Full House

I do not own Hazbin Hotel nor do I own the characters or the settings.

**TRIGGER WARNING** There are mentions of physical abuse and sexual assault in this chapter. The physical abuse and SA are not depicted in detail but mentioned after the fact.

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Two Months Later (30 Weeks)

The two expectant demons continue in their new routine. They woke up together, Husk made his way to the bar, Angel sat with him before work and the pregnancies were progressing normally. Alastor had actually come to Husk a few weeks back and shortened the cat demon’s hours at the bar. Angel, however, still worked a grueling schedule for Valentino. The entertainer tried to act like it was no big deal, but Husk could feel the exhaustion radiating off his lover every time he came home from the studio. The bartender always made him get a shower and go to bed immediately and did his best to pamper Angel on his off days. They told everyone about their baby being a girl and Charlie seemed more excited than anyone, showing up a few days later with a pink themed basket of baby supplies and outfits.

Today after Angel left for work, Husk decided to inventory the bar. He had far more alcohol than usual due to his and Angel’s inability to drink, but the supply was quickly depleting each time his protruding bump knocked something over, “Fuck!”

He’d tried to bend down and clean it up himself, but at thirty weeks pregnant with twins, bending down was a luxury and he finally had to get Niffty to help him with the cleaning.

After several hours, the bartender sits down to take some of the pressure off his back and feet. Niffty finished cleaning up the last of the broken glass and leaves him alone. He isn’t alone for long before he hears a familiar voice, “Hey, bitch…ya still working? I thought that red cunt lowered ya hours?”

Husk turns to see Cherri Bomb enter the hotel and have a seat at the bar, “What time is it? I’ve been busy making a fucking mess knocking shit over with this goddamn belly.”

The cyclops laughs as she reaches a hand over the bar to place her palm on Husk’s very large bump, “You’re fucking huge. Do ya think you’re gonna make it another ten weeks?”

The bartender groans as the twins respond to Cherri’s touch, “Ten weeks is ten fucking too many.” He focuses on the twins moving about for a bit before looking at Cherri again, “Can I get you a drink?”

“Nah.” She waves his request away with a dismissive hand, “Ya look like shit.”

He frowns at her words, “Thanks.” He then gives her a concerned look, “What time did you say it was?”

“Didn’t.” She pulls her phone out to check the time, “Eight o’clock.”

A worried expression appears on Husk’s face, “You didn’t see Angel come in did you?”

Cherri shakes her head, “No, I been texting him for a few hours, but he hasn’t responded.”

Dread fills the cat demon’s chest at hearing her words, “He should have been back by now.” He looks at his own text thread to Angel and hadn’t received a response either, “It’s not like him to not tell me when he’s going to be late.”

“You don’t think that cunt-fuck boss of his did anything?” The worry on her face worsens, “I mean he knows Ang is pregnant.”

“That jackass doesn’t give a fuck about him being pregnant.” Husk stands up and begins making his way around the bar, “I have to go check on him.”

“Hold on, kitty cat.” She places a hand on his shoulder, “You’re in no condition to go picking any fights.”

Husk brushes her hand away, “I ain’t picking any fights, but if he’s hurt…if our daughter is hurt…” He clenches his paws into fists, “I need to go check on him.”

Cherri stands up from her seat to stand beside him, “Then I’m going with ya.”

The ex-overlord nods as he grabs his very oversized jacket and slips it on. He’d bought it on purpose to try and cover his bump when he went out. The two of them leave the hotel and head to the studio. They don’t see any signs of Angel on the way to the studio and Husk becomes more and more concerned the closer they get to Angel’s workplace.

When they finally make it to the studio, Husk is out of breath and Cherri places a hand on his lower back, “Are ya sure ya should have come all the way out here?”

“I didn’t have much of a choice.” The bartender tries the door, but of course it’s locked, “Dammit!”

“Tch…stand back, bitch.”

Husk does as he’s told and as soon as he’s out of the way, the cyclops explodes the door off its hinges. Once the door is gone, an intruder alarm begins sounding loudly throughout the building and the surrounding streets, “Shit! We gotta hurry, Husk!”

