Making you suffer?"
He let out a dramatic sigh. "Oh, woe is me! My dearest, darling companion, struck down by despair because she thought I didnât careâ", his voice dropped, silky and smooth. "When in realityâŠ"
A flash of red eyes beneath the glow of Hellâs eternal lights.
"I simply didnât realize how much I needed you."
Your breath caught. "Alastorâ"
"So!", he clapped his hands together, suddenly bursting with energy. "Since weâve already done this whole âtragic longingâ thing, letâs skip to the fun part, shall we?"
He bowed dramatically, extending a hand toward you, eyes gleaming. "My dear, delightful Y/Nâwhat do you say we make this little arrangement of ours official?"
You stared. "Are you⊠asking me out?"
He grinned. "Darling, Iâm claiming you. But if you prefer something more traditional, wellâconsider this your official invitation to be courted by the one and only Radio Demon!"
Your lips parted, heart racing.
You slid your hand into his.
"Took you long enough," you murmured, smirking.
His laughter rang out like music, his fingers curling around yours. "Oh, my dear," he purred. "You have no idea what youâve just signed up for."
Hellâs most dangerous and inseparable couple was born.
From the moment you set foot in the Hazbin Hotel, Alastor never left your side.
Oh, sure, he pretended he wasnât clinging to you. He acted as if he was simply amused by your presence, as if you were just an interesting little pet to keep entertained.
His sarcasm never faded.
His teasing never stopped.
"Careful, dearest! Wouldnât want you tripping over your own feet and landing in someoneâs clutches! I hear certain demons love picking up straysâoh, but donât worry!", he leaned in, grinning sharp as a blade. "Iâd simply have to rip them apart, now wouldnât I?"
You rolled your eyes. "Alastor, I can take care of myself."
"Oh, I know, sweetheart!" he chirped, looping an arm around your shoulders. "Thatâs why I let you think youâre independent! Itâs simply adorableâlike watching a baby bird flap its little wings before tumbling right back into my talons!"
Despite his words, his grip on you was firm.
And as you got to know the hotelâs residentsâCharlie, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Niffty, Huskâyou noticed something strange.
Alastor didnât like how quickly people warmed up to you.
Charlie adored you from the start. Angel Dust practically draped himself over you, calling you âsweetheartâ and âsugarâ and throwing playful winks your way. Niffty loved fussing over you, and Huskâwell, Husk didnât hate you, which said a lot.
And the more he watched, the tighter his grip became.
"My, my," heâd say with a chuckle whenever Angel Dust got too close, "itâs so fascinating how some creatures just flock to the most dangerously naive souls!"
You shot him a look. "Alastorâ"
"Oh, donât mind me!" he sang, swaying beside you. "Iâm simply delighted by how easy it is for people to love you! Truly, itâs a miracle you werenât snatched up by some unsavory characters long before I got my claws into you!"
His grin widened. "Oh, but donât worry, dear! Iâll make sure that never happens."
Subtly. Silently. Without ever admitting it outright.
When Angel Dust got a little too touchy, Alastorâs voice would suddenly cut inâcheerful, mocking, but firm.
"Oh, Angel, darling, letâs not forget whose company she prefers now, hmm?"
When a stranger tried flirting with you at the hotel? Alastor would simply appear beside them, laughing, grinningâhis shadow stretching just a little too far, curling just a little too hungrily.
"Oh, how charming!" heâd croon. "But do tell me, dear guest, do you value your existence? No? Ahaha! Excellent!"
Even something smallâa scrape, a stumbleâhe was there before you could react.
"Tsk, tsk!" heâd sigh dramatically, offering his hand. "Must I do everything around here? Honestly, youâd be lost without me!"
You scoffed, taking his hand. "You donât have to be so dramatic."
"Darling," he said, voice smooth as velvet, "Iâm always dramatic. But that doesnât mean Iâm wrong."
You squeezed his fingers. "Alastor."
For just a moment, his grin softened.
Just a fraction. Just enough.
Then, just as quickly, it was back.
"Now, then!" he declared, twirling you away from whatever danger had dared approach you. "Shall we continue this delightful little adventure? After all, Hellâs simply full of surprises! And Iâd hate for you to face them without me!"
You laughed. "Like youâd ever let that happen."
"Oh, my dear," he murmured, "you have no idea."
Alastor's protectiviness.
