𝐇𝐇 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄 - Hazbin Hotel

Oh baby pt 3

It was roughly a month of that same song and dance of Alastor leaving small things via either Husk or Niffty and Lucifer mostly being the one to watch Marie before the day when the Radio Demon came down to the two older Morningstars saying goodbye to the group in the lobby.

"Where might you be going, my dears?"

"Angelic council called something about the extermination," Lucifer replied. Alastor raised an eyebrow at the angel.

"And who will be watching the spawn?"

"Marie will be watched by Angel and Husk, who have kindly offered to watch her as they have spent a decent amount of time with her already." Lucifer leaned onto his staff, smirking.

"Nonsense, I will watch her."

Lucifer snaps back, standing straight up, his brows furrowed. "You are going to watch her? Are you sure?" Every member in the lobby noted the evident concern in his voice. It was common knowledge that Alastor had yet to hold her, let alone spend more than glimpsing moments watching her.

"Certainly!" he said, sending four tentacles to pick up Marie. Who giggled and tried to grasp the one that lightly tapped her nose. However, the tentacles remained at arm's length. The movement surprised Angel, who had been holding her arms still stretched like he wasn't entirely willing to hand her over. "After all, It is my job to care for her."

"Oh, Alastor, that's a wonderful idea!" Charlie cheered next to a grimacing Vaggie.

After a moment, more goodbyes, including Lucifer squishing Marie's cheeks and handing her a new rubber duck that resembled himself. Charlie hugged her, followed by Vaggie patting the small one's fluffy head. Marie's little ears twitched as she gargled in response to her Vaggie's pat. Charlie almost has to drag a clearly worried Lucifer out. After all, this will be his first time letting her out of his reach and, frankly, into Alastor's hands. Not that he didn't believe Alastor wouldn't do everything in his own way to protect her, but that did not calm his nerves.

After the trio had gone through the portal, Angel Spoke," Do you even know how to care for a baby?"

"Angel," Husk warned, stepping between the two before Alastor could respond.

"Not a clue." This shocked the duo, causing Husk to bump into Angel as he stepped back, Eying the child like he was ready to grab her and run. One of Angel's hands rests on Husk's hip with a slightly harsher grasp than necessary. Alastor spoke again, "You may leave now."

The two left after looking at each other and seemingly conversing without speaking. Once alone with the baby, Alastor hummed before using his tentacles to carry her, still at arm's length away, up to his room. Marie seemed to enjoy it, waving her new duck. Once in the room, he summoned a few shadows and placed her in the center of his bed. She instantly flopped onto her back, flapping her wings as she fell. Alastor's head seemed to tilt farther and farther as he noticed the Lucifer duck start to float above the girl.

"You are oddly advanced for an infant." He hummed as the fuck fell and bounced off the bed earning a whimper as tears started to form in her eyes. He ordered one of the shadows to pick it up and hand it to her, but that did not calm her. If anything, it caused her to start making grabby hands at her creator. He stepped towards her before stopping and getting the same shadow to pick her up.

That made things significantly worse. She started screeching as small but dark horns emerged from her forehead. Sharp claws gripping into the shadow wings flared as she goes in for a bite. The shadow doesn't let her go; it only looks at its controller, who seems startled yet intrigued. His bookshelf explodes, leaving a flurry of papers falling in the air and landing on her head, perfectly balanced on her flattened ears.

"My, My dear yo–"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO Herr?" Angel dust burst into the room, guns raised, followed by an out-of-breath Husk holding cards. Marie screams louder, arms stretched out, still trying to grasp Alastor.

The room was still for two moments before Angel dropped the guns and went to pick up Marie, only for her to bite a decent-sized chunk out of the latter's arm.

"Fuck, Shit, Fu-"

"Language, please, there is a child."

"Have you tried holding her?" Angel retorted, holding his arm and pointing another at the little demon who now had radio static behind the screams. In response, Alastor again picks her up with two of his tentacles. This did not work. "Clearly, I meant with your actual arms jackass!"

"Why would I possibly need to do that. I am holding her."

This time, Husker said, "It's called bonding, and she clearly wants it."

Alastor hummed before reaching out an arm, which stopped before reaching her, hesitating. Marie sniffles the static, staying, but the screaming stops. Her tiny fingers barely reached the end of his claws as she grasped it. He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, almost relieved. There was no pain following the contact like the first time she touched him. If he were paying attention to anyone but the small, fawnlike girl with wings, he would have noticed Angel and Husk push each other out of the room after he released his breath.

"You are quite demanding, my little one," He whispered, pulling the girl closer into reach but still held by the tentacles. "And awfully strong." He tsked, snapping his fingers, the duck spawning beside him. He catches it and hands it back to Marie. Who was back to her usual hornless, fluffy-eared self, giggling away as she held his finger. All Alastor could think was how much he wanted Lucifer to see this adorable display. He was very good at this childrearing thing if she could look so cute. No, of course, she was pretty. She looked like.. Himself like Alastor. Who else could he possibly be thinking about?