She gives his very large stomach a glance, but he grabs her hand as he musters all his energy into finding Angel in the spacious studio. Husk already had a pretty good sense of smell due to his feline features and being pregnant only enhanced his ability to smell. He knew Angel’s scent better than anyone’s and leads Cherri by the hand as he follows the scent.

The bartender finally stops in front of a door with ‘Angel Dust’ placard to the wood. He knew this must be his lover’s dressing room. He lifts his paw to the knob, but Cherri places a hand over his paw stopping him, “Don’t you think it’s odd that no one has tried to stop us? Maybe, this was Valentino’s plan or something.”

“Plan for what?” He looks up at her one eye seeing that it’s filled with worry, “We have to get Angel.”

She swallows audibly as she gives Husk a look of knowing, “Angie told me that Val has been trying to figure out who the baby’s father is. What if he kept Angel here to lure ya out?”

Husk shakes his head in frustration, “I don’t give a fuck about any of that! The person I love and our daughter are in there!”

The cyclops finally nods and releases his paw, “Okay, but be careful, yeah?”

The cat demon places a protective paw over his abdomen and turns the surprisingly unlocked knob with the other paw. The two of them walk into the quiet dressing room. They can see Angel lying on the couch even in the dim light of the room. Cherri stays beside the door as Husk makes his way to the couch, “Angel? Hey, baby…ya okay?”

Angel opens his eyes to see Husk’s worried face, “Husk? Ya shouldn’t be here…he…Val…”

The entertainer lets out a pained groan as he tries to sit up and flops back down on the couch. Husk frowns at the black eyes and puffy face of his lover. He could see blood staining the couch, but he couldn’t tell where it was coming from. He could only hope that the baby was okay, “Baby, we gotta go…do ya think you can walk?”

Tears begin falling from the spider demon’s eyes, “I…I messed up, Husk…I t-told him I w-wasn’t gonna do it anymore…he…he…”

“Shhh, Legs…come on.” He puts Angel’s arm around his neck, “We gotta get you to a hospital.”

“Husk!” Cherri leaves her post at the door to come help the cat demon, “Ya can’t lift him…you’re too far along.”

As the two friends attempt to move the spider demon from the couch, they hear footsteps behind them, “Well, well…I didn’t expect my little plan to work.”

They keep a hand on Angel, but they both turn to see Valentino standing in the doorway. Cherri gives the moth demon a look filled with rage, “You absolute motherfucker! He’s pregnant!”

“And he belongs to me in this studio.” He glares at the two intruders, “Now get your hands off him or I’ll kill him and that little bastard inside him!”

Husk growls as he gently lowers Angel back down onto the couch. The bartender stands up and pulls a few cards from inside his jacket, “We’re taking him with us even if I have to kill you myself!”

Before Valentino can respond, he notices Husk’s prominent bump and the surprisingly slow moth puts two and two together, “When Angel said he had unprotected sex I didn’t think…” Val’s curiosity changes to anger, “So you’re the asshole who thinks he can damage my best actor?!”

Husk stands his ground as Cherri attempts to lift Angel from the couch, “If anybody damaged him it’s you and if you hurt my baby I will kill you!”

The overlord lets out an amused laugh as he raises his guns, “I would like to ee you try, gato. You can barely stand up straight weighed down with that useless whore’s brat!” Val cocks the gun in his hand and aims it at Husk, “I’ll kill all of you!”

Before either of them can advance on the other, Cherri manages to haul Angel onto her shoulder as she snatches Husk back by his jacket collar before blasting the moth demon with one of her bombs. While Valentino is distracted by the door crashing down around him, Cherri manages to pull them all toward the balcony. She throws another bomb into the dressing room for good measure to give Husk more time to climb down the ladder.

“Hurry! We have to get Angie to a doctor!” She readjusts her significantly heavier friend as she and Husk leave the scene.

Once the three of them are far enough away from the studio, Husk phones Charlie and tells her everything. It isn’t long before an ambulance from the same medical clinic they use for check-ups pulls up with Charlie inside. She takes one look at Angel and starts crying. The Princess of Hell swaps places with Husk. Charlie stands with Cherri as the ambulance takes off with Angel and Husk inside.