Alastor was not a man easily shaken.
He had danced through massacres with a grin, turned suffering into a symphony, and waltzed through Hell with his usual flair. He had never known fear.
At first, he brushed it off. Of course, he liked keeping you closeâwho wouldnât? You were delightful, charming, his! But then⊠he started noticing things.
How sometimes, your laughter faltered.
How sometimes, your eyes drifted, seeing something else.
How sometimes, you would disappear into yourselfânot physically, but mentally, trapped in some dark corner of your thoughts.
And that? That terrified him.
Because he knew what happened when people lingered in sorrow too long.
He had lost you once already.
He wasnât going to let it happen again.
So he never left you alone.
"Darling!" his voice rang out too cheerfully whenever he caught you slipping into thought. "Why the melancholy? Bored of Hell already? I told you, dear, Iâd be your eternal entertainment, but reallyâI thought I had more time before you started questioning your life choices! Ahaha!"
He talked constantlyâmore than usual, filling every quiet moment with sound, ensuring that your thoughts never got too loud.
If he ever caught you alone, lost in your head?
"Tsk, tsk!" heâd click his tongue, appearing beside you in an instant. "Now, what did I say about wandering into dangerous places?"
"Alastor, Iâm just thinkingâ"
"Oh, I know that look, my dear! And I simply refuse to let you fall into bad habits! Now!" heâd clasp his hands together, grinning just a little too wide. "Shall we dance? Murder? Cause delightful chaos? Or perhaps youâd prefer a storyâsomething to distract that beautiful little mind of yours?"
You sighed. "You donât have to hover, you know."
His grin never wavered. But his fingers twitched.
"Oh, but I do, darling." His voice dippedâjust for a second, too soft. "Youâre simply terrible at being left alone."
And that was the real reason.
It wasnât just protectiveness.
Fear of silence. Fear of losing you again.
So he never let you drift. Never let you isolate. Never let you forgetâ
That you werenât alone.
A simple, ordinary knife.
You had gone to the kitchen to cook, humming softly to yourself as you grabbed it from the counter. Just like always. Just like anyone would.
But the moment Alastor saw you holding itâ
In a flash, the knife was out of your hand, clattering to the floor as Alastorâs cane struck it away.
A hand gripping your wrist.
"What do you think youâre doing?"
His voice was light. Too light. That awful, sing-song lilt still dancing in his wordsâ
Red. Wide. Unblinking. Terrified.
"Did you think I wouldnât notice?" he pulled you closer, fingers digging into your skin. "Did you think Iâd let you do this again?"
Your heart stopped. "Alastor, I was justâ"
"Just what?" His smile twitched. "Just holding a knife? Just standing here all alone? Just thinkingâ"
And suddenly, you werenât standing anymore.
You were crushed against his chest.
His arms were wrapped around youâvice-like, unyielding, desperate.
"No." His voice cracked, barely a whisper. "No, no, no, I wonât let you."
"You left me once," his breath was shaking. "You disappeared, you were gone, and Iâ"
He buried his face in your hair.
You felt his entire body shudder.
"I canâtâ" his voice broke into static. "I wonât lose you again."
And thatâs when you realizedâ
This wasnât just protectiveness.
A crippling, suffocating fear that had hollowed him out from the inside, left him raw, left him feral at the mere sight of you with a blade in your hand.
Because to Alastor, that knife wasnât for cooking.
It was for stealing you away from him.
And heâd burn all of Hell before he let that happen.
1. When You Take Too Long in the Bathroom
A simple, human habitâclosing the door when you went to freshen up.
But if you took too long, Alastor would knockâonce, twiceâbefore phasing straight through the wall, appearing inside with a grin.
"Oh, darling! Are you hiding from me?" his voice was cheerful, mocking, but his fingers twitched against his cane. "Or were you just hoping Iâd come check on you?"
"Are you?" he tilted his head, eyes piercing. "You are alone in here, after all. Just you and that dangerous little mind of yours. Terribly unsafe, if you ask me!"
You sighed. "I was literally just brushing my hair."
"Ah, but you see, my dear," he leaned closer, caging you in, "you have a terrible habit of thinking when youâre alone. And I simply canât allow that."
From then on, the bathroom door never stayed closed for long.
