King of Hearts

Chapter Five: Over Lordy

Spoiler warning: Major spoilers for Hazbin Hotel Season 1

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Written by ViktheViking

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The air was thick with awkward silence as the 3 overlords sat at the card table, waiting for Husk and Angel to come back from their argument in the next room. Valentino wrapped his fingers on the table, annoyed, though he so rarely wasn't. Alastor sat completely at ease, not one to mind silence, and especially not one to be so weak as to need to fill it.

"S-So! Still got old husker on the ropes, I see . . .!" Vox tried and failed not to stumble through his words.

Alastor raised an eyebrow at him, grin still wide as ever, "I see you haven't gotten free from yours . . ." His eyes flicked to Valentino.

Vox opened his mouth but the mothman interjected, "Yes, I tried to tie him up in extension cords, but he's too sour to see the humor in it."

The two sat very uncomfortable as Valentino lazed in his chair.

Alastor kept himself as composed as possible and continued, "Hmm, well, at least you've added a third to your empire of denial and deception. How is young velvette, these days? I only met her twice before my . . . brief absence. She made quite an impression at the overlord meeting you two missed."

"Don't start on Velvette, okay? She's done more for hell, for us, than you ever did." Vox said, mood suddenly shifting.

"Oh? Are you protective of the girl? How very interesting." He grinned with genuine amusement, "Look at you, doting on your precious daughter."

Vox scoffed, while Valentino laughed a little too hard, "You should've seen the way-"

"Don't." Vox warned, voice thick with TV static.

Valentino put up two of his hands and was silent. There was another pause again, until Alastor began, "Say, when was the last time we-"

"Okay, fuckers, let's go!" Angel strutted out of the side bedroom like he owned the place, now wearing a mesh top he'd found discarded in there. Husk followed behind him, seeming . . . was that a bit of confidence on his face? Alastor felt a mixture of annoyance and amusement bubbling to the surface. Those two emotions did seem to be pairing together more often than not lately.

He composed himself, "Giving up already? Why, I didn't expect you to fold so easily, Husk. I'm disappointed."

"Oh, we're doing this," Husk replied, taking his seat, "And Angel's on my team for the rest of the game."

"What?!" The two vees shouted at the same time, as Alastor said, "Excellent!"

They all turned to stare at him. He continued, "The more the merrier! It is only fair, now you both have an incompetent teammate!"

"What did you just-" Angel placed a hand on the table.

"Thank you! Alastor . . . We appreciate it." Husk interrupted Angel before he blew it for both of them. They exchanged a look, Angel peeved, and Husk pleading.

Angel huffed, taking a seat in the chair that Alastor's black tendrils slid towards the table for him, "Fine. But I ain't saying thank you." He sat down between his boss and his feline friend.

Valentino grinned, "Well, we're already winning, Voxy. Besides, I've seen Angel in poker before. Trust me, sex is the only thing he's good at."

Husk and Angel grinned at each other. "We're ready. Deal."

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Author's Note

I'm back! And I'm reuploading everything that got taken down when Ao3 got mad at me.

So sorry about it being a short one. Motivation to write has been hard to find, and I feel like I'm getting the characters all wrong, despite me rewatching the season to try to get them back in my head, but my editor said that it was great and that she can't wait for more, so I'm taking her word for it.

Eventually, all 29 chapters of The Pompous and The Prick (Stolas x Blitz from Helluva Boss) will be re-uploaded to ao3 as well, I'll finish the next chapter of King of Hearts, and then I will be FINALLY finishing. I probably won't do all of the bonus chapters I was planning to do, the alternate ending, the meme references, but I owe it to myself and you guys to at least write the official ending. It might not be all that great, but I thank you all for supporting me nonetheless.

Chapter 6 of King of Hearts, coming soon! Thank you all so much. I wish you all safety and hope in the coming years.