Chloe was OVER this. O. V. E. R. Over. She stood up from the bushes looking ruefully at the meager breakfast she had eaten sitting pitifully in the dirt. She had not missed morning sickness.
Lucifer gently pulled her in for a hug, discreetly handing her his pocket square. "Are you alright, love?" he murmured into her hair.
She took a deep steadying breath, looked up at her partner and smiled, planting a hand on her slightly rounded belly. "We'll be fine. No worries." At this assurance, he placed a quick peck on her forehead and they directed their attention back to the crime scene.
It was kind of brutal, and the smell…Chloe had to breathe through her mouth to prevent another round of heaving. Ella had just begun her summary when Dan rolled up.
They agreed it best not to call attention to the extent of their involvement at work. As far as everyone else was concerned, he was crashing at the penthouse because his landlord decided to sell, and the new buyer wasn't looking to rent. Trixie of course was delighted to have both of her parents under one roof again. There had been some minor renovations to accommodate the child, which had included a thorough yet discrete sound proofing.
Kids, it should be noted, are so much more accepting than adults. Trixie figured out early on the real reason why Daddy was living there so long, but she could see how happy everyone was, and so it just became her normal. Waking up to Mommy, Daddy and Lucifer beaming with love was okay by her.
They were a bit more circumspect at work. So when Dan looked at the grizzly scene and the smell hit his nose, sending him running to the same bushes Chloe had just vacated, Lucifer bit down the urge to comfort him as well. He wrapped an arm around his wife and settled for asking "Daniel, are you alright?"
"Oh he's fine" chortled one of the uniformed officers at the scene. "He got sympathy symptoms SO BAD when Chloe was pregnant with Trixie that we weren't sure at first that HE wasn't the pregnant one." More laughter, and an uneasy shifting of the feet from Dan. The officer's smile dimmed a bit when he addressed Dan "Must suck bad though, it's not even your kid this time."
To Dan's credit, he managed to cover his chagrin admirably well. Before they left the scene though, Lucifer snuck in a quick shoulder squeeze to let Dan know-they were all in this together.
Later that day, sitting in the precinct, Chloe jumped as she felt a flutter of pressure against her belly. From the inside.
She laughed out loud. When Lucifer inquired about the source of her mirth, she just pressed his hand to her belly and whispered "He's moving." At that moment, Dan felt an answering flutter of his own. It was indescribable, like bubbles and joy. He laughed quietly and caught the eyes of his ex-wife and her husband. They looked at him inquisitively, and he gave a small almost imperceptible nod, brushing his hand over his own abdomen. Inside the busy station, they were in their own private bubble of bliss, the three of them.
When they all finally got home that night Lucifer rushed to embrace Dan, kissing him thoroughly. Pulling his face away slightly, but placing his forehead against that of the other man.
"Our girl was moving, too?" he asked breathlessly. Dan nodded, tears falling from his eyes, as his hands folded over his midsection reverently. Lucifer placed his hand over Dan's.
About 30 seconds after Chloe had taken the pregnancy test and it came up positive, Lucifer had ordered his own Doppler to listen to his child's heart. As soon as it arrived, they played with the settings and adjusted it, and pressed it to her belly...and there it was, *thumpa-thumpa-thumpa*
Dan had wandered close to hear it and to watch the terrible joy spreading on his friend's face, toweling off from his morning shower.
"Crazy how real it makes it, right?" he said, clapping a hand to the excited father's shoulder. "Congrats, you two. I'm just glad I got clipped, I think I'm done with kids. Trixie is the best, but…" he had trailed off shrugging.
Lucifer had squeezed the hand of his friend and partner. Gently collecting the machine from Chloe, Lucifer had absently pressed it into Dan's hands. When the probe had met his bare skin, they all heard it. Soft, fleeting. *thumpa-thumpa-thumpa*
The air had fled the room. Was this a sick joke? He had almost dropped the Doppler, but recovered and was holding it at arm's length like a bomb. "This fucking thing is defective. I hope you didn't pay too much for it, man."
After several moments of awkward silence, Chloe had softly taken the machine back in her hands. She had pressed it to her own abdomen, and heard the answering rhythm. Lifting Lucifer's shirt, she had moved the probe around and heard nothing.
She turned to Dan then, who took a step backward, hands in the air. "No way. No fucking way."
"Stop being a baby," she had admonished him. At first there was nothing. Dan had almost sagged in relief. Then, Chloe had moved the probe until. Yep. Definitely a heartbeat.
"What. The fuck. Did you do to me?" He had roared at Lucifer.
Lucifer, for his part had looked just as shocked as everyone else.
"I legitimately have no idea, Daniel. We didn't think I could get HER pregnant, let alone…" his words had trailed off, and he had run a nervous hand through his hair, spoiling its perfect style. "This is... unprecedented, to say the least."