When Charlie arrives at the medical clinic, she walks into Angel’s room to see the spider demon unconscious in a hospital bed with Husk sitting beside him holding one of his hands. The Princess of Hell clears her throat making the bartender turn his head in her direction, “Hey, how is he?”

Husk turns his attention back to his lover as he answers, “Stable.” He rubs the back of Angel’s hand with his thumb as Charlie pulls up another chair beside him, “He’s got a concussion which is the main concern, but he also has a few broken ribs, a couple of broken fingers, and a large laceration on his leg from landing on something after a fall.” Husk lets out a frustrated sigh, “And they can’t give him much for the pain because of the pregnancy.”

She frowns as she places a sympathetic hand on his back, “Speaking of…how is our little Starr Dust?”

A small smile slightly lifts the corner of his lips at the mention of he and Angel’s daughter, “She’s okay…no harm to her. The broken ribs came really close though.”

Charlie takes a long look at Angel watching his chest rise and fall. She notices how big his bump had gotten as it stick up from under the blanket, “I’m so sorry the two of you are having to go through something like this.”

The cat demon lowers his head down to the bed as he speaks his next words, “It’s all my fault.”

“No!” She places both hands on his bicep and squeezes lightly, “None of this is either of your fault. It’s just…”

“I should have tried harder to figure out how to break his contract.” The bartender’s voice trembles with his next words, “I…I feel like I’m so close, but I just can’t…figure it out.”

“Husk…” She keeps her hands on his arm as if needing to ground herself as well as him, “You’ve been so good for him. You both have really brought the best out in each other and he trusts you.” She gives him a soft smile, “You’ve done everything you possibly could.”

Husk looks at her with unshed tears in his eyes, “I should have gotten there sooner.”

“You should have asked for help.” She glances down at his very prominent bump, “You or the twins could have gotten hurt.”

He looks away from her and focuses on Angel’s sleeping face. “I couldn’t wait…I thought I’d already lost them.” He places a paw on the spider demon’s bump, “He’s not going back.”

“Husk…”

The ex-overlord turns to face her with a determined expression on his face, “I didn’t think I was capable of ever loving again. Now, not only did he prove me wrong and I fell in love with him, but I love our kids more than anything and I refuse to let that jackass take any of this away from me.” He can feel baby Starr moving under his palm, “I’ll kill that motherfucker with my bare hands if I have to.”

Charlie only nods as she stands up, “I love you both and I don’t want to see either of you hurt.” She pats his back once more before moving toward the door, “If you need anything, me, Vaggie, and Cherri are just outside. Please be careful.”

Husk resumes staring at his lover, but stops Charlie as he hears the door open, “Hey, Princess…”

The cat demon lifts his wet face up to face her, “Thank you…for everything.”

She gives him a genuine smile, “It’s what friends do.”

Husk returns her smile as she leaves the room. He finds himself once again listening to the rhythmic beep of the machines as he awaits Angel’s awakening.

Several hours later, Husk feels the bed move as the entertainer’s mismatched eyes slowly flutter open, “Husk?”

“Angel?!” Husk stands up and gently places his paws on his lover’s face, “Baby, I was so worried!”

Angel’s eyes show immediate concern as all four hands shoot to his protruding stomach, “Starr!”

The bartender’s paws join Angel’s on his swollen abdomen, “She’s fine! Her scan was completely normal.”

A relieved sigh rushes past the spider demon’s lips as he relaxes against the pillow, but no sooner than he feels relief do his tears begin to fall. Husk immediately cups his face again, “It’s all my fault, Husk! I-I sh-shoulda just done wh-what I was told, but…but…”

“Shhh, shhh…don’t talk like that.” Husk attempts to wipe the steadily falling tears from his lover’s face with little success, “None of this is your fault.” A low growl leaves his throat at the thought of Valentino, “That asshole should have never put his hands on you knowing you’re pregnant.”

Angel’s tears continue to stream from his eyes, “I…I coulda…I coulda got her killed all because…b-because I didn’t do wh-what I was told.”

