Grimm and Greed
Synopsis: Lucifer has you watch over Mammon at the casino, what could go wrong?
warnings: n/a, swearing?
a/n: Despite writing this I have a very strong feeling that lucifer would NOT let you go to the casino with mammon alone LMAOO
Tossing another coin into the slot machine, you cranked on the lever watching the pictures spin spin spin until …… nothing.
��Damn!” you shouted, hands covering your eyes as you sighed at yet another loss in the damn flashy casino. How does he get so into this? You wondered, eyes trailing the crowd in search of your companion.
After a miracle of good grades, Lucifer had permitted Mammon a trip to the notorious devildom casino. There was a catch however, the fact that you attended to make sure that he wouldn’t max out his card before the end of the night. Ever the conniving older brother, he had given you some coin for your babysitter duties, which, unfortunately, had staggered down very low over the past couple of hours as you painlessly cranked the lever on the penny slots, er… what was the equivalent to a penny here?
Shaking your head, you pushed away from the machine and stood up, headed over to the bar where you assumed Mammon would end up. The bar overlooked most of the casino, so in your eyes, it was a good vantage point to keep track of him. Eyes searching the crowd, you spotted him with… wait, WHAT?
Setting your glass down you saw the demon surrounded by demons in an intense game of poker. Was he… winning? You smirked, at least he was having fun.
Oblivious to the stranger that pulled up next to you, you gasped as your stool tipped forward. Looking up at the handsome demons’ face, you realized he had tugged your stool closer to his with his tail.
“A human, hmm?” he licked his lips, hungry eyes roaming across your skin as he towered over you. “What’s a delicious little thing like you doing all the way down here, huh?”
Shoving him off of you, you settled back down onto your stool. Nerves set off; you hadn’t realized the other bargoers had fallen silent at the demon’s accusation. Feeling their stares, you retorted back, “What’s it to you?”
The demon’s lips ticked up, amused at the confidence a human could have in this situation. His eyes ticked over towards where you were staring earlier, Mammon’s laughter reigning in from the room.
“It doesn’t seem like your attendant is very attentive now, does he? Leaving this little human alone…” He was in your ear now, his fingers tracing up your arm. Dread pooled in your stomach, you lurched back from the demon, downing your drink and stepping off of the stool.
The demon was quick. Caging you in between his arms and the bar, his tail flicking up your leg.
“Back off man,” you seethed, trying to back up and fade through the bar countertop. The demon’s face was even closer now, his eyes laced with some sort of primal hunger that made you freeze.
Is this shithead really going to try and EAT me??
You could feel your heartbeat in your palms as they gripped the countertop. Fear racing through you. The sudden burn of a pact mark scorched through you, making you flinch and stagger off of the table.
The demon in front of you went utterly still, blanching at something across the bar. “Woah man.. hold o-“
Immediately, you were cast aside as Mammon threw himself across the countertop, grabbing the stranger by the throat. With a slight glance towards you, he pushed his boot down on the demons neck, choking him.
You had never seen Mammon livid, this pure rage was something that could have rivaled Lucifer’s malice as Mammon spat onto the demon beneath him, wings fluttering behind him as he shifted into his demon form.
Before he could kill the demon, you interlocked his arm with yours and dragged him up. “C’mon Mammon, leave it.”
His body stilled at the command, reluctantly following you out of the bar back towards the buzz of the casino. Near the back of the casino where there weren’t many demons around, he twisted you towards him, the grip on your shoulders making you wince.
“What the hell was that? Are you okay? What the hell were you thinkin’?!” he rambled off, checking you over and moving you left and right as he looked for any evidence of injury.
“Mammon, I’m fine! Seriously, it was just some creep at the bar. How did you even notice anyway? You looked like you were in the middle of a big win.”
He gazed into your features, and ripped his sleeve up, showing his pact mark to you. “W-when you were scared, or ... I don’t know, reaching out to me, this thing burned. I knew you had to have something wrong for it to happen.”
He couldn’t get the scene out of his head, the demon curving into you, hell you even smelled like the damn prick he was that close to you. He was so pissed at himself for being so caught up in his own sin to not notice you weren’t near him anymore. He had felt your absence, but the burning mark had caused him to abandon his winnings entirely, a familiar tug telling him where you were.
He rested his head on your shoulder, feeling guilty. “I- I was so scared, ya know?”
You felt your chest flutter at his confession, the blinding, flashing lights and sounds from the casino being drowned out as you took his face in your hands and kissed him, crashing his mouth into yours.
He staggered back, grabbing your hands on his face as his eyes were snapped open from your sudden actions. His own heartbeat wildly against his ribs, staring at you.
“I’ll never let you out of my sight again,” he admitted, eyes falling to the ground.
You laughed, hugging him close to yourself. “I was actually here to watch over you tonight, you know.”
He huffed, his chin resting on your head. “I figured, but I don’t really care.”
He turned towards the entrance, “Let’s get outta here.”
You kissed him again before turning and skipping ahead of him, out of the casino. He might have been the avatar of greed, but Grimm meant little to nothing to him when you were around.
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Alternate version + lore under the cut
I've had this thing finished for about a month now. Sooo I figured it was time high time for me to properly introduce this boy to you all! His name is Times New Roman or otherwise know as Frak and Merl's hubband.
Ok now with the introduction over on with the actual lore!
Roman is from an au I made with my friend @smokbeast called Betatale. (You can see more about Merl, Frak, Roman and a buncha other characters on his blog, go check it out!) As the name says, Roman is meant to be from some sorta beta of Undertale.
He sorta had Sans' place in his au, but not entirely, he's def his own thing. He is not a sans, and he is not in any way related to Frak. His family is all dead thank you very much.
Much like Sans he only has one hp, but that's due to his lil condition. He was born with an immense amount of magic which his soul and body is way too weak to hold. So he's on perma hardcore mode, one hit one kill. (Well- most of the time ;3)
Roman has the power to travel the multiverse. It takes a lot outta him and he isn't able to do it without touching Frak. Mostly because it wouldn't be possible without his other half, but also cuz Roman wouldn't even attempt to go anywhere far without him. (Merl came into their lives after me and Smoki had traumatized these two so much they refuse to not be near eachother pretty much constantly anymore).
Roman is the token 'extrovert' outta him and Frak. On the outside he's very friendly and disarming. Bro will attempt to charm his way into just about anyone's good graces. He jokes and jabbers, easily sliding on the mask of a well adjusted monster. (Something he defiantly is not).
Oh also he's 5'0, my boy is short short.
Roman's an artist and he tends to sketch the people around him a lot, like some sorta romance movie main character. (His sketchbook mostly consists of Frak and Merl but don't tell them that-) A lotta his quiet time is spent drawing, tinkering with random machines, or talking his beloved's (proverbial) ears off about his latest ideas.
I almost forgot to talk about his attacks- how silly of me. Ok so my boy's head is basically a Gaster Blaster, from which he can admit devastating blasts of magic. It's his most dangerous weapon, and something he can easily manage to do with his high levels of magic.
Mostly he just tries to stay outta range so he has time to snipe a hit with his blast attack. Staying out of range often means hiding behind Frak, who he stays very close to in battle. Mostly it's so Roman can lead an enemy into one of Frak's attacks or heal him.
Speaking of which! Roman has a kindness/patience soul. He just likes to pretend that his only soul trait is patience because I traumatized him of course.
Alrighty, I think I'm done for now- if you read all that I'ma give you the biggest pat on the back. Feel free to send me asks about him! The aus I have with Smoki are seriously my biggest brainrot atm.
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