First off, thank you all for your patience. You guys are amazingly understanding and lovely, and I have not forgotten about this! I've started writing on it again since I have an idea now of where I want to go, but it might still be a few weeks before I'm posting regularly so I can make sure you guys get the quality you deserve. Don't give up on me though, I am working on it! And thanks again for your patience.
Also, thank you to everyone who gave me suggestions of where to go, they all helped me a lot, and I think I even figured out my ending because of one of them. So thank you. I hope you enjoy this little fluffy chapter as I wrap things up in order to head into our next plot!
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Oddly enough, it's Chloe that wakes first after a few hours and she yawns, still a little sore, but feeling better than when she woke up the first time this morning. Slowly looking up at Lucifer, she smiles a little a she sees him still asleep. Since he seems to be a surprisingly heavy sleeper, she carefully props herself up on a elbow to look down at his sleeping face, lifting her fingers to brush his cheek gently. When he still doesn't stir, she leans down and brushes a soft kiss across his lips. And when that still isn't enough to wake him up, or at least as far as Chloe can tell he doesn't, she smiles a little and, emboldened, leans in to kiss him a little more firmly this time.
This kiss gets a sleepy response at first as Lucifer starts to wake up, and after a few moments of gentle kisses, he brings a hand up to hold the back of Chloe's head as he intensifies the kiss, ravishing her mouth. Sitting up slightly to continue the kiss a moment when Chloe starts to pull away, he finally releases her and relaxes back on the bed again. "Mmm.. that's a lovely way to wake up." He says with a small chuckle, taking a deep breath as he stretches slightly.
Chloe couldn't help the way she moaned a little through the kiss and now she's blushing as she looks down at a smug Lucifer. "Shut up." She mutters again, not knowing what else to say, and instead she nestles her head back down on his chest to hide her face from him. "I always figured you would be a lighter sleeper." She admits, starting to draw designs on his chest with her finger, following the defined lines of his muscles for a moment.
"I usually am. A question for Linda no doubt." Lucifer muses as he watches her. "More importantly.. how are you feeling?" He asks as he looks at her, rubbing his hand over her back again slowly, but a little less innocently than before as he memorizes the feel of her.
"Better." Chloe reassures, and she smiles a little. "Amazing what a hot bath, some rest, and your very own masseuse can do for you." She snickers a little before lifting her head to look up at him, "Thank you, for that, by the way." She says with a little smile.
Repeating his move from that morning, Lucifer rolls over so Chloe is beneath him, leaning down to kiss her softly. "I'm very glad you're feeling better, Detective." He says after the kiss, before a seductive grin forms on his face. "Because there is one treat I have been /dying/ for since last night.." Slowly, he leans down to place kisses along her sensitive neck as one of his hands moves to slide the hem of his shirt up. "And since I am the cause of your current soreness, I think you deserve even further pampering.." He adds as he pushes the shirt up to her ribs before he starts to slide down her body, looking up at her with an eager smile on his face to make sure it's alright with her this time.
Even if she is still a bit sore, his voice, his words, his looks, all is more than enough to get her interested. She knows better than to say something like 'you don't have to', because she's discovered in the past 24 hours that Lucifer seems to enjoy nothing more than using his considerable experience to bring her to the peak of pleasure. So she just smiles a little when he checks to make sure his descent won't be stopped this time. "Lucifer.." She murmurs breathlessly, licking her lips and swallowing. "You're the expert.. I mean, if that's what you think, who am I to argue?" She asks playfully with a little smile as she continues to watch him move ever southward.
"Give me a little time, Chloe, and I will make you scream my name." Lucifer promises as he watches her before he places a soft kiss on her stomach on his way to his goal. Unlike the passionate, almost desperate lovemaking that dominated the night before, this time he goes slower, leaving Chloe gasping long before he makes love to her. And this time, that's what it truly is. Yes, he still uses all his skills to ensure Chloe's pleasure, but he takes his time, makes sure she also feels his affection, and yes perhaps even the yet unnamed love. True to his word, when she reaches her peak, she shouts his name before he covers her mouth with his, swallowing any further sounds.
It takes less time for Lucifer to recover and come back to his senses of course, and he smiles a little at the tangled up position they ended up in, each of them on their sides facing the other, one of his arms trapped under her head, one of hers trapped between their bodies and their legs entangled. "Are you alright?" He murmurs softly, feeling like it might be a bit sacrilege to raise his voice too much right now.
