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If there’s one thing Angel Dust hates, it’s surprises and dear god isn’t this a surprise. When he’s been called down by Valentino expecting to do another porn shoot with another shitty script and disappointing sex, but instead gets dragged into a random room where it’s designed to be a BDSM dungeon. The room was completely dark red with a bright red bedspread where he noticed bondage tied to the bedpost along with a wrack of toys, different sized dildos, butt plugs, tasers, whips and ball gags with shelves of different types of lubes underneath. But what really disturbs Angel the most is the camera at the top corner, swiveling towards Angel where he can see an eye on the camera lens staring right at him. Sure he had sex in front of cameras before, but the fact that there’s a camera hidden away without his knowledge makes his skin crawl. He looks around and can’t help but feel nervous about what Val has in store for him.
“Val, why am I here? Is this for a shoot?” Angel asked carefully, not wanting to anger his boss by his questions.
“There’s been a change of plans, Amorcito. Someone had paid us a lot of money, wanting to have a private session with you and he’s one of the overlords who we’re trying to get him to join the Vees so I trust you to make him very happy.” Valentino can see Angel looking down at the floor so he roughly grabs his chin and forcibly makes him look at him, staring down at him with a menacing grin.
“Will you make him happy, Amorcito?” Angel can tell by that smile that one wrong word would mean facing his wrath and slip into his mask by giving him a bitchy smile and wrapping his arms around his neck.
“Of course, Daddy. As a professional I will do whatever he asks me. Learnt from the best.” he said smoothly talking to Val, hoping it works and luckily it did as Valentino let go of his chin.
“Good boy. That’s what I like to hear." He walks over to the wardrobe to bring out a bright pink thong and throw it at Angel.
“You get ready while I bring him here, and don’t forget I will be watching you to make sure you do exactly as you were told, otherwise there will be consequences. Understand?” Again Angel can tell a menacing tone underneath the sweet tones, and put on his porn star mask again.
“Sounds kinky! I will make both you and the overlord very happy.” Valentino seems satisfied and leaves the room where Angel can hear the door being locked. Angel gives a big sigh and gets undressed till he’s naked then slips into a thong. Angel looks at himself in the mirror and can’t help but feel very self conscious when all four of his arms hug himself, wondering what the Overlord would think if he sees him like this. If he’s going to meet an Overlord and an important one, surely he should welcome him in something nice before their private session. He walks over to the bed to get himself situated, then puts on his persona the minute he hears the door unlocked to reveal a tuxedo cat, wearing a black suit with gold trimmings, his hair slit back and holding a cane that’s adorned with dice at the top. The cat took a moment to see Angel wearing nothing but a thong with a come hither look on his face. The cat looks shocked, turning around ready to protest when the door slammed at his face, hearing the door being locked. The cat slowly turned around, facing Angel Dust with an unimpressed look on his face. Angel Dust will not lie, the cat does look very handsome and feel like he hit the jackpot but he can tell the cat wants to be anywhere but here.
“Well hello, Daddy~ The boss said you wanted to see me privately. I must say I’m not disappointed.” he said, looking at the cat up and down admiring his body while the cat’s still standing in the same spot with the same unimpressed look.
“Well don’t be shy, big boy! Why don’t you come over here and show me what the big bad overlord can do?” he crawled towards him across the bed, reaching out to grab for the cat’s bow when the cat swatted his hand away, shocking Angel by how uninterested he is.
“I’m hoping to meet you personally so we can TALK. Not whatever this is.” Angel got over his shock to see the cat has been led on just as much as he has and can’t help but feel a little pity towards him.
“I don’t know what Val told you but when you’re in here, they expect us to do more than, ‘talk’”. He said with air quotes. The cat scoffed,
“And how would they know if we’re…er… getting intimate or not?” the cat says while his cheeks go rosy red which Angel can’t help but find adorable. This important overlord is too embarrassed to say sex that he can’t help but giggle a little.
“Getting intimate? That’s cute, kitty” the cat’s face goes bright red at the compliment. Not amused to be called cute.
“Shut up.” he said sternly.
“You see that camera up there?” Angel points behind him to the top right hand corner of the room, the cat looks up to see the camera with a creepy eyeball on the lens staring straight at them.
“Val is watching us to make sure I do what I’m told, otherwise I get into heaps of trouble. So if you want to talk, we have to do something so we don’t get disturbed.” The cat feels disturbed and disgusted that Angel had to be watched to have sex and he’s sure it’s non-consensual.
“Can they hear us?” Angel slowly shakes his head,
“No I don’t think so.”
“Good.” The cat waves his hand at the door where the door is being surrounded by a golden aura making Angel confused.
“There. No one can knock on the door, unlock the door and we won’t even hear their shouts so we won’t be disturbed. And put on something to cover yourself up so we can have a proper conversation.” Angel’s still shocked that he isn’t interested in having sex with him but he got up to grab his pink robe and put it on before he sat back down on the bed.
“That’s much better.” he said as he set his cane down and joined Angel on the bed.
“Now let's start this properly.” the cat held out his hand to Angel who looked at it with confusion.