“Baby, he beat ya half to double death.” He forces the spider demon to look him in the eyes, “It don’t matter what you did or didn’t do…that fucker doesn’t give a shit about you or our daughter!”

Angel tries to sit up, but winces as his broken ribs cause him pain and he lies back down against the pillow, “Husk, he…he d-didn’t just beat me.” The entertainer turns his face away from the cat demon and closes his eyes as his hands absentmindedly rub his baby bump, “He’s…forced himself on me before but…but this time was different.” He keeps one set of hands on his bump but brings the other set up to cover his face, “He was…trying to hurt me…to hurt…her.”

A sad expression graces Husk’s face at Angel’s words. He tries to pry his lover’s hands away from his face with no success, “Angel…”

Angel shakes his head as tears leak from beneath his hands, “They d-did a rape kit, but…but no one gives a shit if a whore gets raped, right?”

Tears spring to Husk’s golden eyes at hearing Angel’s broken words, “I care and you’re not fucking going back to that studio as long as you’re still pregnant.”

The entertainer finally looks at Husk with fear in his eyes, “But, Husk…if he tells me to come then I…”

“He might own your soul in the studio!” An angry growl erupts from the bartender’s throat, “But he doesn’t own hers!”

Husk points to Angel’s bump as he continues, “And if she can’t go then you can’t go! I’ll kill him if he tries to hurt my goddamn daughter again!” The cat demon paces the small room as he continues, “Her free soul will keep you away from there for now and I’ll figure out the rest before you give birth.”

“Do you really think that will work?” Angel finally manages to push himself up a bit in the bed, “And what about you?”

“What about me?” The cat’s anger is replaced with confusion.

Angel looks from the bartender’s face down to his large bump, “Did ya let them check ya out when ya got here?”

Husk confusion worsens, “Check me for what?”

Angel gives him an admonishing look, “Ya blood pressure has been shit the last few check-ups and you’re all angry and hyped up.” His expression changes to a commanding one, “I want ya to get checked.”

“But…”

Angel shakes his head defiantly, “No, buts…Starr ain’t no more important than the twins.” The spider demon holds up the call nurse button.

Angel, don’t you d…”

“Too late.” Angel clicks the button and within minutes a nurse appears in the room.

Several minutes later, they hear a knock on the door. Angel beckons the knocker inside and the next second, Cherri appears in the doorway. She spots Angel in the bed and Husk hooked up to a fetal monitor as well as a blood pressure cuff around his arm, “I came in here to check on Angie. I didn’t know you were a patient too, pussy cat.”

Husk flips the cyclops off and ignores the shit eating grin on Angel’s face, “I don’t wanna talk about it.”

“It’s all that salty shit ya eat.” The entertainer looks at the blood pressure monitor and then at Cherri, “He’s just mad cause I made him get his blood pressure and the twins checked out after he tried to play the knight in shining armor.”

Husk growls at them both, “I gotta have some kind of vice…I can’t drink and I can’t fuck so I eat salty shit!”

“Wow, Ang! Ya only been awake for a few hours and ya already got him fucking pissed.” She joins Angel in smiling deviously at Husk.

The bartender scowls at them making his blood pressure monitor beep loudly. Angel looks at the monitor and immediately stops smiling, “Oh, shit…sorry…I’m making ya numbers go up!”

Cherri turns her gaze away from Husk and focuses on Angel, “I’m glad to see ya smiling, Angie. Ya had us worries as shit.”

Angel frowns, “I know…I tried to respond, but Val took my phone and smashed it.”

They hear Husk’s monitor begin beeping again and Angel gives Cherri an apologetic look, “We’ll talk about it later, but thanks…for everything.”

The cyclops shakes her head, “No thanks needed…I couldn’t let Husk’s gigantic self go by himself.”

“Fuck both of you!” The visit is cut short as Husk’s blood pressure monitor beeps again, prompting a nurse to come observe his numbers. They would get to head back to the hotel soon and Husk was determined to break Angel’s contract if it was last thing he ever did.

TBC…