SPOILERS S5
GIFT
She'd always hated Lucifer's lift. Always too slow, too fast. Always the reverse she wanted.
Not that she wants it slower, nor faster tonight.
It reflects her thoughts, her place in space.
In-between.
Between God and the Devil. Between human and not as human as she'd like. Between strong feelings about a man - an angel - she was made for.
But she's not.
She's in between realization and… the lift going 'slowly fast', Amenadiel's theories and Lucifer willing to wait as long as she needs to….
It helps her realize much more.
Breathing in 'slowly fast', Chloe takes the necklace in her jacket pocket. It's the Gift Day, anyway. Her finger traces the shape of the bullet in her open palm; gleam of lights, darker moments in their relationship, their partnership.
It's the first gift he ever made for her, significant.
Beautiful.
"When I look at him, I-... I don't see that."
"I'm bleeding!"
"...which would mean that-"
"You're not the gift, Chloe. That is."
Chloe's hand closes around the necklace, slightly shaking as the lift eventually comes to a stop. She stops on a thought, too. Not disagreeing, neither agreeing entirely with Amenadiel's theory about what the real gift is.
Her gaze stops on the open doors, on Lucifer's back, his fingers dancing on the keyboards.
"Well, I thought since I'd never likely penetrate you… I'd commemorate the one time you penetrated me."
That… Lucifer who willingly sacrificed his immortality, who let her penetrate his walls that early in their partnership…
That is.