Lucifer dropped Chloe off at her place before returning to Lux. At her apartment, Dan waited for her with Trixie after the park trip. He crouched on the floor with their daughter. She looked clean and happy again, and not as if she'd spent half of last night miserable.

Dan looked up with a half-smile. "I like the hanging artwork. Trixie has been busy, huh?"

Chloe leaned down to give him a peck on the cheek. "Thanks for taking her for a few hours. I think we made some headway on the case."

"Yeah?"

"There's a bunch of stuff I want to run by you on Monday."

Trixie shifted on the floor, coloring and trying not to look like she was snooping.

"Hi, Monkey!" Chloe dropped to the floor and squeezed her tight. "You okay?"

Dan winced. "She might be coming down from a chocolate ice cream sugar high."

"Might be?"

"I didn't realize she hadn't eaten much today, because she was sick. So I kind of let her overdo it on the treats."

"Dan."

Trixie pouted. "It's okay, mommy, I talked dad into it. Don't be mad at him."

She pressed her head against Trixie's. "You should reserve your powers for extra special treats and not just ice cream."

Trixie squeezed back with a grin. "Oh, I do! Dad has no idea I can make him give me anything I want!"

"I'm right here, you know."

The girls glanced up at him. "I guess that makes me the bad cop. I'm glad you're feeling better, hon. You didn't throw up the ice cream, then?"

"Nope!"

"Okay, but that was your big sugar splurge this week, okay? No more ice cream for a week."

"How about cake?"

"We'll see, okay? Can you go play in your room for a little bit, baby?"

She knew she was about to miss something juicy. "Awww."

"Shoo. Love you, Monkey."

Trixie scampered off. She peeked out her door while watching them with her head sideways and sliding it closed as slowly as humanly possible.

Chloe picked herself up and waved Dan to the far side of the kitchen.

"Is Maze home?"

"No, I haven't seen her today."

"So the sitter is coming soon, for real this time. Can you come by Lux tonight?"

Dan eyed her. "Yeeeeeeees?"

Chloe licked her lips. Dan's pale eyes were so different from Lucifer's deep dark ones. Striking in different ways. "You were acting a little off earlier."

Dan straightened, defensive. "Okay?"

She rolled her neck. "Are you suddenly buying Lucifer's Devil thing?"

"What makes you ask that?"

She sighed. "So, you are."

Dan checked over her shoulder. Trixie's door had been inching silently open. "Can we talk about this later tonight? With Lucifer?"

Chloe glanced back and the door slid shut again, just as slowly and silently. She crossed her arms and scowled. "Yes. Definitely."

Chloe spotted Maze on her way up to Lucifer's apartment. The crowd was thin this time of early evening at Lux and the music at a reasonable volume. The woman braced against the bar, one arm tugging on something that seemed to be mounted inside and against the wall.

"Hey, Maze." She stopped on the other side of the bar. Her roommate wore her usual variety of black leather and metal bits. Thank gods she was a successful bounty hunter because Chloe had no earthly idea what else Maze would be doing, or how she'd pay rent. Maze had no desire to tend bar anywhere else, but she was good at that too.

Maze looked up cooly. "Hey." Her toned shoulder jerked, and a longsword flashed out from below the counter with the sound of wrenched wood. "Gotcha! I knew I left something under there."

Chloe stopped, hooking her hands into her jean pockets, and yet somehow not surprised. "Why do you have a sword under the bar?

Maze held it up triumphantly under the club lighting. It wasn't particularly unique looking to Chloe, the long edges glinting when she tilted it, but otherwise unremarkable. The middle may have been darker than the sides, but it was hard to tell. Maze tested the edge with her thumb, then set it on the bar surface carefully to not scratch the wood surface. "I'll have to oil the blade."

Chloe eyed it curiously. "Emergency sword?"

She shrugged, flippant. "When you own as many weapons as I do, you sometimes run out of space to store them."

"What's with the medieval bent? Hunting vampires?"

Maze glowered at Chloe like she was an idiot. "Vampires aren't real, Chloe."

Chloe crossed her arms. "Right, of course. My mistake. Werewolves?"

"Nope." Maze leaned over the sword, resting her elbows on the bar. The move squeezed her boobs together in the tight top. "Just your run-of-the-mill demons, angels, 'Dad,' 'Mum,' and of course, Lucifer. None of whom are actually supposed to be on earth."

Chloe winced at the bitterness in Maze' voice. She tried to lighten the mood. "Okay, so no scary movie monsters, but Satan is real?"

