A/N: Hello everyone. I just recently stumbled upon the show Lucifer and was instantly hooked on this fascinating character. I couldn't help start writing a little fic just to experiment with the storyline and the characters. Please let me know if I get too much OOC.

Also, English is not my mother tongue and unfortunately I don't have a beta reader, so there will be mistakes in it. I hope not too many. Please feel free to point them out. I have a lot to do in RL, so please be aware that the next update will probably in two weeks from now.

The story takes place after episode 1x10. To be more exact, it starts the morning after Chloe came drunk to Lucifer and he refused to sleep with her.

Edit-1: Hello my dears. I had a really nice reviewer who pointed out to me that in the first four chapters not only Chloe was waayy out of line, but also that Lucifer got a really nasty bashing. I re-read the chapters and I'm tremendously sorry you're totally right. I realised I didn't give them the tribute they deserve, not only as individuals but moreover as a team. As an excuse for that, I had a really tough RL situation when I wrote those first four chapters and unfortunately, it reflected massively onto the story. I hope this won't happen again. Therefore I chose to re-write them, not the storyline but I explain their thoughts and everything a little more. So you hopefully will understand better why they act the way they did.

Edit-2: now beta-read by Daemon. All remaining mistakes are my own :D

I hope you like the new version.

Enjoy!

Slowly she walked towards the new arrivals, looking down on the card that Lucifer had given her. Its inscription changed at every lost soul she addressed it to, showing the sins they'd done to get down to hell and, therewith, helping her to better decide how she would punish them.

She looked around them, a faint smile playing across her lips in anticipation of what she would do to each one of them.

Oh, how she loved her new job!

Suddenly, one particular soul caught her eye, her familiar features bringing back the memories of a life that was long gone. In an instant, she was at her side, eyeing her suspiciously. She didn't know why she was down here in hell. The detective was a good person, a good soul, that was for certain! She definitely didn't belong to this place.

Gazing down at her card, she read the words the black letters had formed and let her head fall back, screaming upwards, "Really!? For that, you send her down here? Damn God!"

She turned around, calling him. "Go and get Lucifer down here!" she ordered as he reached her side.

"You're aware that he will torture you to dea-," he stopped, realising his mistake, he quickly changed his words, "well, eternity when you disturb him because of a damn soul?"

"It's different with her," she simply answered.

"Why?" he asked, not understanding at all.

"Just like you're mine, she's his. Get him down here," she ordered again, and this time, he obeyed.

o~o

about 5 weeks earlier

o~o

Chloe had had barely time to change into new clothes as she got called to a new crime scene. This was more than good. A new case meant her mind would be occupied a lot, and that meant, she wouldn't have time to think about the night she'd manoeuvred herself into and the awkward morning that had followed.

She briefly thought about calling Lucifer for help, but quickly dismissed this idea. Being alone on a case was probably just right to sort things out; especially how to maintain her strictly and absolutely only professional relationship with him in future.

'At least, I hadn't slept with him,' she mentally reassured herself and hopped into the car, completely ignoring the fact that this only hadn't happened thanks to Lucifer rejecting her.

It didn't take long for her to drive to the old warehouse where a body was found. She stepped out of the car, breathing in the fresh morning air to get into full detective mode, and heading towards a policeman who cordoned off the crime scene, as she suddenly heard a very familiar voice calling after her.

"Hello, Detective. Nice to see you again so soon," Lucifer greeted her overly joyfully, wearing a wide toothy grin on his face as he stepped out of his car and jogged to her.

Chloe winced inwardly and squeezed her eyes shut as the memories came flooding back into her mind, triggered by his mere presence: Her text message, Dan's reply, the frustration she felt, the too much alcohol in her system, her trying to kiss him, her wanting to sleep with him. Not because she wanted him, or because he wanted her. She would only have done it to get back at her ex, to simply score Dan off. And that was something Lucifer had definitely not deserved. Regardless of his non-stop teasing or sexual references, he was her partner, sort of. She trusted him and he trusted her. Jeez, he was the only one who wanted to work with her. And she had almost risked all that – their work, their somehow, kind of friendship – just because she was angry about getting dumped.

The anger about herself and the embarrassment she felt rose to a new high, letting her blood rush through her veins and end directly in her cheeks. Chloe quickly pushed the thoughts aside and swallowed the emotions, locking them deep down inside of her. She was at work. She needed to concentrate, to focus on what was in front of her. He was only a couple of paces behind her, as she decided to continue her walk towards the building. Her cheeks were probably glowing, she felt it, and knew he would definitely think this was because of his presence. Well, it was because of his presence. Kinda. But this was something he didn't need to know. Right? "Why are you here?" she questioned with an angrier voice than she had intended to, showing her badge to the policeman, who quickly pulled back the tape, letting her and Lucifer pass.

Lucifer stared at her back in confusion. Knowing he hadn't screwed up anything since their last encounter, he quickly came to the conclusion that it must have something to do with either the case or detective douche. He placed his bets on the latter. Determined to lift her spirits, he took two large steps, reaching her side, and observed her out of the corners of his eyes. His concern quickly changed back into delight, as he made out the colour on her cheeks. "Are you alright?" he asked, not hiding his amusement in the slightest.

Chloe continued walking towards the door, fixing her sight on what was in front of her to not gaze to his side as she counter-questioned, "What do you mean?"

"Well, if I didn't know any better I would assume that you're a little flustered," he answered gleefully, not taking his eyes off of her features.

Having him so close to her, suddenly made her heart race in her chest and she needed all her willpower to keep her composure. She swallowed the invisible lump in her throat, hoping that her nervousness didn't affect her voice as she retorted, pretending not to know what he was talking about, "Why should I be flustered?" Her voice came out steady and even, and she sighed with relief. She briefly showed her badge to the police officer that was guarding the entrance and then stepped inside.

It was a large hall, filled with hundreds of boxes packed on top of each other, leaving only little corridors to walk in. She followed a slight blood trace, right to the place where the body of a man in his mid-forties lay on the ground, covered in his own blood.

"Well, because of our little sleepover," Lucifer teased her cheekily but trailed off as he got sight of the body. Its torso sliced open, offering a direct view to the ribcage and the intestines. Or, to be more precise, to the place where the intestines should have been. "Fascinating!" he exclaimed and squatted down. His eyes sparkled brightly at the scene in front of him and the large smile on his face let him appear like a child that just had unwrapped its favourite Christmas gift.

Any uneasiness about their chat was instantly gone, and Chloe looked down at her partner with a mixture of disgust and bewilderment. "Are you serious?!"

A/N: Still short for a chapter but now much more with the additional text. I hope their start makes more sense now and that it triggers you to continue reading ;) Also, that dear reader pointed out that I only tell the background story in the first four chapters and that the actual story starts in chapter 5. I agree to that :) So, if you prefer you can also just skip the first 4 and go directly to the interesting stuff ;)

The next chapters will have more words, though. I promise! Hope you liked it.

Have a nice day!

:o)