AN: This is an anonymous fanfic request, and it is my first ever OC so please read and review, and be kind lol
Lucifer didn't know why, but he decided that he needed a walk in the forest. He hated walking, it was so slow. Slower than flying, and even slower than the idiotic cars that humans have seemed to enjoy confining themselves in. He didn't understand how Castiel could stand it. 'Well, at least if I slow my activity for a while, it will only serve to rile up those Winchesters that much more, and it's so fun to get Sam all riled up.' He chuckled to himself as he continued to walk in what seemed to be a very expansive forest. He could hear all of the animals making their usual chatter, but something caught his ear that didn't belong this far into a forest with no sign of a cabin or house or even a road.
He traveled towards the noise, and the closer he got the more he noticed that it sounded like a human. "Hello?" He called out, hoping for a response.
"H-Hello?" He got an answer back, and it sounded like a woman. He walked towards where the sound came from.
Once he arrived at the source he noticed it was indeed a woman. She had maple ocean colored eyes, and maple brown hair. Her face was littered with freckles, and her glasses were rectangular and blue. She was wearing a forest green jacket, black tank, blue jeans, and boots. Other than noticing that she also had camping equipment with her, a question was still being asked in the back of his mind. "What are you doing way out here?"
"I could ask the same about you." She looked up and her eyes widened slightly, and Lucifer thought perhaps it was her trying to focus up at him as she continued to try and start a fire. "Do, what brings you this far out into the woods?"
"I felt like going for a walk."
"With no path?"
"You're right, I don't see a path...so why are you camping where no one would hear you if you were attacked?" She smiled up at him and went back to trying to start a fire. Lucifer quickly lowered his gaze to what was beside her on the ground. It was a rather large white tailed buck. "You seem to be quite the hunter." He stated with a hint of irony, considering he was still being hunted by hunters.
"I am. So, do you plan to attack me?"
"What?" He asked dumbly.
"Do you plan to attack me? You asked me why I would come out into the middle of the forest where no one would hear me if I were attacked. So, are you going to attack me?"
"Um..." His eyes went wide for a second, and then they went to normal as he answered, "...I wasn't planning on it." And truly he wasn't. He still wanted to continue his stroll through the forest and be content in the fact that he hasn't been on the grid for five days, which was likely causing Sam and Dean to have an aneurysm by now.
"Well, then I guess I have nothing to worry about. Would you like to join me?"
"Join you for what?" He questioned with a risen brow.
"Well, if you traveled this far out into the woods, I figure you must be hungry. So, why don't you join me, if only for a little while. You should rest your legs anyway. I don't see you carrying a pack, and you don't look like you were attacked in anyway that would cause you to lose one, which tells me you've been traveling on foot this whole time. So...sit."
Without a word of protest he sat down next to her on the other side of the fire that she finally got lit, and she started to skin her prize and prepare it for a meal. "You are...quite observant."
"Well, it helps when you have to be observant to survive."
"Are you perhaps running from something or someone?"
"Nope, I just enjoy the outdoors. I find it more peaceful than anything. I would rather be out here for the rest of my days than to have to deal with people. Out here I can do as I please and look after myself, but alas I am only out there for two weeks as that was the amount of vacation my job gave me."
Honestly, Lucifer didn't understand why he was still sitting here with her, but it did beat the hell out of walking, even though sitting was making him completely stationary. "So, what do you do?"
"As in my job?" She asked as she placed the last few ingredients into the pot hanging over the fire. Once she got a nod from Lucifer she nodded her own head briefly. "I'm a vet. I have one of the best yet hardest jobs. So, may I ask you a question?"
He chuckled despite himself and nodded his head. "Sure, but I'm pretty sure you just did."
"Ha ha, very funny. Anyway, my question is...what's your name?"
He truly debated whether to lie to her or not. This woman was proving to be a strange mystery to him. Before, he never cared if humans knew who he was, in fact, he wanted them all to know, but for some reason this woman made him want to lie. After about two minutes of silence he finally answered her. "My name is Lucifer."
"Lucifer?" Her eyes grew wide, but not out of fear, he soon noticed. It was out of curiosity. "You have quite the name there. Do you enjoy your name?"
"I uh...I have never been asked that, but I suppose I do."
"Well, then it's a fine name for you then."
