Waiting For Things To Get Better - Angeldust Angst

Trust Me (Chapter 1)

This chapter contains swearing, bruises, mentions of abuse, alcohol consumption

No POV/3rd person:

Angel stumbled into the hotel, walking over to the bar. He slumped down, fixing his posture. He let out a gentle sigh, fixing his hair.

Husk set a glass aside, raising an eyebrow at the other. "Long night?" He asked, Angel nodding. Husk poured him a drink, sliding it across the counter to him.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" "I don't know, whiskers. I'm tired, and I just- need to forget about it."

"That's okay. You know I'm always here to listen." Husk said, returning to cleaning up the bar. Angel traced the glass he was drinking out of, zoned out.

His hair was a mess, and he had a few small bruises here and there. His clothes had small rips in them.

He took a swig of his drink, setting the glass down on the counter. He groaned, resting his head in his hands. Husk raised an eyebrow, glancing at him.

"I'm fine. I'm okay- I'm just overworked. It's late- and I just don't wanna go to bed. It's like he's still there, even when I'm asleep. I can't get rid of him." Angel confessed. His fist tightened around a clump of his hair.

Husk let out a soft sigh, filling up his glass. "What do you do when you wake up?" "I guess I just walk it off. There's nothing to do about it." Angel shrugged, taking a sip of the drink.

Husk leaned on the counter. "What happens if you try to get a few days off?" "He gets all pissy, and he whines about me not making him enough money." Angel groaned at the thought, taking another sip of alcohol.

Husk studied Angel, watching as he got fidgety. "How's your pig?" "He's okay. I wish I had more time to be with him though." Angel pouted, gently tilting the glass so the liquid inside would slosh around.

"What's his name again?" "Fat Nuggets." Angel replied, a small smile creeping up on his face. "Why that of all names?" "Aye! There's nothin' wrong with 'is name! It's perfect, and if you can't see that than fuck you." Angel let out an angry huff.

Husk chuckled, shaking his head. "Wasn't dissin' ya." He said, watching Angel down the rest of his drink. "Why don't you try to rest? Charlie said she's got some trust shit for the morning, you'll want sleep for those."

"Fine. Night whiskers." Angel said, setting the glass down. He stood up, fixing his outfit before walking away. Husk sighed, cleaning up.

In the morning, Charlie and Vaggie were talking quietly. Husk leaned on the back of the couch, drinking out of a bottle.

Angel sat on the couch, his legs on Cherri, who was now staying at the hotel. It was hard to tell if she was there for Angel, or for redemption.

Lucifer sat in a chair off to the side. He was there to help with meetings and arrangements, but he still had to participate in activities. Alastor stood menacingly in a corner, soft static noises filling the silence among the group.

Cherri was half awake, trying to find something to focus on. Nifty giggled to herself, cleaning up the messes that barely existed.

Charlie clapped her hands together, gathering everyone's attention. "Okay, so, I know it's early buuuuttttt I didn't want to wait until late to do this, soooo everybody stand up. Come here."

The group followed her instructions, angel helping cherri stay upright. Charlie had them all stand in a circle, explaining the exercise.

"Okay, so basically, I'm gonna grab someone's hand who's across from me on one side with one hand, and then I'll grab someone else's. We're gonna make a knot, and we have to find a way to get out of it without letting go of anyones hands."

Charlie grabbed Husker's hand, reaching her arm underneath their joined hands to grab another. One after the other, the group slowly made a knot.

Within the asymmetrical circle, one person at a time weaved through, putting themselves in awkward positions and never once letting go.

Angel was leaning against Alastor, since he was the closest person. His arms were in a very uncomfortable position, and it threw off his balance. Alastor did nothing, but he didn't approve of this happening.

As soon as the group got it figured out, Alastor immediately let go of whoever hands he was holding. Angel giggled, resting his elbow on Cherri.

Charlie clapped excitedly. "Yay! Okay. The reason we did this so early is because me and vaggie have a few meetings to go to today. We'd be too tired by night to do anything, so better to do it early! While we're gone, Alastor is in charge."

"What??" Lucifer hissed, crossing his arms like a toddler. Vaggie sighed. "Alastors been in the hotel longer, and he knows what to do with the guests if anyone new comes while we're gone. He is the host." She deadpanned. Alastor just looked smug.

Lucifer looked minorly irritated, flopping on the couch dramatically. "We'll see you later, please dont set anything on fire, or destroy anything-"

Charlie waved to the group as she and Vaggie made their way to the door, exiting the building.

A/n

I'm aware this is decently short, I have not had many ideas lately, and it is the introduction chapter so it's not going to be super interesting :)