Anon misses Charlie but can't admit it sober

from /hhg/ Helluva Hotel general #665.8
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>charlie is sleeping in her bed
>Her phone rings
>She picks it up and looks at the time 4AM
>The caller is Anon
>She answers it
"Hello?"
>"Huh...h-hey chargles... Whutcha doin?"
"Anon i was sleeping..."
>"H-hey whhy howgum we dond do anydinh anymore?"
"Anon, I'm sleepy."
>"Ooh sleep sonds reall nishe righ now... Gnigh chargles"
>Charlie hears anon pass out
>She hangs up and goes back to sleep
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>Anon misses Charlie but can't admit it sober
Cute
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daw thats cute
now im imagining her using the recording to tease the shit out of anon
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>Charlie walks up behind anon while he's reading
"Hey Non"
>"Mm?"
"Did you do anything interesting last night?"
>"Mm-mm."
"Oh you didn't? Then what was this?"
>She plays the recording
>Anon looks at her with a mixed expression of embarrassment, slight anger, and disbelief
>Lilith and Lucifer were in the room at the time
"Does nonny wonny miss his sister?"
>Charlie says this with the smuggest expression
>"Sh-shut up! Mooooom!"
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>Anon's cheeks receive all the pinches
>Head receives all the pats
>Charlie starts visiting him more often even as he pretends that he was just drunk and didn't mean what he said
>But Charlie can't help but notice he never puts up any real resistance when she hugs him
>She never actually gets thrown out no matter how many times he says he's tired of her presence and threatens to do so
>If she sings, he'll sometimes tap his foot in time with her music.
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>One time anon actually starts singing
>Not with her
>All of the stuff he does is background vocals
>For now
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>>Anon's cheeks receive all the pinches
>>Head receives all the pats
>Anon being a grump while lilith and charlie tease him
>Lucifer took photos
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>Photos keep getting posted on one platform after another
>Faster than Anon can try to get them deleted
>He tries to go directly to Vox to beg/bribe/threaten him into tamping down on these embarrassing pictures of Charlie and Lilith acting all loveydovey with him
>He's too late
>There's already a deal in place where anything Anon offers Vox will be matched and then some so long as he doesn't concede to Anon's demands
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It's the Verosika fiasco but now he doesn't have daddy there to take down the photos
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>Verosika starts calling him about the photos
>When she's sober(er than usual) she babbles on about how cute it is
>When she's drunk(er than average) she mopes about how Charlie and Lilith are trying to steal him from her
>Anon doesn't know which creeps him out more

>Charlie realizes how much all of this bugs Verosika
>Ratchets up her overly-affectionate game even more just to needle the drunken pop star even more
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>Anon is later found found unconscious in the family dungeon
>on the rack, to be specific
>all of his limbs are broken, thorn and twisted to the point that his skin began to tear off from his sinews
>his spine is falling apart, held together by little more than the skin on his back
>apparently, the whole fiasco with the pictures was the last straw
>the servant, who's crying in the corner, tearfully admits to following anon's orders to keep stretching him in hopes of becoming longer, and being threatened if he declined - he's executed for his crimes
>Anon's taken to Hell's best hospital - the same one where he and Charlie were born
>the recovery process takes several demonic healers and sinner doctors
>realistically, he would've become a paraplegic by now
>but, through the concentrated effort of all professionals, he survives, with his limbs intact - though, he'll remain awkwardly stretched for the rest of his life,
>so, in a way, he got his wish

>when he comes to, he's greeted by a deeply apologetic, sobbing Charlie
>Lilith remains silent, though it's clear she's been crying
>Lucifer, angry at anon that he would put them through this, and at himself for allowing things to go this far
>Anon's recovery will take months, if not years
>but at least, no-one will call him shorty again

There is NOTHING more cathartic than punishing someone with guilt and emotional pain for their incessant "innocent" teasing.
YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE!
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Well that escalated quickly
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The dubs confirm that I really don't understand how we got here...
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0 to 100 real damn quick