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1. Broken Strings (And How to play again) by JamesVSwan

   Fandoms: Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   15 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Charlie Magne | Morningstar/Vaggie
   • Emily/Lute (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Background Carmilla Carmine/Zestial (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Emily (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Charlie Magne | Morningstar
   • Lute (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Adam (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Zestial (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Carmilla Carmine (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Husk (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Adam dies in Chapter One
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Fluff
   • Battle of the Bands
   • Not Beta Read
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Physical Therapy
   • Cinnamon Roll Charlie Magne | Morningstar
   • Vaggie Needs A Hug (Hazbin Hotel)
   • Religious Guilt
   • Religion Mentioned
   • Implied/Referenced Past Abuse
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • I'm Bad at Tagging
   • Valentino is in Hell for a Reason (Hazbin Hotel)
   • However this isn't actually in hell for this AU but he still belongs there in this AU
   • It'll make sense around chapter 3 or 18
   • Chapters Have Warnings as Needed
   • Characters working through trauma

   Summary

   The Exorcists were the best Punk Rock band in the world, with Adam on Lead Guitar, Lute on Bass, and Vaggie on Drums, everything was perfect.

   Until a car accident changes everything... Adam is dead, and both women are left unable to perform... the show cannot go on.
   But maybe there's still hope. Maybe they can each find their way in this world once more...

   Series

   • Part 1 of Battle Of the Bands AU

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   114,842

   Chapters:

   55/?

   Comments:

   668

   Kudos:

   465

   Bookmarks:

   45

   Hits:

   18,292