Maze didn't catch the sarcasm. "Uh. Yeah. You've been getting busy for a few months now, so I hope so." She perked up. "Unless you have a Satan blow-up doll stashed under your bed. Oohhh, do you?"

"No!" She leaned in and lowered her voice. "I have never even bought a blow-up doll. Why am I having this conversation with you?"

Smirking, "Aw. I mean, they don't exactly hold up for more than one night, so I guess I can't blame you."

Chloe swallowed. "You have-you had a blow-up devil doll?"

Maze licked her lips. "Nah. Angel. The wings fell off after ten minutes. Depressing."

"You're hot enough to have literally anyone, and you bought a blow-up toy?"

She shrugged. "You ever browse online after drinking too much? Amazon had a deal. It showed up. No point in wasting it." Maze reached up and grabbed a bottle of sugar cane rum.

"Ooookay. Uhm. What are you doing with the sword? Is that normal bounty hunting equipment?"

"Not usually, no. Sometimes I just like having extra pointy things. It's more fun that way. If the target wets themselves, I give myself more points." She got a sly look on her face. "Hey, do you know any priests?"

She drew back slightly. "Not really, no? Why?"

"Oh, right, you're atheist, aren't you? Funny."

Chloe cocked her head. "Why do you want a priest?"

Maze set two shot glasses on the counter. "I might need some holy water. I can't touch it myself, obviously, but I'm hunting another demon so it might come in handy. Do you think you could pick it up for me after I find a holy man?"

"I...guess?"

"Thanks, roomie!"

"Uh, Maze?"

"Yeah?"

Chloe bit her lip. "You came here with Lucifer right?"

"Today? Nah, I have my own ride."

"I mean when you guys came to L.A.?"

Maze leaned on her elbow, dropping her face in her hand, eyeing Chloe over her wrist. "What brought this on?"

She groaned.

"Well? Fess up." Maze poured out two double shots. And drank them both.

Chloe clasped her hands on the bar. "I think Dan believes Lucifer now."

"Reeeeeaally? So years of Lucifer repeatedly telling you mortals who he was finally worked?"

Chloe pinched the bridge of her nose. "Worked on Dan."

"So, what's the problem?"

"Do you think Dan might be trying to… uh. Steal Lucifer?"

"Ugh. No."

Chloe flushed. "Why?"

"Because Lucifer has mooned over you since he met you. If Dan tried to get between you two-" She grinned evilly, "Metaphorically, Lucifer would toss Dan over the balcony."

The mortal blushed again. "We haven't done the non-metaphorical one yet."

"You won't."

Her gaze came up. "Huh?"

"Chloe, I adore you, but you are so vanilla. You are never going to get your sexy naked on with both of them at once. It's nice Lucifer gets to have some extra fun, though."

Chloe leaned in and hissed, "It was my idea!"

Maze glanced down at her sword and palmed the hilt, stroking it suggestively in a loose grip.

Chloe stepped back. "What are you doing?"

The bounty hunter looked down her nose at her friend. "You can't even deal with fake sex. Face it. There's no way you can share him in bed." Her face recalled a filthy memory, and she hummed to herself. "C'mon, 'Detective', what are you going to do with two actual cocks in your face at once?"

Chloe went red. Flaming. Fires of hell red. "Uh."

"Honey, do yourself a favor and just let the boys play once in a while. Or, you could try watching them fuck, that's always fun. Hot men going at it is a great masturbation fantasy. Especially when you have a real visual to playback for yourself." She smiled wickedly.

Her blood rush subsided. A little. "I could do that."

Maze picked up the sword and licked the tip. "Yeah, until you get jealous."

She couldn't hold back the flinch. "Why do you think I'd get jealous?"

"Because you're human."

Chloe heard the implied, 'and he isn't' clear as day.

She shifted to sit on the bar stool and tucked her legs under. "You always sound so-"

Maze was already walking away, dragging the sword off the counter. "Later, chickee. I have a demon to hunt." She spun around in place once to salute Chloe with her sword and kept going out the door.

"Well, then," Chloe said to no one. She poured herself a shot.

Lucifer greeted her at the elevator with a warm kiss. "Hello again, Detective. You're early. Not that I'm complaining." His scruff brushed her cheek, leaving tingles.

"Dan volunteered to stay with Trixie until the sitter shows up."

"I take it the disaster area is no longer under quarantine?"

"Yeah, we're good now. Trixie seems to have regenerated in a few hours. Have you had dinner yet?"

