Lucifer stood in the kitchen. He was preparing dinner for him and his family before he headed down to Lux in a few hours for his nightly set and hosting duties. He heard the elevator chime signaling Chloe's return home with the children. They had installed a back entry way that cut through the back of the club from the parking garage directly to the elevator to keep the children away from Lux as much as possible at Chloe's insistence.
"Daddy!" Two tiny voices called as Lucifer felt a child attach themselves to each of his legs. Odd, usually Leo was only this clingy when he was upset or wanted something. Trixie launched herself at hime on a regular basis without any hesitation.
"Hello my spawn. If you both would be so kind as to unhand me so I can finish preparing your sacrificial offerings." Both children giggled at their father and released him.
"Leo, Trix, why don't you both go to your rooms and put your bags away?" Chloe said as she entered the kitchen. Both children did as their mother instructed.
Chloe turned to Lucifer with a smirk, grabbing the front of his shirt and pulling his face down towards hers until their lips met. After a minute, Chloe broke the kiss. Dazed, Lucifer smiled dopily at her. "What was that for?"
"I missed you."
Lucifer narrowed his eyes at her. She was usually happy to see him when she got home from work but she seemed too happy today. Something was up. "What's going on?" Lucifer questioned.
Before she could answer the twins came darting back into the kitchen, full of energy. Chloe took the opportunity to change the subject of the conversation. "Are you hungry guys?"
"Yay!" Both twins cheered.
"Dinner won't be finished for a while yet. I haven't started on the main dish."
"But we're hungry now." Whined Leo. Chloe shot him a glared that immediately shut him up.
"Lucifer, I'm going to make them a snack so they have something in their stomaches while they do their homework."
Lucifer nodded noncommittally while he focused on his cooking. Did he need more onions?
Chloe went to their large fridge and dug around in the back until she found something child-friendly. Lucifer was usually pretty good about making things the twins would actually eat and to the kids' credit they had a more varied palate than your typical seven-year-olds, but seven-year-olds they remained. She found some peanut butter in a jar and some fresh apples. Perfect.
"Apples and peanut butter guys?"
The twins cheered their agreement.
Lucifer looked offended and disgusted by her suggestion. "Really darling? Peanut butter? You are voluntarily going to expose our offspring to such mediocre garbage?"
"Yup!" Chloe said happily while cutting up the apple slices. "Every American kid has peanut butter as a staple of their diet. Unless they're allergic of course."
Lucifer rolled his eyes at her. "Of all the women on this plane, I had to tie myself to an American."
Chloe smiled at him. "I like to think I'm the one who tied myself to you."
Lucifer shot her a sexy grin. "Perhaps a little role-play for later tonight hmmm?"
"Lucifer!" Chloe hissed, turning her head to her kids who were thankfully to absorbed with their snack to pay them any attention. "Little ears!"
Lucifer chuckled as he turned back to his cooking.
Two hours later dinner was ready and the table had been set. The Morningstars sat down to enjoy their meal together.
"So how was school today spawn?" Lucifer asked from his place across the table from his children.
"Ms. Wilson said my picture was nice." Trixie said proudly.
"Wonderful. And what was this picture of? Was it something sinister? Hellhounds? Demons? A realistic expectation of the future of many of your horrid classmates?"
"What's sinister mean?" Trixie asked.
"Bad." Chloe supplied glaring at Lucifer from her seat next to him.
"No. My picture was a pink unicorn."
"Delightful." Lucifer said sarcastically. Why was his daughter obsessed with all things pink? What was wrong with his favorite colors red and black? Now they were colors!
"How about you male spawn? What did this oh so wise teacher have you prepare in class?"
"Not a pink unicorn." Leo said in disgust, sticking his tongue out at his sister.
Trixie stuck her tongue out back at him.
Excitingly Lucifer asked his son about his picture. "No? Well than what morbid creation did you make? Something exploring the frailty of the human condition?"
Leo looked at him blankly. "No daddy. I made a picture of a truck."
Lucifer sighed. "Yes, well. That'll do than."
Chloe sent him another glare. He was generally good with them but sometimes he did seem to forget they were seven-years old. True, they were advanced for their age and the the children of the devil, but his expectations weren't always age appropriate.
"Those sound wonderful kids. Your father and I are very proud of you." Both children beamed as they dug into their food and continued discussing their day.
"…and than David said we should join the t-ball team and we should get our daddy to help coach…and he said…." Leo's face froze as he realized what he had said. Trixie kicked her brother under the table and his faced winced in pain.
Well, Chloe thought, cat's out of the bag. Time to come up with a new plan.
Looking curiously at them Lucifer asked them a question. "What is this t-ball?"
"It's like baseball daddy, but instead you hit on a T so there's no pitcher."
"Doesn't that remove the difficulty of that ridiculous game?"
"That's the point Lucifer."
"Well that just doesn't reflect life properly at all. A challenge is what makes life interesting! How do they expect these human children to learn to deal with their inevitable disappointments they will face on this plane?"
"It's just for fun."
"I refuse to be part of coaching this unfortunate game. No spawn of satan will be playing T-ball."
Both children looked sadly at their father and their eyes started to well up with tears. Lucifer felt a tightening in his chest he always felt when he saw tears on their faces. Angrily, Chloe grabbed his arm and pulled him towards their bedroom.
"Lucifer? A word?" Shoving him angrily onto their bed she yelled at him. "Why would you say those things? Clearly, they want to play with their friends on the team!"
"But why?"
"Because it's fun for them Lucifer. It's good that they want to spend time with humans their own age. They need to be properly socialized and have friends besides just each other."
"But why must it be this…game of balls and oddly shaped gloves?"
"It's spring and it's baseball season. This is what kids in this part of the world play. You have to be more careful about what you say in front of them. You made them cry."
Lucifer looked ashamed. "Yes, I did notice the waterworks starting. That was not my intention. I never wish to cause any harm to them."
Chloe stroked his face with her hand. "I know. You can make it up to them though."
"And how is that?"
"Coach their team."
Lucifer stood and started pacing around their room. "No. Absolutely not. Ours are one thing, but I will not be supervising dozens of human offspring."
Chloe went up to him and traced her finger around his collarbone and down the center of his chest. Lucifer followed her finger with his eyes. "I'll make it worth your while."
"No…." Lucifer said his voice weakening and Chloe inwardly smirked. She almost had him.
"It will make your children very happy. It will make me very happy."
Lucifer groaned. "Fine! Fine! But you're doing it with me."
"I can't, the practices conflict with my work schedule. But you know whose work schedule it doesn't conflict with?"
"Maze?" Lucifer asked hopefully.
"Try again."
Lucifer's eyes widened in horror. "No! Not the douche!"
He and Dan had certainly become friends to a degree over the years, but the man still clearly harbored feelings for Chloe. Lucifer did not take kindly to another man having romantic intentions towards his wife. Not that she believed him when he told her. She thought he was just imagining it. But a fox knows when another one is sniffing around his hen house.
Chloe smiled sweetly at him. "C'mon, it will be fun."
"As fun as nails through my eyeballs. You'd better deliver on the carnal delights you promised."
"A deal's a deal."