Then
Octavia (Young): Mummy! Daddyyyy!
Stolas is roused from his sleep. He turns to Stella who has most of the blanket.
Stolas: Mmph. Via's calling us, Stella.
Stella: You get up.
Stolas sighs and gets out of bed. He enters Octavia's room, where she is hiding beneath her blankets.
Stolas: Via? What troubles you, my owlet?
Octavia (Young): Daddy! Daddy!
Young Octavia climbs down from her bed and runs into her father's arms. Stolas hoists her up to comfort her.
Octavia (Young): I had a dream! A really bad dream!
Stolas yawns and wipes away Octavia's tear, correcting her.
Stolas: A nightmare.
Octavia (Young): I was looking all over the palace, and... I couldn't find you anywhere! You weren't there!
Stolas rubs Octavia on the back comfortingly.
Stolas: There there, Via, it's okay. You're okay.
Stolas summons his grimoire to him telekinetically as he walks Octavia back to bed.
Stolas: When you're scared, and you don't know where I am, you must remember...
Stolas's grimoire floats over to him. He telekinetically flips it open.
Stolas: No matter what happens to me, I will never be far away... from my special little starfire.
Stolas begins singing a lullaby to little Octavia.
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Now
Octavia is jolted awake by smashing objects and her parents screaming at each other, far less content.
Stella: I can't believe you slept with an imp, in OUR FUCKING BED!
Octavia, annoyed at being disturbed, gives a long groan.
Stolas: It was unexpected! I didn't have time to go to a motel!
Stella: A motel?! Like a fucking PLEBEIAN?!
Octavia grabs her phone and puts in earbuds, playing "My World Is Burning Down Around Me" to tune out the screaming as she strides down the halls of the Goetia estate, stepping over the smashed remains of a plant thrown in her path. In the kitchen, Stella continues screaming at Stolas.
Stella: You want to fuck this one, TOO?!
Stella grabs an imp servant and violently tosses him in Stolas' direction.
Stolas: No! Of course not!
Stella: You are a goddamn embarrassment! I'm not spending another moment looking at your pathetic, IMP-SUCKING FACE!!
Stella storms out of the room, shouting angrily the entire time, and smashing more potted plants. Stolas sighs in exhausted exasperation before he notices his daughter has entered the kitchen.
Stolas: Good mooorning, Octavia! Did you sleep well, my owlet?
Octavia: Was that a serious question?
Stolas opens the refrigerator to retrieve a massive chunk of zebra meat.
YOU ARE READING
Helluva Guy (Helluva Boss x Autisic reader.)
AventureBlitz, a classic demon Imp, sets out to run his own small assassin business with his weapons specialist Moxxie, his bruiser Millie, and his receptionist hellhound Loona. Together, they attempt to survive each other while running a start-up in Hell.
