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Episode Twenty Five - Free To Be You and Me

Mondays were a blessing for him on this particular day. Mainly because he hadn't got much sleep last night and was getting tired already. That and it was a slow club night, which meant he could stay in and catch up on sleep.

While he could go a long time without sleep, he still felt the need while on Earth, as it was the body's natural inclination after so much time doing so to want to sleep every night.

Ella obviously found it funny, if her giggling at him was anything to go off of.

The episode tonight had an interesting enough title and made him think Sam could just be himself for once, away from Dean. Sam needed down time like he needed sleep. Also Dean could go off and hunt to his heart's content, knowing Sam was staying out of it.

Yeah, okay, he liked Dean much better when he was actually communicating properly with his brother. And the split between them hadn't been a fight, but a mutual understanding between the two over Sam being unable to control himself properly due to his addiction. It was good to have them both clearly on the same page over something.

So, he pushed play to get the episode started with some excitement, wanting to see what the two bothers get up to while separated. Ella had refused to allow him to read the title of the episode from the sheet given, instead was just told it by her, so no spoilers.

He watched the star of the episode with Sam talking to dream Jessica with a sadness he didn't think that warrants. For one, he barely remembered Jessica to begin with, since she was only in one episode, and a ghostly image in another. For another, what she was saying was just mean. He could so see Sam saying things like that to himself though, so subconscious at work, yay.

Thankfully, the credits rolled after it, so he didn't have to worry about pausing. Instead he just hunkered down for another depressing episode of Sam internally fighting with himself.

He did pause it soon after, with Dean's vampire kill. He was happy Sam found a job working in a bar, as it was good work. He knew, considering he ran his own nightclub. But Dean... He had no problem with Dean killing the vampire. He knew Dean was capable enough of hunting on his own. The problem was the blood.

"Umm, question... Did that blood get in his mouth? That blood looks like it's in his mouth. Does that mean Dean is now a vampire? Because vampires are turned into vampires in this universe by drinking the blood of a vampire, aren't they?"

Ella waved her hand in front of her face. "Eh, yes and no. Yes to vampires drinking vampire blood to become vampires. No to it turning him into a vampire. He'd have to drink it and with it on the outside of his lips, all he would have to do is wipe it away better than it is. No harm , no foul."

Lucifer nodded his head. Okay, that made enough sense, though he could swear it got in his mouth...

He pushed play again only to laugh not long after at Castiel showing up suddenly right behind Dean. Dean was trying to teach his clueless fictional brother manners. That would work oh so well.

He paused it again after hearing that it was Raphael that killed Castiel. "Whoa, wait. Hold on a second. Raphael, my nicest healer of a brother who cries when a fly dies, murdered his little bro in cold blood for being near a prophet? Wow. Just...wow."

Ella snorted beside him. "Oh yeah. I forgot to warn you that Raphael is just as much of a dick as the other angels in this show."

He could feel the look of disappointment crawl its way across his face, before camping there to stay. The show had ruined one of his favourite brothers. Figures. Raphael was always the nice one. "I don't like it. Why Raph? He's such a good guy."

"Because angels are dicks, especially archangels in this show. No other reason, really. Angels are dicks. The end."

Lucifer rolled his eyes at that, before pushing play again. He guessed he would just have to deal with a dick of a brother who was not a dick in real life.

He did laugh at Castiel not getting the reference to Thelma and Louise, even though Dean clearly stated it quite clearly out loud.

He may hate what the show was doing to most of his siblings, but he was liking their portrayal of his little sister, even if she was a man in this show.

He couldn't help but laugh loudly at the way Castiel bumbled every little thing about being human and pretending to be FBI. "Aww, he'll never get it, will he?"

"Being human? Nope, not really."

He shook his head and chuckled again, before paying attention to what was going on on screen.

He stopped it again once the interview with the deputy was finished with and stared at the screen. "Okay, one question. Does Cassie ever actually get the hang of questioning people? Because as much as watching this is hilarious, and it really is fun to watch, I can't help but think that he would not be fit to be in this role if he doesn't learn."

Ella nodded at him. "Nah, he gets much better at it in some respects and stays the same in others. He does get some social interaction, he gets a lot better, but he is still clueless about some things and mainly takes his cues from the Winchesters."

Lucifer nodded at that one. "Oh yeah, you said he was coming off as Autistic. I...don't know much about that, really."

He pushed play again once his question was answered.

He paused it again after Dean had walked out of the abandoned house he and Castiel were in to catch Raphael to stare at the screen.

"Umm, Dean, Cassie doesn't seem all that interested in losing his virginity. You are shaming him for still being a virgin. But, yes, I completely agree that Bert and Ernie are gay."

Ella laughed at that one. "Oh yeah, those two are so gay. And the part that really gets me in this scene and I thought it would you too is that Dena is implying angels are incestuous."