Slowly opening her eyes, Chloe tightens her hold where one arm is around Lucifer, to bring her closer and place a soft kiss against his lips. "Yeah. I'm wonderful." She smiles dreamily as she lets her mind wander, and then she blinks slowly, snapping back to reality it seems as she realizes something. "Lucifer." She says in an urgent tone. "Can.. I mean.. you didn't... is it even possible to..?" She shifts her arm so she can motion between them nervously, not even sure how to ask what she's saying even though she is a grown woman. In her defense she's slightly panicked at the moment though and still slightly foggy.
Feeling a bit bemused that this is the first time his ever practical Detective thought about any potential issues, Lucifer seems to consider for a few moments. "Why Detective, I'm not sure.. maybe we really have created Rosemary's baby.. a little sibling for Beatrice." He can't resist teasing her a little with a small smile. But when he sees the look of panic on her face, he snickers lightly before he grins and shakes his head slightly before holding up his hand to calm her down. "Not to worry. We are technically different species, Chloe." He reassures with a little smile. "I cannot catch or carry human diseases, so you've no need to worry about that. As far as other.. complications.." He pointedly looks down at her abdomen. "It's not possible. And I've been on Earth for some time. No Nephilim to be seen." He explains soothingly as he watches her with a small smile. "Don't worry. Nothing to keep us from enjoying ourselves to the fullest. Bit late to be thinking about it though."
At first, Chloe is horrified as she thinks about possibly having an unplanned pregnancy, and then relief floods through her along with a twinge of sadness she refuses to acknowledge, right before she pinches Lucifer's arm. Hard. Chloe then groans in relief and places her forehead against his shoulder. "Thank G.. oodness." She catches herself and smiles sheepishly up at him. "It's your fault for distracting me with your sexiness and your kisses." She grumbles a little. Then something else pings her brain. "Wait.. Nephilim.. that's a.. half human, half angel? They have a name for it, so.. has it happened before?"
"Nice save." Lucifer teases, stroking Chloe's back soothingly as he holds her. "To answer your question, no. Once or twice an Angel has fallen in love with a human, but to my knowledge none of them have been able to procreate. The name is a human word from fiction, not a Divine name. I can't imagine my Father would approve of it in any case. Can you imagine, the abilities of an Angel but the free will and creativity of a human?" He shakes his head thoughtfully, though his tone is a little uninterested since he's never much cared about what any of his many siblings do on Earth. And he's been with many women over the years, some long before contraceptive in its current forms were even dreamt of, and none of those incidents have resulted in pregnancy.
Chloe shifts, rolling onto her back to stare up at the ceiling. "Huh." She muses as she takes in all that information. "Ok... There are just so many questions I have with you sometimes, Lucifer." She admits with a slow shake of her head back and forth.
"Yes, I imagine you do." Lucifer frees his arm from under Chloe and then props himself up on it to admire his partner. "You know I'll always tell you the truth, Chloe." He reminds her sincerely as he looks down into her eyes. "Speaking of the truth.." He trails off and considers. "And not that I mind, of course, but I noticed your things were still in my bathroom.. I wanted to make sure, have you not found a place yet?"
"I was wondering if you noticed that." Chloe admits as she gets her brain to switch tracks as she looks over at him, reaching her hand up to touch his cheek and running her fingers along his jaw slowly, now that she's allowed. "I.. didn't look for a place. Kind of a risk, I know, but I was hoping for a favorable outcome to our conversation." She admits as she looks at him with a little smile, letting the implications of that hang to see what he makes of it.
Lucifer looks slightly perplexed as he looks down at Chloe, "Really?" He hesitates, seeing the truth in the sincerity of her expression. "Even after everything, after.. what you saw, what you know about me, you still want to stay here, you and Beatrice?" He feels he needs to remind her that it's not all sex and pampering with him, that he is the Devil and there is a dark side to him, even if she's somehow forgive him for that. He's a little bit in awe of his Detective, that she would even consider that after everything, that she would trust and believe him in that to his extent. He's never experienced something so unconditional before, and a small part of him wonders if this is what it's like when someone loves someone else.
