🦆stubborn duck🦆

I quietly walk back into the hotel, greeted by hugs from Charlie and Vaggie and Anthony.

"Are you okay, dad..?"

"I'm fine..char char. I'm going to bed."

"Oh.."

I hug her, "I love you."

"I love you too..dad.."

I let go of her and head upstairs, climbing into bed.As I pull the covers over me and close my eyes, I sense something.

I sit up, Alastor in the corner of the room.

"What the hell are you doing in my room?"

"I want to talk. And-.." he swallows before he walks toward me, pulling something out of his pocket. "You need to take them."

He hands me my medicine.

"How'd you-"

"They were laying out in the open along with a scary amount of ducks."

I set the bottle on my nightstand.

"No. Take them. Now."

"What- no-"

He grabs the bottle, forcing it back into my hands.

"I need to see you take them."

"Why do you even care??"

"Take them so I can fucking explain that, bozo."

He takes the bottle and opens it, dumping a pill onto my hand.

I huff, taking it quickly.

"Thank you." He says, setting the bottle down.

He looks at me.

I look at him.

But then he hugs me.And I hug him.

"I didn't want you to save me in any way. I genuinely care about you. Not your place in hell."

I pull back, looking at him."What is the deal? What'd she offer you?"

"She had offered power and a place beside her in hell..but only if I helped get rid of you. Then..things didn't go as planned, and she is in heaven. But she sent me down to get rid of charlies hotel. So that heaven didn't work with her."

"Why is she in heaven?"

"Adam made a deal with her. Now that he's dead..she'll probably be back soon."

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