Chapter 1: first of many

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*****Alastors point of view********
  It was becoming more and more difficult to keep a smile on my face, I don't know why, my significant other, Husker, had many of these days, but this was my first one, and I didn't know how to explain it to him, but he notices that I'm struggling and gestures in a way that only I could understand to follow him to another room. 
  "What's going on smiles, somethings bothering you and I can tell, so don't lie sweetie" Husker knows when something is wrong with me sometimes it was easy and the others could tell, but he could read me easier then the rest of the people in the hotel, my strained smile drops and tears start to roll down my face.
  "I don't know what's wrong, you know I'm trying to help you and Charlie and it's all so much" dark circles were under my eyes because I used more magic then I was able to keep up with "and I can barely keep up with the amount of magic I use and I'm just tired of it all" angry static fills my voice and husker looks almost terrified, he's only a sinner after all and I'm an overlord, but he cautiously hugs me tight and I almost start sobbing.
  "How about you take a break from all of it tomorrow, the princess will understand, I know she will al" Husker says after I have calmed down a bit and I wipe my face "you will sacrifice your own happiness for that of others and you don't need to do that, it isn't healthy for you."
  "I know it isn't healthy, but I just want you all to be happy, and not worry about me, but knowing you, you are going to worry" I say looking away from Husker slightly, not wanting to see the clear worry in his eyes but he puts a hand on my cheek and moves my head to look at him. 
  "Listen, I can tell there's more going on then just wanting to help us, and I've watched you build and repair walls for so long, and you need to stop that and I'll be here to make sure you get better, I'm going to tell Charlie that you need rest and you get ready for bed and I'll get in bed with you so you can sleep, alright babe" he says and gently puts his forehead to mine, having to bend down a bit to do so and a small smile crosses my face.
  "Thank you love, this means a lot" I say and puts my arms around him and presses a kiss to his forehead and he smiles.
******Huskers Point of view*********
  "Hey Charlie, I need to talk to you in private real quick about alastor" I say and she looks a bit confused but follows me to a room.
  "What's going on with him, I couldn't notice anything wrong?" She asks, she seemed a bit worried about him.
  "He's been… sacrificing his own happiness for yours and mine, he needs some time off, he can't keep up with the amount of magic he uses, and his past has been tearing him down lately, he just needs to be alone and I'll be with him to make sure he gets better, I hope you understand that, I'm really worried about him, he's never had one of these days." I say, it's really worrying to see him in a bad mood because he seems so happy all the time, but today, I saw his walls crumble and he was vulnerable, which was the first time in a long time.
  "Oh I completely understand I'll let him take all the time he needs, I hope he gets better soon." Charlie says, she's too good to be down here in hell, but she was born here, so she's stuck here with many awful people who definitely deserved to be here.
  "Thanks, he'll really appreciate this and I know he" there was a loud crash before I could finish the sentence and my fur stands on end and I run to the room I had left Alastor and he was being held down by his shadow, it was like it was a separate person and al was struggling to get up.
  "Alastor what's wrong, what happened" I say worriedly, running to his side and his shadow backed off, it looked as if he had fallen asleep and was having a bad dream and I shook him awake and he jolted awake, almost punching me.
  "Hey, I'm right here, I'm here, shh shh" he had started to cry when he realized that he almost hit me and he was hugging me tightly and he buries his face in my shoulder.
  "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" he sobs out, he musta had a nightmare about his dad, he always had problems with that bastard.
  "Hey, it's fine, I'm alright hun, you didn't hurt me, you just scared me, do you wanna talk about your bad dream, I know you don't have a lot of em." I try to reassure him that it was just fine, he has calmed down a good bit but shakes his head no in response to my question.
  "I don't wanna talk about it" he replies and I put my wings around him lovingly and he smiles weakly.
  "How about we get you back in bed love, I talked to Charlie and she said she would let you take as long as you need to get feeling better." I say with the most understanding tone I could muster.
  "Tomorrow, how would you feel about going and killing someone, hmm" I say, hoping it will help cheer him up and his ears perk up a bit when I bring it up and he nods, I then pick him up, which was easy because he was pretty light and carry him back to bed and lays down, he snuggled up almost as soon as I lay down and he falls asleep, even if it seems like his shadow is separate it's still part of his magic to move it.

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