Laughing a little, Chloe shakes her head as she looks up at him. "You're really adorable when you're confused." She says quietly as she lays her hand against his cheek again briefly. "I.. thought about a lot, about everything, when you left, and.. you know, not only continuing the relationship with you,but staying here with you, too." She begins to explain, her hand moving from his cheek down his neck and then out over his collarbone to his shoulder. "I just realized that.. I was really, really comfortable here, with you. And I don't know if that has ever happened tome. Even with Dan, when we moved in together it was weird and awkward and uncomfortable until we got used to eachother. I'm not saying there won't be weird moments, but staying here with you, having Trixie here.. It's been easy. Really easy, and comfortable, and I think that's really telling about us, about our relations. Besides, Trixie loves it because it has a pool and a great view, and you know she adores you. And even though I wasn't sure what would happen when we got a chance to talk again, or if maybe you had changed your mind for good, I.. "She pauses in her explanation as she looks into the dark eyes of her lover. "I hoped that this thing between us was strong enough for us to come back from our... fight, or whatever you want to call it. I hoped that your feelings would be strong enough to still want us here." She finally concludes watching him with a bit of uncertainty in her expression, since while they talked before, she still feels like there are some unresolved issues, or feelings rather.
Only briefly distracted by the movement of her hand, Lucifer glances down and over at it for a moment before he looks back down at Chloe and listens. He still feels a little confused, but happiness blooms in his chest, a rush better than any drug he's ever experienced. "Detective..." He begins with soft awe to his tone. "You... you really want to stay here, then? You've... forgiven me, for what you saw?" He asks quietly as he looks into her eyes, watching Chloe's expression carefully as he rests one hand on her stomach. When she nods, he can't help the small laugh of disbelief that comes from him. "I... I don't know what to say. Of course I want you to stay here, Chloe. Even if you had rejected me, it wouldn't have changed how I feel. I.. I don't really understand my feelings fully yet, but I can't imagine staying on Earth as long as you lived, without you in my life. And I hope you know I'd do anything for you and your offspring." There's a part of him that can't quite believe what she's saying, but he's more focused on his joy at knowing, a hundred percent, that she wants to stay because that is her desire, not because of fear or any misplaced sense of duty. For once, his Detective is following her desires, and the Devil is more than happy to indulge them. Before she can respond, he chuckles lightly and he leans down and kisses her happily, no sexual intent behind it for once, just trying to express his joy.
Giggling a little, Chloe puts her hands on Lucifer's cheeks and she smiles when he pulls away. "I don't need you to make any big confessions to me or anything, Lucifer. I understand. This is new for you, well, new for both of us in a way. For now, I know what I need to know. And that's how much you care for me. I think we feel the same, but I also know it's something you need to figure out for yourself." She reassures as she watches him, brushing some of his mused hair back from his face." And I know that this..." She motions between them, "Everything between us is still.. really new. It's not all going to be rainbows and joy. You're used to having your own space, and so am I. And while I'm comfortable here.. The one way we're really similar is that we need time to cool off when we get worked up. You're used to coming back here, and before I would go home, too.. I don't think it's going to be easy for us to.. always being around eachother when we get upset. So that's something we're going to have to deal with when it happens. And you're going to have to learn to talk to me, Lucifer. If you get upset or if something sends you into.. whatever happens when you totally lock me out, you need to learn to cope with it. I mean.. I'm a big girl. You need to either talk to me or tell me you need space like you did when Amenediel visited, or when you came home from your investigation. I'm going to want you to talk to me eventually, but if you need a little space first, that's fine.." She explains as she lowers her hands again, wanting to make sure he understands what this relationship is going to entail, but also that she does know him, that she accepts him and is willing to work with how he can get sometimes, if he just gives her a little to work with, just a few words to let her know some inkling of what he's feeling.
Even with her caution, Lucifer's happiness won't be squashed so quickly because she's already made her decision, And he knows that once his Detective makes a decision, she sticks to it, no matter how she might go about it. "Fair point." He says as he thinks about what Chloe says, "I will do my best to communicate with you, Chloe. It's not easy for me, the only one I'm ever used to having to answer to is my Father. And even that was quite some time ago." He muses, nodding as he brushes some of Chloe's hair back from her face. "And yes, I basically invented daddy issues. Intimacy of an emotional kind is certainly new for me. I hope you'll be patient with me, Chloe." His tone softens and becomes a little more serious, looking away from her for a moment as he thinks about what else she said. "From what I've observed, this is what relationships are like? The good and the bad? Human wedding vows say it, don't they? In sickness and in health, for better or worse? I can't get sick, and I think I've already proven that I'm adept at caring for you." He smirks playfully as he looks at her, leaning over to place a soft, sweet kiss on her lips. "And we've already had a fairly bad 'worse'. I'm sure we can figure things out."