"I guess so." He felt himself smile, which made him want to ask what the hell was she to make him able to smile so honestly. 'What a strange creature.' He thought to himself. "So, what's your name?"
"My name is Rosalie." She held out her hand to him. "Nice to meet you, Lucifer."
'If she knew, she probably wouldn't say that...wait..why the fuck do I care!?' Ignoring his thoughts for a moment he shook her hand and smirked. "Nice to meet you too."
Once the food was done, she took a ladle and poured Lucifer a bowl and handed it to him. "Here you go."
"Thanks." He took the bowl and looked at with questioning eyes.
"What, you never had stew before?"
"Ah well..." He glanced up at her and then back to his stew. "I don't uh...I don't really eat much. I certainly never had stew before."
"Hmm...well first time for everything I suppose." She sat back and began to eat her own bowl of stew. "It's good for this fall weather. Take a bite, trust me. You'll see what I mean."
He slowly nodded his head, and hoped that it wouldn't taste like what Castiel had said food tastes like. He took a small bite with his spoon, and was extremely pleased that it seemed perhaps Castiel's taste buds were screwy, because it did taste delicious like she said. After a few bites, he felt his body warm up against the cool fall air. "This is good." He said while he made to take another bite.
"I'm glad you think so."
He was quiet as he finished his bowl of stew, and he peered into the pot with a thought to ask for seconds, but he decided that the chef should get seconds before he does. "So, uh...you said that being a vet is the best and hardest job...what did you mean?" He questioned, genuinely curious.
She sighed and set her almost finished bowl down next to her and looked him in the eyes. "Well, I love taking care of them. If they're injures, I want to help them. I want them to know that they are being loved and cared for as they go through a difficult time. I know I don't like going to the doctor, I can't even begin to imagine how an animal thinks of it. I've treated animals in various conditions. Mere check ups, some X-rays, allergies, a bad hip here, a sickness there...'
"But?" He inquired.
She sighed once more, but Lucifer believed this one carried more weight. Not just in the reality of what she might say next, but on her heart, and once again he was wondering why he would care in the first place. "But..." She started. "I have also seen animals in horrible conditions. I have seen the signs of abuse and have to give them back to the owner, I have seen animals pulled out of fires, I've seen dogs that have been in dog fighting arenas and thankfully when I see them, they are rescued from the ring. Anyway, I also see animals that may need to lose a limb, or an eye, or something...and I see the ones that need to be put down simply because it would be humane, and I'm also the one who puts them down."
Lucifer's eyes went wide with surprise. She seems to have a cheery attitude despite having a job that makes her go through so much. "How do you stay sane and happy?"
"Well...I just keep thinking to myself, I am me. In my own way I'm the only one that can show them compassion the way I do, and in my own way, I'm the one that helps them through they're hard times when they or their families can't."
"You know...there are other vets."
"Yeah, but none like me, and I'm not like them. I could meet a thousand vets, but I would never meet one that is completely like me. Every person is unique, even in the smallest way." She paused for a moment and looked like she was about to eat her food again, but she put it back down. "So, what do you do for a living?"
"I uh...Well...I don't do much of anything anymore...nothing helpful anyway, but a very very long time ago I used to help with animals as well. I also know how to look after all manner of plants and herbs. However, I was never much of a healer. My brothers are better at that sort of thing."
"Wow! That's impressive. Wait, you have brothers? What are they like?"
"They're uh...well...we don't get along for one thing, but um...they're good...people. I love them, and even though I treated one of my younger brothers so horribly, he told me he still loved me...even though I'm apparently a great big bag of dicks. I think my baby brother is the best healer though."
"I'm sorry to hear that you don't get along with your family, but it seems to me...that you want to."
Something in Lucifer's heart twisted, and it made him feel shivers go through his entire body. "I um...I'm sure. Could you explain to me where you got that thought?"
"Well, you still love them even though you don't get along, and you have good things to say about them. Even the baby of the family. Someone who hates their family, and doesn't care about what they think, wouldn't listen to their brother saying that he loves him even though he's a dick, and if you truly didn't want to get along with your family, you wouldn't spend time telling a stranger that they are good. It seems to me, despite anything you may have done to them, or they to you...it seems that you still want to be accepted somehow."
"I..." Lucifer didn't know how it happened or why, he supposes it's from her words, but suddenly his heart pounded and tears fell from his eyes.
