The fandom gave Alastor a harem, now he has to handle it
Why choosing one ship? Why multiship? Make them a polycule!
First, they teamed up and convinced Alastor to buy a phone (and to not destroy it two minutes after, disgusted with himself with how much he is willing to compromise for those fuckers). Things escalated from that really bad choice, and what started as 'Making a groupchat will make it easier to handle all of them blowing up my phone with messages and calls and those weird meeme things', is now half a nightmare and half a constant supply of amusement and flattery. They are a menace, singularly and collectively, and he has no idea how he found himself in this situation, but he can admit he finds it... tolerable. For some reason.
Even if it involves him still having his phone showing 28 missed calls, a number of text messages he doesn't even want to focus on, least he starts reconsidering his life choices, and having to text the "Alastor's harem 🔥🫶🦌" group chat (he doesn't know who came up with the name and he doesn't want to know. Patience is a skill he refined at this point, for survival.) with reassurance and sweet words, when he merely spent an afternoon minding his own fucking business.
Alastor: "Now, now, sweethearts, i was merely busy slaughtering a few Sinners. What is the matter?"
Angel: "I am trying to be a good guy looking for redemption but without drugs or you, i am bored as fuck."
Vox: "When you ignore me for a day, my soul crumbles and dies."
Lucifer: "My ducks won't talk to me.
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Headcanon that Alastor only knows how to show affection in ways HE would find acceptable to receive it. And yes, this DOES include random dead deer carcasses and the occasional sinner, but more importantly it affects how he interacts with others.
Because, other than Mimzy, who fairly explicitly tells him to fight her battles for her, most of his friends and acquaintances are powerful enough that joining a fight on their behalf would be an insult. Because HE would be insulted if someone did that to him, so he doesn't do it to those he likes and respects.
And as such, when he sees someone he cares about fighting he will watch and observe to only enter the battle if absolutely necessary - to do anything else would be to imply that they are weak and in need of protection. He respects them enough to let them win their own battles.
However, when he and Angel start becoming closer, this REALLY confuses Angel. He thought they were sorta-kinda friends, but Alastor REFUSES to help him even a little when he gets caught up in a turf war.
Alastor just observes from the fringes and doesn't do a THING to help Angel, and it's slowly driving him mad. Because the second the battle is over, Alastor will act just like before, but during it? He seems like he doesn't know who Angel is. It's kind of offensive, really. But he doesn't say anything because maybe HE'S misinterpreting their friendship here, and is looking into their interactions more than they are because he likes Alastor. It kind of hurts, but this is Hell, so what doesn't?
Until one day, when Alastor sees some random sinner attempt to drug Angel to force a victory. And suddenly, Alastor reminds everyone why they should fear the Radio Demon - because how DARE they be so weak as to insult Angel in such a way rather than simply respectfully dying.
And Angel is CONFUSED. He's like, "What the FUCK was that, Smiles?!" And is even more confused when Alastor APOLOGIZES and shows Angel the syringe as his reasoning for joining the fight.
Angel is so lost that for the first time, he brings up Alastor's weird behavior to Husk while he's drinking. And Angel is even MORE lost when Husk simply goes, "Ah, that makes sense."
A: "WHAT makes sense 'cuz I don' get why he'd choose NOW to help me!"
H: "Al is an Overlord, and most of his friends are other or former Overlords. How'd you think he'd take it if someone fought to defend him in a fight if he didn't need it?"
A: "What's that got to do wit' anything?"
H: "Al's treating you with the same respect he'd expect to have. He thinks you're upset at him for HELPING, not for taking this long to do so. He thinks he's insulted you by implying you're weak and in need of defending."
Suddenly, Angel is reevaluating every time he's noticed Alastor watching the fight from the sidelines, but not moving an inch to help him. It's kind of flattering that he thinks Angel is so capable of handling himself, but also wanted to stay in case something happened? That. That kind of says a lot to how Alastor sees him, doesn't it? If he's treating him like Angel is just as worthy as respect as Alastor's other friends? And the fact that he only joined the fight when someone tried to force him to lose unfairly?
Angel realizes he needs to talk to Alastor and clear up this misunderstanding, because suddenly it doesn't seem so ridiculous that Alastor might care for him and Angel just hasn't been able to read the signs correctly.
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