"I will be as patient as I can be, but we don't always get along. And that's still going to be the same. We're in a nice little bubble right now, but we're going to fight. That's just how relationships go." Chloe points out as she watches him, wondering if he even understands the implications of him bringing up wedding vows at the moment, but as always, his off-handed comments give her more insight into him than he might realize. And bringing that up so casually, implying something so long term, makes her smile as she realizes the depth of his feelings. "I'm sure you're right though, Lucifer. We'll figure everything else out."
"Yes, yes. You can never stay mad at me for too long though. Nor I you, Detective." Lucifer grins as he looks her over. "Come on. We should get a shower and some lunch." He says as he finally sits up, standing and stretching a little before he offers his hand to help Chloe up. "Showing you the true wonders of my shower will have to wait though, I think." He grins as he looks her over, changing his mind by the time she gets over far enough to be sitting on the edge of the bed. "Come on, slow poke." He says, leaning down to swiftly swing her up into his arms, bridal style. "There we go."
Shaking her head slightly at the shift in Lucifer's mood which tells her he's had just about enough emotional talk for the moment, Chloe yelps and grabs onto Lucifer as she's picked up, gasping slightly as she looks at him. "Lucifer, you've got to stop doing that!" She scolds, continuing to cling to him as she tries to get her heart to settle down.
"Why, when you have such a delicious response?" Lucifer asks as he carries her into the bathroom carefully before grinning as he slowly releases her legs, holding her up against him with one arm before he slowly lets her slide down to her feet. "Mnf. You are temptation itself." He muses, holding her for a bit longer before he releases her and reaches into the shower to turn it on. "Let me just dispose of our breakfast, and I'll be back." While he's at it, he picks up their towels from the morning and hangs them on a drying rack before getting their breakfast try and disappearing with it.
Chloe is about to respond when Lucifer drops her legs and she tightens his hold on his neck, at least until she realizes he didn't actually drop her. Instead, she gets to feel his body sliding against hers when he lowers her down and it makes her bite her lip. "Ok." She forces herself to respond as she gets her thoughts in order before watching Lucifer move around the room, admiring his bare ass on the way out. Yeah, she needs to get this out of her system before Monday, or it's going to be very hard to practice what she preaches, and be professional with him at work. Unless she just doesn't look at him, but that would be suspicious. Licking her lips, she strips out of his t-shirt before she steps inside the shower to distract herself from her thoughts, since there's no point in just waiting around for him to get back since the water is already warm.
When he returns, Lucifer pauses to take in the vision of beauty that is Chloe Decker in his shower, and the realization that he's allowed to admire her now, even if she might feel self-conscious about it. And on that note, he steps forward and into the shower behind Chloe, resting his hands lightly on her waist. "Hello.." He says playfully as he watches her.
Startling slightly when Lucifer comes in, Chloe smiles a little. "I swear.. one of these days, I am going to tie a bell around your neck. Is sneakiness part of the whole Celestial thing or is that just you?" she asks, turning around to face him so she can wet down her hair, since only the one spray is on at the moment.
"While that sounds terribly kinky, and I'm not sure what the difference between a 'Celestial thing', and me is.. I don't think sneaking around as you put it, is anything more than just m'self." Lucifer says before he reaches past her to turn one of the knobs on the wall which turns on the waterfall feature of his shower, running a hand through his hair as it soaks through.
"Only you would think that putting a bell on you is in any way kinky." Chloe says with a little shake of her head, reaching past Lucifer in order to get her shampoo. "That's a nice feature, but not really helpful for washing my hair, Lucifer." She says dryly, stepping back a little, out of the water enough so she can get the shampoo through her hair.
Chuckling a little as he watches Chloe, Lucifer nods a little and picks up his body wash to start getting cleaned up. "Don't you know me at all by now? I can make just about anything kinky, Detective. It just takes a little bit of imagination and when it comes to sex, I have that in spades." He points out, grinning a little before he looks down at himself to makes sure he gets clean. He's fairly sure the Detective will prefer him not to smell like sex, even if the sex was with her.
