The Demon in the Walls
Abaddon x Reader
Warning!:reader has the same age as his body
The Undervale Hotel never slept. Its pipes groaned with voices that werenât mechanical, and every corner held a shadow too deliberate to be chance. You should have left weeks ago. Instead, you stayed. Somethingâsomeoneâkept you tethered.
It was always the same: the flicker of a candle, the whisper against your thoughts, the sensation that the air itself was leaning closer. And thenâhim.
Abaddon.
He stepped from the dark like it obeyed him, the borrowed body of a boy cloaking the depthless hunger of a demon centuries old. His gaze, too sharp for his false youth, pinned you where you stood.
-Still here?His voice was a velvet coil, half-mocking, half-curious. âMost mortals run screaming after the first night. But you⊠You walk these halls as though youâre waiting for me.â
You swallowed hard, though your heart betrayed you with its quickening rhythm. âMaybe I am.
His smile was wrong on a childâs face, but the weight of itâancient, knowing, dangerousâmade your breath falter. He leaned close, shadows curling like smoke around your shoulders.
-You know what I am,he murmured. âYouâve seen the claws behind the curtain. And still you linger. Tell me, little wanderer⊠is it bravery that keeps you near me, or the thrill of touching what you shouldnât?â
The walls creaked, lights dimming as if the hotel itself strained to hear your answer. And though terror coiled in your chest, you realized the truth in your silence: you didnât just fear him.
Abaddonâs grin widened, sharp as a blade. His hand hovered near yours, never touchingâjust close enough for the heat of his presence to sear.
-Careful,he whispered, voice dropping to a low growl. âKeep looking at me like that, and I might start to believe youâre mine.â
In next day
You felt him before you saw himâlike cold smoke curling into your lungs. Then he stepped from a shadowed corner of the corridor, eyes glinting, a grin that didnât belong on a childâs face stretching too wide.
-You didnât answer me last night,he murmured, voice wrapping around your ribs like silk binding steel. âAfraid of me⊠or afraid of yourself?â
You swallowed, trying to stand your ground. âBoth.â
Abaddon laughed softly, the sound dry and ancient. -Honesty. Rare. I like that.
He paced around you in slow circles, shadows bending with him, as though the hotel itself leaned to his will. His voice was a whisper and a thunderclap at once.
-Letâs play a game.â
The hallway stretched impossibly long behind him, doors flickering in and out of existence. He stopped, tilting his head at you with a predatorâs curiosity.
-Iâll open one door. Behind it lies either freedom⊠or me.â His grin sharpened. âIf you choose wrong, youâre mine.â
You exhaled, steadying yourself. âAnd if I choose right?â
His eyes glowed, fire caged behind them. âThen you walk away tonight. ButâŠâ He leaned closer, his presence suffocating, intoxicating. ââŠwe both know you donât want to choose right.â
The silence pressed in. The floorboards groaned. Abaddon extended a handâlong, clawed fingers breaking through the illusion of boyish flesh for the briefest moment.
-Door one, he whispered, gesturing to your left. âOr door twoâŠâ The one to your right shuddered, a low growl vibrating behind it. âChoose, little mortal.
And beneath the terror, the undeniable truth clawed at your chest: a part of you wanted to pick the door that led straight to him.
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Hi I hope you like it!Sorry that I donât wrote something!I just been busy!