2. When You Didnât Answer Him Immediately
If you ever didnât answer when he calledâ
And before you could even realize what was happeningâ
"Ah, there you are!" his voice was too bright, his smile stretched too wide. "For a moment, I thought you were ignoring me!"
You blinked. "Alastor, I was justâ"
"Oh, I know what you were doing!" his laugh was sharp, too sharp. "You were lost in that pretty little head of yours! Drifting!"
"I hate when you do that."
From then on, if you didnât answer immediately, heâd find you. No matter where you were.
3. When You Tried to Walk Away from a Fight
It happened once. Just once.
Some demon had been too bold, said something too cruelâand instead of fighting, you had turned away.
Because before you could take two stepsâ
In an instant, Alastorâs hand was on you, pulling you back, his claws digging into your skin.
"Where do you think youâre going?"
"You donât walk away when someone disrespects you." His smile was gone. His eyes burned. "You stand beside me and watch as I tear them apart."
From then on, you never walked away from a fight.
Not because you were afraid of them.
Alastor would always fight for you.
4. When You Said You Needed âSpaceâ
One night, after a long day, you sighed. "Alastor⊠I think I just need some space tonight."
"Ahahaha! Oh, darling! What a funny little joke!"
You frowned. "I wasnât jokingâ"
"Oh, but you must be! Because surelyâsurelyâyou donât think Iâd leave you alone just because you asked me to! Ahaha!"
He leaned closer, eyes wild.
"You donât need space from me, sweetheart."
His fingers trailed along your arm, light, possessive.
From then on, âspaceâ was no longer part of your vocabulary.
Not because you didnât need it.
Alastor would never give it to you.
You sat on the edge of the terrace, legs dangling over the abyss of Hellâs endless void. The sky stretched above youâred, empty, mocking. The city lights flickered below, distant, meaningless.
And for the first time in a long time, you felt small.
You didnât hear him approach.
The moment you turned your headâ
Standing a few feet away, frozen, his ever-present grin strained. His eyesâwide, glowing, terrified.
"What a dangerous little spot youâve found yourself in!" his voice was still playful, still teasingâbut his fingers twitched against his cane, his whole body rigid. "And all alone, too! My, myâwhat would I do if you fell?"
You blinked, pulling yourself from your thoughts. "Alastor, I was just looking at theâ"
"The sky?" he let out a sharp, hollow laugh. "Oh, of course you were! Nothing concerning about sitting on the edge of oblivion, alone, quiet, lost in your thoughts..."
A flash of red. A rush of staticâ
And suddenly, arms were around you.
Dragging you away from the ledge.
The world spun, and before you could protestâ
His armsâwrapped tight around you, chest pressed against your back, breath shaking against your ear.
"You terrify me sometimes, you know that?"
The ever-present laughter in his toneâgone.
You swallowed. "Alastorâ"
"Shh." His grip tightened. "Donâtâdonât ever do that again."
A tremor ran through him. His fingers dug into your sides, clutching, desperate.
"You canât leave me again."
An unshakable truth. A law of the universe.
Because Alastor had lost you once.
And if Hell itself thought it could take you from him againâ
His grip on you was unrelenting.
His breathâshaky, uneven, desperate.
His heartâif he even still had oneâwas pounding against your back.
"You canât leave me again."
The words lingered in the air, heavy, suffocating.
You swallowed hard. "AlastorâŠ"
Slowly, shakilyâhe turned you in his arms.
His hands moved to cup your face, fingers trembling against your skin as if afraid youâd vanish the moment he let go.
His eyesâwide, wildâsearched yours, glowing red, burning with something raw, something dangerous.
"I wonât let you slip away from me."
His voice was low, almost a whisper.
His thumb traced your cheek.
His lips crashed into yours.
It was raw, possessive, terrifying.
Like he was claiming you. Like he was branding you into his very existence, ensuring that no force in Hellâor beyondâcould ever take you away from him again.
The static in the air hummed.
His fingers tangled in your hair, pulling, clutching, refusing to let go.
The kiss deepened, his breath faltering against your lips, as if he had needed thisâneeded youâmore than he had ever needed anything in his wretched existence.
When he finally broke away, his forehead pressed against yours, his breath ragged, his grin nowhere to be seen.
"Youâre mine now, darling." his voice was hoarse, trembling with something dark, something devotional.
His lips ghosted over yours again, softer this time.
"And Iâm never letting you go."