Do or Die, a Huskerdust Story

Fifty Three

He texted Cherribomb first.

✨Dust✨
Sorry, Val needed me early and I only got a ten minute break cause my coworkers suck.

Then he looked at Husk's messages.

♠️♥️🎲Loser🎲♦️♣️

Hey Webs, hope you're alright.
Ya friend is worried bout ya.

🩷🕸️Webs🕸️🩷

Today sucks

Val sucks.

I miss you, I love you.

He spent ten minutes just sitting on the couch texting his friend and his boyfriend and smoking a much needed cigarette as much as he hated it, he wasn't getting through the rest of his shift without it.

He snuffed it out and went back to work just before it hit the ten minutes mark so Val didn't yell at him for being on time and not early.

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Husk was just about to close up the bar for the night when Angeldust opened the door. It was an hour past the time he was supposed to but he quickly poured Angeldust a drink anyway. He locked the cabinet, and polished the glasses.

"You look like sh-"

"Don' say ett" the spider groaned, before taking downing the alcohol.

Husk raised an eyebrow. He watched a
Angel's body language he didn't seem like himself.

"Are you h-"

Angeldust turned around so Husk couldn't look at his face. He crossed all four of his arms, and sniffed.

"A lil." He admitted.

Husk sighed, and took a swig from his booze. Angeldust wasn't happy about it, he was doing so well, but his day was so shitty.

"Hey, it's okay Webs." The bartender assured. He finished cleaning up the bar and he walked around it. Husk offered the spider a hug which his accepted. The smaller demon looked up, at Angeldust while they hugged.

"What did you take?" He wondered.

Anthony sighed and wiped his eyes.

"Uhm." His voice was hoarse.  He took a deep breath and cleared his throat. "Ecstasy."

Husk laid his head on Angel's chest floof  and nuzzled the side of his face into it. He gently rubbed Angel's back with his thumbs.

"You wanna Cuddle? Nuggets is in my room."

The spider nodded though, Husk couldn't see it. Angel wrapped his second set of arms around Husk, before breaking the hug.

Husk held out to one of his hands, Angeldust took it and they walked to the elevator.

They waited for the doors to open and went into it. They got off on the second floor and walked to Husk's room. Fat Nuggets was waiting by the door egar for it to open when he heard the pair talking.

The spider picked Nuggets up and hugged him tightly but not too tight, before laying on Husk's bed. The cat demon laid next to him. He placed his hand on his night stand, then both demons turned to face each other.

That was one of the things Anthony loved about Husk. He doesn't insert himself into the spider's problems. He asks simple questions and it's always Angel's choice if he wants to share or not, and how much.

Cherribomb on the other hand, he knows that she means well but, she can be a bit overwhelming when it comes to situations like this.

"He called me in at fuckin 7:00 this morning. I was there from 8 to fuckin a half hour ago." He groaned. "And all I got was a ten minute break."

Husk's eyes widened, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Christ." He sighed.

Anthony sighed.

"I work with literal dumbasses." He groaned rolling onto his back.

Husk's arm rested on his pillow and his head rested on his fist while, he listened to his boyfriend rant. He talked about how long it took them to shoot today, Husk didn't have any point of reference but, judging by Angel's tone, he could infer that it was longer, than it should have been.

Angeldust was petting Fat Nuggets who laid between the two demons.

"I fuckin hate him, I hate fuckin everyone there. Especially Travis!"

"Travis?" Husk's asked, raising an eyebrow.

The spider nodded.

"He's assistant director, or some shit I don't know." He said rubbing his face. "Vox hired him to keep tabs on Val, or so he says. He's the reason I even got a break today but, now Valentino's pissed at me cause I made him behind."

Husk scowled at that last part, he made angry cat sounds.

"That's fucked."

The spider nodded and took a deep breath, he sat up and hugged his knees.

"He does it all the time. He makes his problems my fault."

Husk went to wrap Angeldust in a hug but he refused.

"Sorry, I do want the hug but, I-I'm still in my work clothes." The spider stated, his knees were still to his chest but he was facing Husk as he spoke.

The cat demon's eyebrow furrowed, he tilted his head down.

"You know I don't ca-"

Angel sighed.

"But, I do." He looked away from Husk now, holding his knees tightly. "Everyone and their brutha has fuckin touched me today. I respect you too mu-"

"Tony, it's fine. I get it. Would ya feel better if ya changed? You can barrow one of my shirts." Husk offered.

The spider nodded. Husk got off his bed and walked over towards the dresser and grabbed a random shirt for Angel to wear, gently tossing it to the spider. He walked back over to the bed while, Angeldust took off his pinked stripped blazer and put Husk's shirt on.

"Thanks Husky." Anthony said wrapping his arms around the cat demon.

Husk hugged Anthony and laid back on his bed, taking the spider with him. He rubbed the taller demon's back soothingly. Tony laid his head on Husk's chest.

The two cuddled and talked about random things, anything that Husk thought would make the spider smile or laugh. Then eventually they fell asleep.