Lucifer rolled his eyes. "I am betting most of the angels in this show are virgins not interested in actually having sex, with a few exceptions."

Ella blinked at him. "Huh, yeah, you're right."

"And the ones that are having sex, are having sex with humans, not other angles."

She blinked again and nodded. "Yep. Okay, got it, not incestuous."

"Nope, just Dean not thinking things through. He'd rather have Castiel have sex with anything that moved and looked female than be a virgin. Because Dean finds virginity shameful."

Ella hummed at him for that. "Well, that's unfortunately true. That and Dean has sex a lot, like you do."

Lucifer nodded at that. "True, but I don't shame people for being virgins. I don't have sex with virgins. Other than that, their sexuality is none of my business."

Patting his shoulder, Ella smiled at him. "And that's what makes you cool, Luce. Keep on keeping on. Now push play."

He did as he was commanded. And stopped it when Lindsey, the waitress said "The only way to avoid bloodshed is to say yes.'

He held up a hand and pointed a finger at the screen. "Wait, let me get this straight. Dean is forcing Castiel to do something sexual he doesn't want and this girl is forcing Sam into doing something romantic he doesn't want? Wow. There is no hope for these two at all. One is taking away someone's choice and the other has the choice taken away from him."

Ella grimaced at that. "Yeah, it's not their best day for either of them is it?"

He shook his head. "Nope."

He pushed play again, because now Dean and Castiel were in a brothel together. He growled at the screen at Dean's "Don't make me push you" about Castiel having sex with the working girl called Chastity.

"You already have pushed him. He's terrified right now of sex."

Ella frowned and leaned over to push pause herself. "I don't know. I always saw him as nervous."

"No, he was nervous sitting down in there with a beer in front of him. He has been terrified ever since the woman began hitting on him as a client."

Ella looked at the screen and raised an eyebrow. "Huh. Well, he does come off as asexual for the most part, so okay, I will give you that."

He nodded and pushed play again, just wanting to get anything to do with Dean and Cassie in a brothel out of his head. Just...no.

He did like that neither of those two boys ended up having sex, or that anything really happened on Sam's forced date either, except he found someone in AA.

He didn't pause it for a long time, until Raphael showed up in the house they were in and his wings were showing as electricity. He paused it to look at them further and grinned. "Ooh, pretty electric wings."

"Yep, pretty electric wings. Not as pretty as your pure white ones, obviously, but near enough."

He would have preened if his wings were out, showing them off in all their feathery glory. While he was still getting used to them being back, knowing that others found them pretty actually made them feel better to be part of him again.

He pushed play again to see how the episode ended.

He paused it again shortly after. "Wait. God is dead? I thought he was supposed to show up in later seasons?"

Ella nodded. "Oh he does show up in later seasons. Point is, there is time travel and alternate universes in this show. Anything is possible. Including God being dead."

Lucifer cocked his head to the side and stared in interest at the show's Raphael. "Huh. Interesting. I look forward to seeing how things turn out now."

Ella giggled. "Yeah."

He pushed play again really getting into this episode.

Lucifer grinned widely at Castiel's "Today, you're my little bitch" to Raphael.

"Aww, he's learning already. You tell the dick, Cassie. Also, I am fed up with everyone now including Sam blaming solely Sam for the apocalypse. It isn't solely his fault. Stop putting the weight of the whole damn world dying on his shoulders, please. It's annoying and untrue."

He didn't stop it again for the rest of the episode. Waiting until the credits rolled before saying a word. It didn't stop his jaw from falling open at the revelation that Sam was Lucifer's vessel. He had thought Nick was, since he had basically gone straight to Nick. But now that hope of Sam being safe went flying away.

"Oh, shit. Sam. Why do they always have to torture you into doing things you don't want? You poor, poor man."

Ella patted his shoulder again. "Yeah. Surprise! Nick isn't his true vessel, Sam is. And he does have consent taken away from him a lot. Good thing here is angels need it."

Lucifer shrugged. "But Fake me has already proven he will psychologically screw someone over to get a yes out of them. Sam doesn't stand a damn chance."

Ella rubbed at his back, before getting up. "You don't give Sam enough credit. And he's your favourite too. Come on, fun in the club?"

He snorted at that one. "On a Monday? No fun to be had I'm going to go to bed and catch up on sleep I lost yesterday. Night."

Ella nodded before going to the lift. "Aww, okay. Well, good luck with the sleep and all. I'll go down have a few drinks and then go home."

With that said, she disappeared behind closing doors and he was alone with his thoughts.

He didn't want to think how right Sam would be as Lucifer's vessel, seeing as he was the rebellious son.

Nope, not at all.

He went to his bedroom and flopped himself down on his bed.

He hoped the next episode didn't have so many depressing things in it.

Not that he was really complaining except getting caught in his head. He actually really liked that episode.

Headcanon - Castiel is sex neutral asexual. Pretty sure I have already said this one somewhere, but here it is again.