All the while, the soft, fast thumping had kept a steady beat, punctuating the air with its reality. There was no denying it.
Chloe had laughed. "Guess you're not so done with kids after all!"
"It's not funny, Chloe!" He was half growling, half screaming in panic. Lucifer had stepped over to his lover, pulled him into his arms and Dan had started crying. Slowly tracing comforting circles on Dan's lower back, he had held him until the sobs stopped, then he had pulled his face up for a chaste kiss.
"Whatever this means, whatever happens now. We are a team, the three of us. No one is alone." Lucifer had opened his arms and invited Chloe to join their embrace. "We are a family."
They hadn't yet figured out how it was possible, but they were four months in and they were done questioning it. The fact was that Chloe and Dan each held a seed of life, conceived in love and trust. They weren't going to spend too much time worried about the how.
Chloe joined them in their intimate huddle, adding her hand to the pile on Dan's stomach. Where her belly was softly rounded and becoming more noticeable by the day, Dan's was still infuriatingly flat, those ab muscles staying tight. It wouldn't last though; he'd start showing soon enough.
They weren't sure how they were going to explain it when he did, but that was tomorrow's problem. Today, there was only love.
Lucifer ushered his loves to the couch and sat them down, insisting they put their feet up, then massaging each set in turn. Chloe rested her head on Dan's shoulder, and Dan snuggled in, each placing a hand on the other's belly. Lucifer drank it in. He walked around the sofa, placing a gentle kiss on each head as he passed, before sitting down at the piano. He played a soft tune, one which spoke of love unexpected, life unrestrained, and the resolve to meet whatever came-together.
As the song dwindled to a close, Lucifer heard the snores from the couch, Chloe's soft and whiffling, Dan's somewhat more forceful. He carried them to bed then, Dan first, then Chloe placing them gently on the fresh satin sheets before kicking his shoes off and climbing in between them, and letting sleep overtake his bones.
He wrapped an arm around Chloe, and Dan rolled over in his sleep throwing a muscular arm across Lucifer's chest. As the hand crept lower, inching itself into Lucifer's lap and finding the sudden hardness there, it occurred to Lucifer that Dan might not be sleep after all. He looked over to find the other man grinning impishly, hand wrapped around Lucifer's cock, sliding up and down.
"I'm hungry, master. May I?"
Lucifer returned the grin in kind and simply stated "You may." That was all the permission Dan needed. In a flash, he had the strong, beautiful cock in his mouth, sucking it with fury and need. Lucifer tried to keep his reactions to a minimum so as not to wake his definitely sleeping wife. "Shit, Daniel, suck me," he whispered softly. Dan continued his ministrations, one hand stroking the parts of his master's shaft which were to big to fit in his mouth, the other hand, gently teasing his own erection.
Lucifer could feel the tightness coming, the high slowly building. Dan's tongue really was quite special; even Chloe didn't suck him this well.
Removing his mouth from the end of his lover's cock with a slight pop, Dan moaned, "Yes, come for me, feed me." Lucifer grabbed the other man's head in his hands and pushed him down on his aching cock until Dan was gagging. He released his head then, but Dan didn't move, he kept the shaft there in his throat, sucking and licking. Lucifer's balls tightened and released into Dan's eager mouth, Dan sucking and swallowing every precious drop.
When it was over, Lucifer pushed his friend gently onto his back. He kissed him deeply then, tasting his own flavor on his lover's breath. He groaned into Dan's mouth. He began kissing him on the jaw, the neck, the chest, flicking a tongue against a very sensitive nipple. His tongue, his lips were everywhere, exploring the muscular planes of Dan's body.
When he got to his stomach, he paused, then kissed the belly tenderly, holding his place for a moment of silent awe.
Then just as suddenly, he parted his own lips over Dan's cock, making the man buck his hips, which pushed him deeper into Lucifer's waiting mouth. Lucifer had no trouble accommodating him, no gagging here. Millennia of practice had taught him how to handle even a shaft as wide as Daniel's with little fuss. He swallowed his lover whole, flicking his balls with the tip of his tongue.
Dan fought back the scream that threatened to wake Chloe and instead whimpered "May I come for you, master?" Lucifer pulled back and growled "You'd better." One final lick was all it took to send Dan over the edge. "Yes, fuck yes!" he moaned softly, unloading into his master's waiting lips.
Lucifer didn't swallow, instead holding every drop in his mouth. After Dan's cock began to soften, Lucifer climbed up and deposited Dan's semen into his own mouth. Dan drank it happily, kissing his master fiercely.
Chloe hadn't stirred once during this exchange, and Lucifer resumed his place at her side, curling one arm around her, pulling her in. In her sleep, she obliged him molding herself to his side. Daniel, still breathing heavily from his release, took his place at Lucifer's other side. Listening to his friend's heartbeat, he drifted off into contented sleep, Lucifer not far behind him.