A/N – Wow, thanks guys for taking the time to have a read of this little story, honestly wasn't sure anyone would
Ella came bounding down the stairs, her ponytail swinging freely, she wanted to say that she was optimistic, she also wanted to slide down the handrail but that was for another day. Over the past few days she had reached out to her legit contacts, her less legit contacts, friends and even acquaintances she had met at forensic conferences from all over the country, there must be some sign that Lucifer had blown into a town or city somewhere, wasn't as if he was ever subtle and someone would have noticed his arrival even anecdotally, maybe one of these people could get her the lead she is desperately hunting for.
"Wut up Detective peeps!" she called out as she walked across the main floor towards her lab, Chloe and Dan were in a deep discussion, which she suspected was less work related and more Trixie related but even still she got a small smile from Chloe and a wave, Dan simply nodded in her direction, things were a little awkward following their little fling or to put it another way, when two sad people had found a little comfort even if it was for a night.
Ella entered her lab, turning on the lights and equipment, her eyes did a quick sweep over the space and she decided the night shift hadn't made a mess, which made a nice change "Must have been a slow night" she said to the empty room.
She skimmed over her emails, there were the usual requests for updates and rush jobs but nothing to aid her in her search for Lucifer. So she drained the last dregs of her coffee and begun the working day.
A few hours later her laptop beeped, signalling another round of results had finished. She swivelled around on her chair away from the samples currently laid out on her examination table and turned to the screen, reading the prompts and cycling into the next round of processing. Once she was certain the program was running and was back to work, she glanced over towards the door and felt her heart sink. She could just picture Lucifer gliding into the lab with style and grace and a trademark smirk, in recent months, she had been blessed with a true and genuine smile which reached his eyes and that warmed her heart, she could tell he was finally lowering some of his walls around her and that made her feel special.
"Ah, good morning Miss Lopez" She could hear the British accent almost musically fill the lab
"its afternoon Lucifer!" a small eye roll and a gentile smile before launching herself at him for a bone crunching hug, he would tense but often she would get a few soft pats on her back, the times he patted her on the head always made her giggle. Even still he somehow did give the best cuddles.
With a dismissive wave we would press on "Well then, a very good afternoon to you!" mischief clearly evident in his voice, she may even get a wink or a waggle of an eyebrow to highlight the point. "What devilishly delightful details do you have for me and the "Detective? I am in a justice seeking mood, or a punishing mood or maybe I should go and introduce myself to the new desk Sargent?" Lucifer looked amused.
"Dude… I love you man, but focus, results will be about 10 minutes, also Tim is married with two kids!"
"I am always up for a challenge and as you say, I have 10 minutes!" Ella shock her head with a good natured grin on her face, the look on his face suggested he probably would only need 5 minutes before the man was his.
"Ahhhhhhhh, behave! 10 minutes, come back then with Decker, now shoo!" She gestured the motion for emphasis.
"As you desire" He mock bowed and retreated backwards out of the lab.
But for the past few weeks Ella mostly sat alone in her lab, only being disturbed by work related stuff and by the seriously professional men and women of the LAPD, she really loved her job but lately she missed the fun and the almost childlike enthusiasm that often greeted her, made the worst of cases somehow be ok, Lucifer when focused was always 100% certain that the guilty party would be caught and punished by the Detective, himself and often with her own insights and discoveries helping things along but now that was missing, she could see that reflected in Chloe's eyes when they discussed cases. Ella decided that she really needed to check in with Chloe, she must be feeling the same (probably worse because there was definitely a thing between the two), and Chloe had previously said that Lucifer had made her a better Detective. Somehow with Lucifer's influence she had become a better CSI, secretly always trying to find something that he had missed, she smiled a little triumphantly at that thought.
Ella let out a rather loud sigh, turned back to her samples and focused on work.