Chapter 4:
Damon looked up and only saw two fiery red eyes in the darkness of the alley. For some strange reason, the low demonic voice and the man it belonged to broke the compulsion the vampire had over Daniel.
"What the fuck?" he said, a bit confused. He didn't understand what just happened but was even more shocked when he saw the young man he wanted to help with large fangs in his mouth.
The vampire who was going to bite him tried to hide it but he saw whatever the man was looking at, was giving him shivers. Dan gathered all his courage and looked towards the dark alley. He noticed the two red eyes.
"You think I am afraid of a pair of red eyes?" Damon huffed hiding the shivers.
"Oh you are a tough one aren't you?" The voice said. Daniel looked even more shocked, the voice was much lower than usual but he still recognized it anywhere.
"I don't take it very well when you hurt people I care deeply about," Lucifer said now stepping into the yellow light above a container. His face burned and scarred but his wings large and white. His hands were as red as his face.
Dan looked from the vampire to the devil and back to the vampire, "Fuck!" was all he could say at the moment and made himself as small as he possibly could.
Lucifer saw the fear on the face of the man he loved deeply and sighed, he had been afraid of this. He feared that he really lost his final chance of love now. He shook his head; he had no time to dwell on this one.
He stepped in front of the man that would forever hold his heart even if he didn't want to have anything to do with the devil after this.
"Do I need to be afraid of this?" Damon said with confidence he only partly felt, "I can do the same thing you know." Damon hissed showing his teeth and his vampire's face.
"Do you think you scare me with that face?" the devil laughed with an evil grin, taking a step towards Damon. "Go on, move, and go fetch your blood somewhere else. We don't want you here or do I have to make you leave?"
"You don't scare me one bit. I feed wherever I want, when I want it, from which human I want to. Why don't you be a good man and take a step aside." Damon said, taking a step forward.
"I don't see why in dad's name I would do that," Lucifer said, standing in front of the vampire with his hands in his pockets. His wings wide, shielding Dan from the vampire.
"Because you don't want to end as my last meal of the day, without the compulsion to hide the pain," Damon said, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
Lucifer laughed at that, "Feel free to try but know very well that I am immortal and you will be feeding yourself from a blood bag with a bloody straw."
"Try and stop me!" Damon laughed before using his vampire speed to get to his meal but what he didn't count on was the reflexes of the fallen archangel.
"Over my dead body, oh that's right I can't die!" Lucifer said while he pushed Damon backward by hitting the vampire on his abdomen. The vampire flew a few feet away from the devil.
Lucifer didn't know that Damon wasn't alone until he was pushed back a few steps by a hissing and angry Elena, "Keep your hands of my husband if you don't want to lose your head."
Damon was surprised when Elena said this. It wasn't something he had heard her say before. It meant that she had to be really angry. He didn't think that this could all be because of the presence of the devil and his demon.
"Tell that to your husband. I don't want you at my club or around it. I don't want to see you around Daniel either." Lucifer growled deeply.
"Elena it's alright, there are enough places in Los Angeles to feed us," Damon said but his wife was too high on adrenaline from her meeting with Maze and the fact that she wasn't able to feed on the demon. There was something about the demon, her blood, and the weird part was that she didn't even bleed.
She raced towards Lucifer in full vampire speed but the devil was just as quick. He smashed Elena against the ground. He took her by the arm and threw her over his shoulder, smashing her with her back against the ground. He made a statement by holding her down with the tip of his wing.
The feather made a little snap in her neck which caused a visible wound.
"I know you need to feed but not in my club and especially not from the people I care about," Lucifer said in a low voice. Making sure they understood his warning before he released Elena from underneath his wing, "I will keep your secret so that you can live here in Los Angeles for now. Leave, before I change my mind."
Damon took Elena and Jenna and left the place in full vampire speed or that is what Lucifer thought. Damon was way too curious why this human was so important to him. So he jumped on the roof of a neighboring building with Elena and Jenna by his side. He looked down towards Lucifer and Dan. He knew the wound would heal quickly or so he thought.
Lucifer sighed while he rolled his shoulders to make his wings disappear. He turned towards Dan who was still sitting against the wall. The man was clearly in shock because he didn't even run away the moment he had the chance.
