"Thanks for coming, Uncle Raph!" Charlie smiled as she walked with him. "I really hope you weren't too busy!"

"I can make time for my niece." Raphael chuckled as he looked around the Hazbin Hotel. "Hmmm...where is everyone else?"

"Oh! Vaggie's taken them for a trust exercise! Besides, we need the hotel to be mostly empty today!" Charlie said as she suddenly pulled up a chair and sat down.

Raphael blinked. "Ummm...pardon?"

And then, the door opened and in walked someone all too familiar to both Charlie and especially Raphael.

He was a family friend, so to speak. He had very dark blonde hair, and was wearing a white shirt, a black vest with hints of red across it, and matching pants and shoes. Not to mention, his pale white skin.

The second Fallen Angel. Azazel.

"Charlie! Is this your hotel?" Azazel asked with a smile. "It's a big place-!"

He then froze at the sight of his adversary...and he growled. "Raphael..."

Raphael's eye twitched. "YOU!!!"

"Azazel!!! I'm glad you could make it!!!" Charlie smiled before her eyes widened as she watched her uncle summon a halberd. "Uncle!"

She then went over, swiping the weapon away. "No fighting!!! I invited him here for a reason!"

Raphael then turned to his niece. "Wait...this is why you called me over!? So I could talk to this disgrace of an angel!?"

"Fuck you too." Azazel said before smirking. "Wait...oh your Father, did you dye your hair?"

Raphael gritted his teeth. "What of it?"

"Too embarrassed to be a blonde, eh?" Azazel grinned.

Raphael clenched his fists. "Charlie, dear niece, please let me teach him a lesson-!"

"No!" Charlie huffed as she sat them both down across from each other before taking a seat herself. "This is exactly why I invited you two here. If we're going to make a change and if I'm going to keep helping people, then I think it'd be a good start to try helping you two!"

Azazel's eyes softened. "Charlie, you know I admire your good heart...but your uncle's a Grade A asshole. Even your dad hates him."

"Hated." Raphael corrected. "We've come to an understanding."

Azazel hummed with a smug grin. "Have you?"

Raphael growled. "I'M GOING TO GET YOU, AZAZEL-!"

"Uncle!" Charlie boomed.

Raphael sighed and sat back in his chair. "...apologies."

Azazel sighed. "Yeah. Sorry...so. You want us to get along?"

"Well, I'm not saying you have to become friends by the end of today or anything! Things like this take time." Charlie smiled. "So, I think it would be a great way to start with both sides of your story! Azazel, how about you go first? And Uncle Raph? You don't get to talk until he's done."

Raphael huffed.

Azazel hummed before he nodded. "Alright, let's see...I honestly thought Lucifer giving humans free will was a good idea! Yeah, a lot of bad came out of it, but it isn't living if they're not able to choose for themselves. And I'm glad Heaven's finally seeing it our way."

Charlie smiled. "Okay! So, when did your rivalry start?"

"He and the rest of the council started to panic once I went down to Earth. The human women there were beautiful. A lot of them still are. I just wanted to show my appreciation for them and maybe even find what Lucifer had. Love." Azazel said. "And while some weren't exactly...intentional, many of my children were born from Earth! The Nephilim! An entire new species was given birth by what we chose to do. Even if not all of them were from the same parent, I did all I could to care for both the mothers and my children. I'm not a deadbeat."

His eyes then narrowed. "And despite them not doing anything to anger them, The Holy Father panicked and sent his armies after my children and took away their abilities!!! They might as well have just screamed how it's bad to be fucking unique!!! And even afterwards, Dr. No-Feelings he'd decided I still needed a punishment...so he cast me and my followers to the goddamn desert after cutting my wings off! Angel of Healing my ass!!!"

Raphael gritted his teeth. "I should've chopped something else off..."

Charlie looked at the two before sighing. "Azazel? Thank you for telling us that. And I'm sorry about your kids..."

Azazel sighed. "Thanks, Charlie...they are at least in peace...the...ones that survived anyway..."

Raphael's eyes widened a bit. "Before you blame us, that-!"

"If I have to give you credit, shithair? I know that wasn't you guys..."

"Oh." Raphael said.

"And Charlie? Sorry for bringing up all the inappropriate details."

"Bah, I'm just kind of desensitized to it after Angel started living here." Charlie said before she faced Raphael. "Okay, Uncle Raph! What is your side of the story? Azazel, please don't interrupt him."

Azazel nodded.

Raphael sighed. "Well...Azazel was always a rebel. He directly disobeyed and talked back to Father! And despite the fact that directly interfering with Earth was against the rules back then, he didn't care! He went down there anyway and revealed himself as an angel! And while I don't care if he fell in love with a human...what I find absolutely disrespectful is how many he slept with! If I gave a shit about romance, any partner of mine would have my head if I were to do that!"

