A/N: Welcome to my Christmas advent!

I'm hoping to share some winter or festive related headcanons/ one-shots with you all in the countdown until Christmas.
I'm sorry I haven't been as active in recent months, but thank you for your continued support.
I hope you enjoy this work,
~K'rasu xx

Winter Moments: Lucifer

Day One of K'rasu's Christmas Advent

"Hm?

Lucifer arched an inquisitive eyebrow at you before his eyes fell towards the brightly wrapped gift that you held out in your hands.

"Is this for me?" He asked with a surprised expression as he slowly unfurled his crossed arms to accept your present.

You watched in anticipation as he carefully unwrapped the gift before a small smile tugged at your lips as his expression changed from surprise to joy as soon as his eyes fell upon the classical cursed vinyl within the wrapping paper.

"Thank you, Mc."

"You're welcome, Lucifer." You said, your smile widened and relief coursed through your body at the demon's words.

You watched as Lucifer turned the vinyl over in his hands and took his time to carefully study the names of the musicians and the compositions of music, but Lucifer's smile slowly faltered as he stared down at the cursed vinyl in his hands.

"Is there something wrong?" You asked as your own smile began to disappear as your apprehension from before quickly returned.

Lucifer gave a small start as your voice pulled him out of his stupor.

"No, it's nothing," Lucifer assured you and his smile quickly returned, but you noticed that it didn't seem as genuine as it had before, "this really is a wonderful gift, Mc."

"Are you sure?" You asked as you eyed the vinyl in Lucifer's hands, worried that you had somehow picked the wrong music or that Lucifer already had that particular record in his vast collection.

"Of course, I truly couldn't be happier, thank you."

As the winter holidays approached in the Devildom, you noticed that Lucifer's workload hadn't lessened and the hours that he spent cooped up in his study increased.

You quickly noticed that the Avatar of Pride often shut himself away shortly after breakfast without emerging again until the early hours of the morning.

Before long you found that you saw Lucifer less and less around the hallways and corridors of RAD between classes, and Lucifer was unusually quick to leave after student council meetings. You had even overheard Diavolo mention to Barbatos that he had not seen much of Lucifer outside of meetings in a disheartened voice.

You had become accustomed to Lucifer's unusual behaviour, but your interest was piqued one day when you returned home from RAD to find a small black parchment envelope resting against your bed.

You picked it up and inspected it closely to find your name written across the front of the envelope in silver ink before you turned the envelope over in your hands to find that it had been sealed with dark blue wax and pressed with a familiar sigil.

You prised the envelope open to find a note inside on the same black parchment and written in the same silver ink.

Dear Mc,

Please come to the music room at 11.00pm tonight.

Lucifer.

You raised an eyebrow and a smile played on your lips at the formality of Lucifer's invitation as you returned the letter to the envelope, but you retrieved your D.D.D from your uniformed pocket and set a reminder all the same.

When eleven o'clock came around you found yourself standing outside the music room. You knocked on the door as you peered inside, finding that the music room was bathed in the soft glow of many candles that gave the room a warm and cosy atmosphere.

"Mc, I'm glad you came," Lucifer greeted you with a welcoming smile as he offered you his hand before he guided you further into the room, "your hands are freezing," Lucifer noted with a chuckle as he let go of your hand and turned away for a moment to grab something from the coffee table before he turned back towards you and offered you a glass of steaming liquid.

You gave the glass in his hand a curious stare.

"It's mulled demonus," he explained, "I prepared some as a treat, but it should warm you too. Are you hungry? I bought some eclipse mince pies from Madam Screams, feel free to help yourself to some," he added as he gave an encouraging nod towards a plate of sweet pies on the coffee table beside a large decanter that was full of mulled demonus.

You accepted the glass of hot demonus from Lucifer and took a sip of the liquid as you watched the demon prepare his own drink before you asked the question that had been burning in the back of your mind.

"So… what was with the invite?"

Lucifer remained silent for a moment as he finished pouring his own drink and gently placed the decanter back down on the coffee table.

"I wanted to say thank you to you for giving me that cursed record," Lucifer finally replied, "I thought that listening to it together would be a wonderful way to spend time together and to show you how much I truly appreciate your gift, I felt that a formal invitation would be appropriate for the occasion."

You gave the demon a perplexed stare.

"But humans can't listen to cursed records," you pointed out in a hesitant voice.

"You're correct and I couldn't find a copy of the record that would be safe for humans to listen to either." Lucifer gave a disheartened sigh and frowned before he continued to speak. "I decided to learn how to play the music myself so that we could enjoy it together. Will you listen?" He asked as he motioned towards the piano.

You nodded earnestly and watched as a genuine smile returned to Lucifer's face.

Lucifer guided you towards the piano, motioned for you to sit down beside him on the piano stool and set his own glass of mulled demonus on top of the piano before he began to move his hands skillfully across the keys and a mesmerising tune filled the room, leaving you feel relaxed and content.

You shuffled closer to Lucifer and felt the demon lean into your slight touch as you took another sip of the mulled demonus and let the warmth from the spiced drink wash over you.

"Thank you for sharing this with me, Lucifer."