John's funeral is the most depressing thing Dean can imagine. He doesn't even know how to deal with it. Lucifer and Sam insisted on black suits. Bobby came, and other people they knew, that their dad knew. Dean wondered if this was a normal amount of people for a hunter's funeral, probably not. He felt numb all the way through. It would be terrifying if he could feel anything at all.
It's a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold. It doesn't rain. It's nothing like what Dean thought it would be like. Sam's holding Lucifer's hand and they lean on other. Outside of Bobby no one there knows who Lucifer is, really is. Dean has never hated him so much as he does at the funeral.
People trickle away. Bobby heads back first to get the house open. All the food's there. It's a real funeral with a reception afterward and everything. Dean knows his dad probably would have hated it, but Lucifer picked it.
Dean's left alone with Sam and Lucifer. Even the preacher's gone. There's no body to bury. They had John cremated. Lucifer's going to use their father's ashes in the garden. But they wanted a headstone. It was the only thing all of them agreed on.
"Why can't you bring him back?" Dean snaps suddenly.
"Because it doesn't work that way, Dean," Lucifer says. His eyes were fixed on the headstone.
"Dean, don't." Sam tries to calm Dean down. Dean isn't having it.
"No, Sam. Dad's dead. If he's," he glares harder at Lucifer who doesn't look at him. "As powerful as he says he is, then he can bring dad back."
"It doesn't work that way," Lucifer said again. "There are some things even I don't have the ability to do."
"Why not? Why can't you?"
"Because only my father, or Death can bring John back. It isn't within my ability. No angel has this ability. We can halt death, but this wasn't one I could stop."
"You should have been there for him. You shouldn't have been away!" Dean was furious. It was something so stupid, just a damn car accident. Dean was the worst hurt, but he made it and their dad didn't it. Dean shouldn't have been driving.
"No, I shouldn't," Lucifer says quietly. He looks up from the headstone. There's no emotion on his face, no warmth. That's all they see before Lucifer's just gone, the sound of wings all that's left behind.
"Lucifer!" both Dean and Sam shout. Sam about drops to his knees to pray and try to get Lucifer back. Dean grabs Sam to keep him from doing that, but Sam still prays. They wait for a moment, but Lucifer doesn't come back.
"Come on, Sammy," Dean says quietly. "Let's go. We've got people waiting for us."
"Why isn't he coming back?" Sam asks quietly. He'd been holding up well before, but now he looks heartbroken. Dean really wants to punch Lucifer now.
"I don't know, Sam," Dean says. He wants to say something about how Lucifer was just using them, or something. But Sam's distraught and Dean just can't make it worse for him now.
A/N: So, this is a John/Lucifer fic, which will also have Weechesters, and probably Destiel later, and Gabriel at some point. It will be completely non-linear, but I'll note the date as the chapter title so you at least won't be confused.
This is in the same universe as the Jucifer story from my Domesticity Meme Stories.