Did Dan want for him to leave or should he stay? The devil didn't know what to do.
He walked towards Dan and crouched beside him, "Are you okay, Daniel?" The devil asked but he didn't receive an answer. The devil was afraid that he had broken the man he loved with every fiber of his being. The longer Dan didn't react the sadder Lucifer became until it was clear to him that the detective wanted nothing to do with him anymore.
"I will ask Jimmy to drive you home. Call doctor Linda for everything that has happened tonight, she knows who I am." Lucifer sighed deeply with sadness in his voice. The devil was about to stand up when an arm grabbed him.
"I don't want to be alone, Lucifer. Please don't make me leave." Dan said the fear was still noticeable in his voice.
"You mean… you mean you are not afraid of me?" Lucifer asked in confusion not wanting to get his hopes up just yet.
"Don't leave me, Lucifer please." Dan just repeated. He tightened his hold around Lucifer's arm.
"It's alright, Daniel. I am not going to leave you alone." Lucifer said softly, trying not to startle the man next to him, "Come on let's get you inside."
Lucifer helped Dan on his feet. He was about to lead the man to the private elevator when the detective stopped him, "Lucifer, thank you so much for tonight. I should have known you weren't lying to me. You really do love me."
Lucifer turned towards Dan to look the man straight into his eyes to show him that he wasn't lying about his feelings earlier, "I never lied to you, Daniel. I am falling in love with you. I want to be with you as long as you will have me."
Dan smiled. These words gave him a warm feeling inside. This powerful being really loved him, "I want to try this, Lucifer. I am not afraid of you nor am I afraid of your other side." He placed a hand on the devil's cheek, noticing only now how hot this being felt, much warmer than any human.
The fallen angel leaned into Dan's touch, closing his eyes to relish this feeling. Detective Espinosa pulled his devil closer and leaned in until their lips touched each other softly. Lucifer placed his hand on the back of Dan's head to pull the man even closer to him. If this was a dream please let him sleep forever.
"Come on, love. Let's go back to the penthouse. I think we both can use scotch or two." Lucifer smiled before pulling Dan into his side and leading him back to the safety of his penthouse.
On the rooftop, the three vampires watched the scene below them. Damon pulled Elena into his side. The three had calmed down and were able to think rationally again.
"I sound strange after the events from earlier but I start to feel a sort of respect for the devil. He is passionate, especially for the humans he cares about." Damon sighed, "I would do the same thing for you, my sweet Elena."
"How can you feel respect for him? I was never overly catholic but isn't he supposed to be evil? The only thing he did was defend the man he loved. He didn't try to kill us." Elena sighed, "The strangest thing is that I couldn't help to feel more aggressive than usual."
"I know what you mean, my love. I can sense his passionate nature. This isn't evil, Elena. He is helping the police, maybe I need to try and talk to him in a more open place." Damon sighed, "I never went this far for a feed. I am going to have to look at what was happening to us. I think it has to do with their presence even though they weren't bleeding."
"Come on let's go. I know a few other good clubs where we can have our feed." Jenna said in a motherly voice.
The vampires left the rooftop of the neighboring building before Lucifer and Dan could spot them from the penthouse.
Lucifer and Dan arrived in the penthouse in silence, the detective still snuggled into the devil's side. The tears running over his face, not knowing if they were happy tears or that the shock was wearing down. He just couldn't let go of the devil he loved so much.
Lucifer pulled him against him, "It alright, love. You are safe now." he whispered against his hair.
Those words made him tighten his hold on the devil even more. His arms around the fallen angel's slim waist, his head against his broad chest. He just couldn't stop crying now. He realized what it was that he had escaped from but on the other side did he never feel this safe before.
Lucifer started to stroke his love's hair. He was trying to comfort him, although he didn't really know how to.
"Vampires are a real thing?" Dan was confused and only remembered then who he was talking to, "Sorry I almost forgot who I was talking too. If the devil is real why not vampires."
"I don't think he wanted to kill you though. I have a feeling that they aren't the worst of their kind but nobody hurts something that's mine." Lucifer responded
Dan looked up to the man who had saved him, "Thank you for who you are, baby." the man smiled before leaning in until their lips touched again. This was going to be a new start for both of them.
TBC
