A/N: This was written for the Virtual Hell 2021 Second Fanfiction Competition over on AO3. The works have been de-anonymized (lol) and I thought I'd share this fluffy little one-shot on here too. I went with the prompt: "Chloe is helping Penelope clear out some of her old stuff from the beach house, and finds a box of her old goth/hot topic clothes. The next time they have to go undercover, she decides to give Lucifer a surprise."
Hope you enjoy it!
Mr. and Mrs. Goth
Chloe stepped into the familiar space with a sigh. It had been a few years since she last stopped by her mother's beach house. Of course she had been by for whenever Trixie spent time with her mom, but that was just to pick her up. It had been a few years since she had spent any time there without her daughter. Trixie was currently spending a little bonding time with Lucifer. She had been asking for some solo time with him lately and Lucifer was actually more than happy to oblige to partake in some "Urchin" time. Chloe mentally smiled at how far her Devil has come. So, when Penelope asked if she could come over to help clear out some of her old stuff, Chloe thought it would be the perfect opportunity for them to bond.
"Penny for your thoughts, dear?" Penelope Decker came up from behind Chloe by her ear.
Chloe jumped as she had been lost in her own thoughts.
"Sorry, Mom," Chloe apologized, "I was just thinking."
"Quite a lot, it seems," Penelope observed, "You've been standing there for a few minutes now. If you've changed your mind about helping me, it's okay."
"No, no," Chloe shook her head, "No, I want to help. Honestly, I should've cleared most of this stuff out when I moved out."
"To be fair, this stuff was here before you moved in," Penelope returned, "I took a few boxes down already if you want to see if there's anything you might want to keep in there. You never know what you'll find after a good spring clean."
"Thanks, Mom," Chloe said before she headed over to the dining room table where Penelope had placed some old boxes.
She slipped the top of the box off and peered inside and a smile spread across her lips. She lifted a fitted black tee up and held it up to the light. There were a few triangular holes in the midriff to complete the look. Her mom found some of her old Goth clothes. She looked back into the box and found a few folded pairs of torn jeans complete with safety pins and an old make-up kit along with a few more t-shirts. She hadn't seen them in years. She would definitely be keeping this box.
After closing the box back up and placing it with her stuff to take home, she turned her attention to the other box. Inside were stacks of old CDs of all her favorite 90s jams. Lucifer would most definitely have something to say about this collection.
Yeah, she'd be taking this one home too.
Chloe joined the box of music with the other one and headed off to find where her mom had disappeared to in the house to assist in her spring cleaning.
After a few hours of helping her mom at her beach house clearing out some of her old stuff, Chloe arrived back to her apartment with a sigh and the boxes in her arms. She closed the door with her back before putting her stuff on to the kitchen island counter for the time being.
"Trix?! Lucifer?! You guys home?" Chloe called out.
She was met with silence. They must've still been out for their Devil-Urchin bonding time. She picked the boxes back up, stacking them up on one another before taking them into her room and sliding them under her bed. She'd tell Lucifer about them later.
As it turned out, it would be much later. Her old Goth clothes stayed forgotten under her bed until a new case led to a fun surprise for her boyfriend.
"Hurry up, Darling!" Lucifer called up the stairs as he adjusted his cufflinks.
Their latest case was the murder of a punk rocker at a Goth club. The main suspect was one of the regulars at the club which called for yet another (what Ella dubbed) Deckerstar undercover sting. Lucifer even got in on the act. He wore a long-sleeved black silk shirt, complete with cufflinks – he refused to be caught out in public without something of himself. He completed the look with black denim jeans, black boots, and applied his guy-liner a little thicker than usual.
"Coming!" Chloe called down.
"I hope you found something appropriate for this club," Lucifer called up while smoothing his shirt down.
"Oh, I think this will work," Chloe stated and Lucifer lifted his head to be met with a sight he never thought he'd see in a million years.
Detective Chloe Decker in full Goth chic.
His eyes trailed up her form. She wore black strapped heels, black denim jeans like him, though hers had a few safety pins pinned in the tears, and a fitted black shirt with triangular holes in her midriff exposing her delicious skin. Her hair was down in wavy curls and her make-up was applied in dark muted skin tone colors, her lips though were blood red. Her eyeliner was just as thick as his but came to a diamond point on the side of her eyes in an Egyptian-esque style.
Simply put, she looked beautiful.
"Your mouth is open, babe," Chloe teased as she came to a stop in front of him.
"Wh-Where did you find this ensemble?" Lucifer managed to ask.
"It's mine," Chloe said.
"I think I would've noticed this in your wardrobe," Lucifer gestured at her whole outfit with his finger.
"Remember when you and Trixie spent the day together?" Chloe started.
Lucifer nodded.
"Well, that day I went over to my mom's beach house to clear out some of my old stuff. I found some of my old Goth clothes from Hot Topic and thought it'd be fun if I brought it home. I thought you might get a kick out of it," Chloe slowly twirled around, showing off the whole outfit.
"That would be one way to put it," Lucifer swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing.
"I'm just grateful that everything still fits," Chloe looked down at herself.
"It most certainly does," Lucifer licked his lips, "I must admit, when your mother mentioned your Goth years, this was not what I imagined."
"Oh?" Chloe stepped up closer to Lucifer, tilting her head back as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Mmm," Lucifer grinned and lowered his head to capture her lips with his own. They got lost in each other for a few moments before Chloe slowly pulled away.
"There is one more thing," Chloe held up a finger and pulled out a spiked dog collar. Was she holding that the whole time?
She carefully wrapped the collar around Lucifer's neck. He placed a hand to the collar, adjusting it slightly.
"Remind me again why I'm the one that has to wear the collar," Lucifer dropped his hand from his neck.
"According to Ella, the murder weapon was similar to this kind of spiked collar," Chloe was back to business, "She thinks it may be the best way to draw out our killer. Not too many people wear them anymore at that club and she thinks the killer may be more inclined to talk with us if we show similar tastes."
"Sounds a little flimsy to me," Lucifer said.
"How about I promised everyone that I'd have you wear it and I'd take pictures?" Chloe grinned.
"Sounds more plausible."
They shared a laugh.
"You know, you don't look half bad," Chloe tilted her head as she took in his whole ensemble, "Very Prince of Darkness."
"Old habits," Lucifer leered, "Once a Devil…"
He stepped forward again, intent on stealing another kiss.
"We better head out if we want to catch our killer," Chloe put up a hand to his chest, stopping him in his tracks and stepped back from him. If he kissed her again with that look in his eye…
"Very well," Lucifer sighed and lifted an arm which Chloe promptly took. She let out an amused laugh.
"What?" Lucifer was curious.
"I was just thinking… this brings a whole new meaning to Mr. and Mrs. G," Chloe explained, "Mr. and Mrs. Goth."
Lucifer hummed in agreement with a smile adorned on his face. With that, Lucifer and Chloe headed out into the night for another successful undercover sting. And when they got home, if their old/new Goth clothes ended up decorating the floor, well, nobody needed to know.
THE END
I hope I did this prompt justice. I literally wrote this in a day, in a few hours. I hope you guys still enjoyed it! Let me know what you thought! And be sure to check out all the other awesome entries over on AO3! And please check out all the amazing content some amazing people put together for the Virtual Hell Con this weekend over on the website: : w w w . virtualhellcon . c o m (Here's hoping that link/URL worked on this site. Just take out the spaces. LOL)
This LuciFam, the Lucifer fandom is so very talented. Love you all! :)
(PS: This was originally published on 6/23/21 and was de-anonymized today 6/27).