“A pleasure to meet you, Angel Dust. My name is Husk. I’m the Gambling Overlord or Gambling Demon whichever you prefer.” Husk says as he gives him a cheeky smile. Angel looks at the hand and slowly reach his hand towards Husk’s, expecting him to pull him into bed ready to rail but, instead Husk gently held his hand and brought it to his lips with the lightest kiss Angel has ever felt, barely noticeable yet somehow caused the most famous porn star’s face to go completely red as he feels butterflies in his stomach. A sensation he hadn’t felt in a very long time and worried it shows to the overlord in front of him when he sees Husk gives him a smirk.
In Vox’s room, Valentino is there watching Angel and Husk talking to each other with no sign of starting to have sexual contact with each other, particularly when he’s watching Angel putting on his robe, but what angers him more is that he can’t hear what they’re talking about. Honestly, what’s the point of cameras if you can’t hear what people are saying? When he sees Angel reacting to Husk lightly kissing his hand, Valentino can’t help but seethe at the sight and storm out of the room running straight for their door. Once he got there, he took out his key and reached towards the door when all of a sudden, he was zapped by golden lightning from the door. He looks at it confused as he watches the door being succumbed to the golden aura, knowing full well that the power belongs to the Gambling Overlord. Valentino is seeing red, looking like he’s ready to explode,
“ANGEL!! GET OUT HERE NOW! IF YOU DON”T YOU”LL BE FUCKED BY THIRTY HELLHOUNDS AND THERE WILL BE SEVERE BITES!” He waits for his favourite toy to come out after that threat when he sees no signs of the door opening.
“ANGEL!!!! I SAID GET OUT HERE!!”
“So the reason why I’m here is because I’ve been watching you.” Husk said, watching Angel’s movement to make sure what he said didn’t scare him, but Angel just puts on his porn star face to cover up his nervousness.
“Oh, have you? Anything about me that caught your eye, handsome?” he said with a wink but Husk can see through the act, especially when he notices Angel’s bottom hands start fidgeting which tells Husk he’s nervous.
“Yes, what caught my eye is you. From your fake persona to who you truly are.” Angel’s shocked by what Husk said and also a little insulted.
“What are you talking about? This isn’t my fake persona!” Angel raised his voice as Husk gave him a smirk.
“How do you know this is the persona that I’m talking about if you didn’t have one?” That shuts Angel up as his cheeks go red in embarrassment as Husk continues,
“I’ve seen you so many times now that you’ve intrigued me. I watched your singing and stripping performances, I’ve seen you in my casino with that moth man that dares calls himself an overlord, I’ve seen the way he treats you and I’ve seen the porn films you’re in.” Angel was about to make a sexual comment when he noticed the cat’s tone sounded sad when saying the last bit, and decided to stay quiet.
“I will not lie, those films you’re in were hard to watch, not just because of heavy sexual content and terrible writing but also I saw your mask slip in bits that shows me you were in immense pain, even scared at some points and I was deeply concerned.” Angel let out a bitter laugh, Husk stops and looks at Angel waiting for him to say something.
“So what? You come here to save me or something? Don’t know how you can as I’m under his contract. I am always under his beck and call." This made Husk give a slight chuckle, which kind of pissed off Angel.
“That won’t be a problem, don’t worry. But saving you is not the reason why I’m here.” Husk leans forward towards Angel, looking at his eyes intensely which makes Angel feel a little hot at the closeness.
“I want you to work for me. You look like a completely different person when you’re on stage whether you’re singing, stripping or dancing. Like you belong there, and that’s the kind of presence I want in my casino.” he leaned in closer, only a breath away from Angel.
“The moment I saw you in one of the clubs, sang ‘I dreamed a dream’, wearing that elegant black number with your eyes shining bright, I was mesmerized. I couldn't keep my eyes off you. You were breathtaking.” he whispered the last part that Angel can’t help but feel a little shy but he can’t stop looking into his eyes as he can feel himself leaning forward, having this urge to kiss someone that sees the real, when Husk pulls back and stands up from the bed, leaving Angel in a daze.
“Now you said, you’re under contract with Valentino but what if I told you, I can take your contract and be the one to own your soul?” This got Angel’s attention.
“I can get Valentino to bet your soul into a game of poker and if I win, I get to own you and you will work for me as a performer. Where you control your own performances, and work with great people behind the stage. Musicians, designers, stage coordinators and engineers so that your performances will be the highlight of the casino and no sex required. I will only continue if you consent to the idea. What do you say? Will you be mine?”he said with a small smile as he grabbed his cane, holding out his hand to Angel, waiting patiently for his consent. Angel eyes widened at this opportunity. It sounds too good to be true and he’s unsure if he should trust this overlord, the last time he trusted an overlord was Valentino and look where he ended up, but there’s something different about this overlord. He seems genuine, seems warm despite his intimidating nature and he felt seen as a person, as someone with talent and not just a porn star and to be honest, sex is not fun anymore and Husk’s right, it has been painful lately and even exhausting that he dreads it everyday. Angel slightly hesitated but reached out to Husk’s hand and felt his warm paw wrap around his petite hand and be pulled up.
“Shall I take that as a yes? And I need a vocal answer.” Husk asked in his deep, sultry voice. The butterflies in his stomach are fluttering again with his knees slightly buckling but managed to give an answer.
“Yes. I would love to work with you.” Husk gives him a small smile as he spins his cane.
“Then let's face the music.” he said as he pointed at the door with his cane, taking his power off it when they heard the familiar voice from the otherside of the door, causing Angel to flinch.
“ANGEL!!!!!”