CW: implied recent non-con.
Angel had long figured not to expect anyone else to 'get' him. For the most part, you could lump others into:
bastards who pretended (so well) that they knew and cared and then just didn't hard-edged squares who didn't bother to hide it(he's still not sure which is worse)
He'd put Vaggie in the latter right off the bat. Trying ta enforce a single-minded, cold-turkey approach to "redemption"? Her disdain for his line of work? Yep, the moth chick weren't gonna comprehend him, so Angel didn't concern himself more than that.
He got a few kicks out of winding her up, anyhow.
Angel arrives ingloriously back at the hotel one night; suit and fur torn. The limo dumps him in the gutter; there's a burst of verbal abuse from Val's thugs then the engine's receding roar. It takes Angel a minute to pull himself up and ease his way into the lobby.
Vaggie's there. She looks (actually looks) at him; and there's no righteous fury or judgement on her face, but recognition at his bruising, his tired expression.
Wry empathy. A bit of guilt.
She knows, first hand. She gets it (him).
There aren't any (or too many) words to be said. So Vaggie's apology is a twitched nod, Angel's acknowledgement is a bob of his own head; and he heads for the stairs, trying not to dwell on the hopeful lump in his throat.
Next morning, Angel finds a tequila sunrise waiting for him at breakfast.
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A/N: Even though Vaggie's canon backstory is as-yet unknown, the theory that Vaggie would resent Angel because he appears to have chosen to be a sex worker/porn star and *appears* to enjoy it, while she didn't have a similar choice (if she was also a sex worker in life), really compels me as a logical basis for their vitriolic interactions.
Once she realizes what's actually going on with Valentino, I like to think Vaggie would recognize where she judged Angel too harshly, reach out to Angel in some way and they would come to an understanding. I really want to see something like this in Hazbin – quality Angel & Vaggie friendship.