Title: a serpent and a deity walk into a bar

Disclaimer: not my characters

Warnings: blasphemy?

Pairings: a smidge of God/Lucifer, maybe?

Rating: PG?

Wordcount: 150

Point of view: third

Prompt: Biblical or Paradise Lost, Lucifer/God, everyone can be tempted


"Aren't you bored yet?" Lucifer asked, appearing beside him on a cloud. "Surely you must be. Nothing is unknown to you. You've seen it all and done it all." Lucifer paused and thought for a minute. "You knew I was coming here to tell you all this. Damnit."

God smiled. "Child," he said quietly, "I created you. I know every part of you, every possibility of you." He turned and gently touched Lucifer's cheek. "And you, my dear, are never boring."

Lucifer leaned into his hand, eyes fluttering closed. "I won't ask forgiveness," he whispered. "I didn't do anything wrong."

"I'll welcome you back, if you ever change your mind," God said.

Lucifer scoffed, pulling away. "You know everything," he hissed, looking towards the horizon. "Tell me if I will."

God only smiled again, and Lucifer leapt from the heavens, waiting till the last possible moment before opening his wings.