"Ugh. I think us having sex has actually made your innuendos worse. And here I was hoping in vain that they would improve when you satisfied your.. obsession." Chloe teases with a small smirk, stepping forward under the water again to rinse her shampoo out as she watches Lucifer.
"Mm. Who says I'm in any way satisfied, Detective? Sated, perhaps, but not satisfied." Lucifer teases a little as he watches her with smirk, tilting his head to the side before he glances away from her to continue washing himself. "Trying to get into your pants since we met was not just some sort of challenge for me, Chloe. I've always found you extremely sexy. You're the first woman ever to give the Devil blue balls, so rest assured, I am most definitely not 'satisfied'." Lucifer explains as he wathces her with a wicked grin before giving her a searing once-over. "You are right about one thing though, that I did get what I've wanted. You forgot one thing though... It's what you desired as well." He purrs, eyes locked onto hers with a hooded, intense gaze as he runs a hand through his hair again to push it back.
She will not act like a horny teenager. Chloe repeats that to herself a few times as she looks Lucifer over. "I swear, you're going to be the death of me.. Maybe you do put off some weird pheramones or something, because I haven't felt like this since I was a teenager." She admits as she moves closer to him, shaking her head slightly as she reaches out to touch him again.
"Perhaps, but you have always been unaffected by my charms, Detective. So whatever it is your feeling must be from.. you liking what you see." Lucifer points out with a bit of amusement, briefly distracted by Chloe's hands on him, and not willing to let any doubt enter his mind yet. He won't allow the weekend to be ruined. "Or maybe it's just my impressive skill." He smirks a little, hands settling on Chloe's hips again as she moves closer, waggling his eyebrows suggestively as he watches her with a little amusement.
Shaking her head slightly, Chloe smiles."I've been unaffected by the Devil, by your supernatural weirdness that make grown women act lie you roofie'd them." She corrects as she watches him. "I've never been completely unaffected by Lucifer Morningstar, the man. At first, you annoyed the hell out of me. I gave up on fighting our partnership.." She smirks as she remembers, looking at him thoughtfully. "But you just kept up with the innuendos, and the being everywhere, and.. then you started being all cute and open and vulnerable around me..." She accuses as she remembers the night of the fire and the day after, her hands sliding down over his chest and abdomen before they slide around and up his back.
"I finally found out what you desired, Detective." Lucifer muses with a sly grin, ducking down to give her a few soft, slow kisses. "Turns out I was right though. You did see something you desired, but wasn't sure how to deal with. Do you remember what I said, when you were stalking me at Lux?"
"I was not stalking you. I was investigating you, because you didn't make sense." Chloe points out in a firm tone. "And yes, I remember.. I asked you what about my face made you think I was interested, and you said it was my eyes, not my face." She thinks about it for a few moments. "And you were right in a way.. I didn't desire you then, but I wasn't sure how to deal with you and I wanted to figure you out." She says softly, looking down at his chest again as she moves her hands back around to his abdomen, admiring the rivulets of water that make their way down before she slides her hands back up, interrupting the flow of the water until they come to rest around his neck again.
"Mnf. Detective.." Lucifer practically purrs after her caress as he looks her over. "I never expected you to be so voracious.. not that I'm complaining of course." His tone is pleased even if it has dropped to a seductive octave. A small smile lingers on his face as he looks down at her, sliding his arms around her waist further to pull her closer against him as he enjoys the sensuality of her body against his combined with the feel of the water running over him.
"Well, your skills are not exaggerated... And I'm not sure I even felt like this when I actually was a teenager.. which means I need to get at least some of this out of my system before Monday. And you are unfairly addictive, and.. mm.. now you're all mine." Chloe murmurs with a small grin as she starts to pull his head down toward hers.
"Staking your claim... Lucifer likes." Lucifer says with a grin, and when their their lips meet, the kiss is passionate and hungry despite their recent lovemaking. It takes only a few moments before the Devil lifts up his Detective and turns quickly to press her against the wall of his shower, no longer paying attention to the water falling down around them or anything beyond the feel and taste woman who is kissing him and clinging to him like she's dying of thirst and he is a tall, cold glass of water.