She smiled at him and tilted her head slightly. "...and you wouldn't cry when it's pointed out to you if you didn't still care for them or even want to get along with them."
He quickly wiped his tears away and his head was swimming as well as going a mile a minute. He chuckled lightly as he stared at his tear stained hands. "You're a strange woman."
"Well, thank you. I always strive to be different, and if it makes you feel better, I don't really get along with my family either, but I also know they mean well and that they're good people. I just didn't want to keep up with the family business."
"Oh? And what was the family business?" He questioned as his curiosity was piqued.
"You won't believe me even if I told you."
"Try me."
"Magicians. Everyone in my family is a magician."
'Does...does she mean witches?' He looked at her with curious eyes and decided that if he doesn't ask, he will go insane which is saying something since he happily made Sam go insane. "Can I ask you a question?"
She grinned mischievously at him as she repeated his earlier words. "Sure, but I'm pretty sure you just did."
"Ha ha, very funny." He repeated her earlier answer back to her with the same mischievous grin. "Anyway, I wanted to ask...do you believe monsters are real? Like demons, witches, vampires and the like?"
"I do indeed. I've come across a demon actually. Scared me nearly half to death. His eyes...they just went solid black. However, a woman came to help and exorcised it somehow. She said she was a hunter and gave me what she called 'the talk' I nearly laughed at her, but it was a good talk. She also told me what would help get rid of what in case it comes after me again."
"So uh...that's great that you know those exist...I know they exist too. I've come across my fair share of demons and the like."
"So you've seen a lot of them then?"
"You could say that, yeah."
"Are you a hunter as well?"
"No. I am not." He answered matter of factly but he almost forgot why he had asked in the first place. "So um...the reason I asked..."
"Was because you want to know if by magicians I meant witches? The answer is no, they are not. They are your average illusionists. Trick mirrors, phony cards, hats, bunnies, the whole skit."
"How did you..."
"You asked it right after I said magicians...and then you mentioned witches...it doesn't take much to piece a few words together, Lucifer."
"Right..." He admitted she had a point. As the evening drew near he found he didn't have much to say after that, so he leaned against the tree behind him and looked up at the stars that began to slowly appear when he suddenly heard her laughing. Without looking he smirked and asked, "May I ask what's so funny?"
"You're a strange man."
He leaned up and looked at her, and how the fire made her cheeks red. "How am I strange?"
"Well, for one thing, you were simply walking in the woods...for basically no reason, and then you hear me I suppose, so you come to see why someone would possibly be in the middle of the woods for no reason..." She chuckled a little at the thought. "Then once I invite you to sit, we basically get to know each other and soon talk as if we're old friends that are still figuring out something new in our friendship. I guess only a strange woman and a strange man could have a conversation that...strange."
He leaned back against the tree once more and looked up to the stars with a smile on his face. He closed his eyes and felt a strange warmth in his chest. "Strange indeed."
He stayed like that for what felt like five minutes, but in reality it was three hours. Time was always a strange concept to him. "So uh...are you gonna stay here?"
Without opening his eyes he sighed. "Do you want me to leave?"
"Not if you don't want to. I was just wondering. It's also getting dark out, you need to rest."
"I have been resting believe it or not. I usually am constantly moving. This was nice."
"Okay, well I need to rest, and I can't sleep knowing that you won't even bother to try."
"Rosalie, I don't get much sleep. However, it doesn't affect me. You go to sleep, I'll make sure nothing attacks your camp."
She made a noise that was part hum and part sigh. "So, you'll be watching over me huh? Looks like you're my guardian angel."
He chuckled while trying to stifle a laugh. 'Oh the irony!' He opened his eyes to the stars and let out an amused huff. "I guess I am. Go to sleep, and thank you for the meal."
"You are quite welcome. Hey can I ask you a question before I go to sleep?"
He bellowed out in laughter. "I feel like this is going to be our thing. Sure, but I'm pretty sure you just did."
"Ha ha very funny." She retorted. "I kind of like it being our thing. It's like no one else's...anyway, I was curious for a while now...but your younger brother that said he still loved you, and your baby sibling...what are their names?"
"I don't really know why you want to know, but their names are Gabriel, and Castiel."
"Huh...with names like that, your father must be a religious man or something."
He laughed lightly, "Let's go with, or something. Now...you need to rest. I can tell you're tired."
"Fine fine. Good night."
"Good night."