Lucifer gifted her a wry smile. "Would you like to stay in or eat out?"

Chloe swatted him. "Maybe later, sex-for-brains. Aren't those the same thing?"

"Depends on your sense of adventure, Detective."

Hah. That would be funny if she had any sexual sense of adventure.

The hell with it. "Take your pants off."

"Oh, well-"

"Shut mouth. Pants off."

For the second time today, Chloe reclined in the arms of her lover. With the potential of an even longer and very interesting night.

Maybe.

Lucifer stretched out like a satisfied cat. His naked body was never not lovely.

He squeezed her bare ass and got up. "That was nice. Need a robe or can I interest you in remaining naked for the rest of the night?"

"Robe. And food. Preferably delivered."

"Wine?"

"Please."

"I can't refuse my favorite Detective when she says 'please.' Or anything else.."

She slipped into a black silk robe, held open for her. Chloe stood on her tiptoes to give him a quick peck.

Lucifer slipped on loose pajama pants. The ones Chloe liked to watch him in. He certainly enjoyed watching her wearing his robes.

The food delivery person got an eyeful when the Tex-Mex showed up. Those clingy pajama bottoms did nothing to conceal his lack of underwear. At least Lucifer didn't skimp on tips. And she didn't seem to mind the view all that much.

Tucking herself into the side chair, Chloe dug into her chicken mole eagerly.

"Hey, do you keep tabs on Maze bounties?"

"Not unless she needs a favor, why?"

"She said she was hunting a demon. It sounded weird, even for her."

Lucifer's face froze. "Really? Did she say which one?"

"No...?"

"When was this?"

Chloe shrugged. "Before I came up? She was in Lux, took a sword from under the bar, did some shots and left."

He cursed. "Excuse me, love." Lucifer stepped away from his enchiladas and grabbed his phone. Chloe stole a bite of his with a quick stab of her fork.

The elevator deposited Dan as Lucifer walked off. He hesitated at the lip of the entrance, taking them in. His eyes snapped to Lucifer's naked back. "Am I interrupting something?"

Chloe felt mildly put out by him watching Lucifer and not her. Well, he was nice to look at. "No, and I ordered you nachos."

"Oh! Uh."

"The chips are packed separately, so they aren't soggy."

Dan grinned and grabbed the unpacked bag of food. The chips were still warm. "Thanks, Chlo."

Lucifer's voice carried across the room. "You should have told me someone got loose!"

Dan looked a question over at Chloe. "Maze is tracking down a demon."

He froze, almost the same way Lucifer did before, mid-chip scoop.

"I swear to God if you don't stop that I'm going to leave you two to yourselves."

"Stop what?"

She huffed. "It's bad enough Lucifer is...Lucifer. But now you're doing it too."

Dan glanced over at Lucifer, pacing on the phone with Maze. He sighed.

She squinted. "What?"

"Hang on a sec, until he comes back."

Lucifer walked back from the balcony. "Fine. Tell me when you have her." he hung up and dropped back onto the couch. "Sorry about that. Hello, other Detective!"

Chloe picked at her food. "Maze's bounty is a woman?"

He nodded. "Demoness. Escaped hell a few days ago, she assures me it won't be a problem." He frowned at his food but resumed eating. "I'll probably have to bring her back to hell, myself since she can't. Not looking forward to that."

Dan shifted uncomfortably.

Chloe stabbed her chicken. "I really don't know if I can deal with this tonight."

Her ex looked pained. Lucifer, concerned. "You all right, love?"

Chloe stood up. Dan and Lucifer stood up.

"I'm not alright." She tightened her robe. "I need something, Lucifer."

His face was awash in confusion. "What can I do, Detective?"

She wiped her face. "One thing. Tell me one thing about who you used to be."

"Well, I ruled hell for a very long time."

"Something real, Lucifer. Please? What was your first job as a kid? Did you mow lawns?"

Dan took up pacing, went to the bar, got a drink.

"Don't be ridiculous. I was barely even a 'kid.' Younger, maybe. My first 'job,' I suppose, was putting stars in the sky. Took ages."

Chloe rolled her eyes. "Nope."

Lucifer reached out. "Chloe?"

She shook her head. "Just, nope." She turned to leave.

Dan swallowed his drink and stalked towards Lucifer from the bar, behind him.

"Detective?" His face was breaking.

Dan threw his arm forward, forcefully thwacking Lucifer in the middle of his back with an open hand.

Lucifer snapped rigid. White wings flew open with a shockwave, sending dinner, books, and a lamp all crashing to the floor.