Azazel rolled his eyes.

"I don't get why he seems to treasure sex! I know for a fact he's still sleeping around!!! He can't ever seem to stay loyal to one person! And while yes, his children didn't do anything wrong, that doesn't mean they couldn't have! The Nephilim were beings of holy power in a world filled with easily killable mortals!!!" Raphael cried. "They needed to be purged of their powers and you needed to be punished for your actions! Besides, you got to stay on Earth forever as a punishment! I consider it merciful."

Azazel laughed. "Charlie, I'm sorry...but you consider kicking my ass and then cutting my wings off merciful!?!"

"Yes! Because I didn't kill you!" Raphael cried.

Azazel stood up. "Oh, yes! How kind of you!!! Leaving me in the fucking desert with next to no resources for help! Truly, I was blessed!"

"You should not have done something so reckless and disloyal!!!" Raphael said as he stood up as well.

"For your information, it was all consensual and it's not like I was exactly married to any of them! It was just some harmless fun!" Azazel growled. "And it still is consensual by the way! What kind of monster do you think I am!?"

"A pathetic one...Goat Fucker." Raphael sneered, using the fact that many on Earth associated him with the animal.

Azazel's eye twitched. "OH, THAT'S IT!!!"

He was then about to tackle Raphael, but Charlie suddenly pushed them away from each other. "OKAY! There's no need to resort to fists here! Please sit back down!"

Raphael and Azazel stared each other down as they slowly sat back down.

Charlie then took a deep breath. "Okay. We have heard both sides...we know why you don't like each other. And to me? You both have good reasons to be angry."

"That's the one thing we can agree on." Azazel said.

"But, I also think you should both apologize to each other. Your scuffle was centuries ago and each of you are at fault. Uncle Raph, you shouldn't have been so brutal with his punishment. And Azazel, he has a point with how reckless what you did was...it's also just not a good idea to keep, err, being intimate with so many people for a variety of reasons." Charlie said. "Despite open relationships being a thing, it's not the best move if you do wanna find a legitimate partner one day."

Azazel sighed. "...fair point. I was kind of a reckless guy back then, just giving into my lust. I don't do it nearly as much anymore."

"Good! So, how about you two start apologizing?"

"Right. Like Raphael would apologize-"

"I'm sorry." Raphael said suddenly, and it shockingly didn't sound forced.

Azazel's eyes widened. "...wait what?"

"You heard me. I'm sorry." Raphael sighed. "While I still don't approve of your...intimate escapades, I can at least respect that you legitimately care for all your partners and your children. You didn't just do the deed and then left them behind, you took responsibility."

Azazel stuck a finger in his ear for a minute. "Am I hearing right?"

"Charlie has a point. And...maybe it was wrong for me to be so violent with your punishment." Raphael said.

"...well, uhh, I...didn't expect that." Azazel said. "But...I'm sorry too. For disrespecting your dad and for being incredibly stupid. I still loved my kids, sure, but...creating an entirely new race of demigods was just asking for trouble. I don't know what I was thinking back then. And again, I'm really trying not to sleep around anymore. Especially since, well, homewreckers are a thing. I do not want to be that."

Charlie smiled wide. "See? Progress!!! Thanks for coming, Azazel."

"Hey, it's been a while since I've visited Hell." Azazel laughed. "I still remember when you were just a kid. I swear, you're gonna be as tall as the roof one day, kid!"

Raphael chuckled. "If you do have photos of her when she was little, please share with the family."

"Oh, she was adorable-"

"MOVING ON!" Charlie said immediately.

Raphael then sighed. "Perhaps as an act of forgiveness, I could use my powers of healing to give you your wings back."

"Oh! Uhh, no need. They grew back a bit ago." Azazel said. "Turns out, you just need to have intense feelings of love for them to grow back. Familial, friendship, romantic, any kind of love will do."

Raphael tilted his head. "...really? That's all it takes?"

Charlie hummed. "I mean! Vaggie said that's what did it for her!"

Raphael blinked. "Good to know."

"Well, I better check on the others." Charlie said as her wings spread. "Feel free to hang out a little or just go your seperate ways!!! Cya next time!!!"

And then, her wings flapped and the Princess of Hell took off.

Raphael then looked at Azazel. "So, who exactly did you feel such love for your wings to grow back?"

"Jophiel-" Azazel then immediately covered his mouth.

Raphael's eyes widened...and then several more eyes spread across his body. "WHAT!?!?"

"...okay, this time, I definitely deserve it."