Warm Ideas

As promised, Lucifer was there and gone just as quickly the next morning, looking quite ruffled and uncomfortable. Even though he couldn't see his wings, he could imagine the state they'd be in when he got to his place that evening. He frowned. That must be from Trixie. Chloe would care too much to try.

The problem with that was he didn't get to ask him about whether he was happy with any of the ideas the flock had come up with ways to keep him warm.

It was also a rather chilly day today and, as per usual, he was wearing only a suit. No extra jacket for warmth was on him. Dan wondered if he was looking far more uncomfortable than usual because of that.

He left himself soon after Lucifer did.

He quickly called Chloe to ask her if she had brought it up with him last night.

"Hey, Dan. What's this about?" Chloe asked, as soon as she picked up.

"Hey, did you ask Lucifer about ways to keep him warm last night?"

"No, it never came up. I didn't want to bring it up with Trixie around and she refused to leave him alone until he left. By the way, Trixie made more of a mess than anything else to his right wing. You may want to warn Ella about that."

He laughed. "Yeah, he did look a bit ruffled up this morning. Okay, I think we all need to be at Lucifer's tonight to bring up the ideas we had and see if he has any others himself."

He could tell Chloe was thinking about that, before she answered. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. I'll be over there later on. I'll call Amenadiel, while you call Ella."

"Okay, got it. Bye, Chloe."

"Bye, Dan."

He hung up and immediately dialled Ella's number.

"Hey, Dan. How's it going? Enjoy Christmas with the parents?"

He smiled. "Yeah, it was a good Christmas. You with your brother?"

"All good here. So, what are you calling for?"

"Chloe told me Trixie was playing with Lucifer's right wing, so you're going to have to fix that tonight. And we're going to get together tonight to talk warming methods with him. He looks really uncomfortable and I doubt it all has to do with his feather problem."

Ella hummed at him. "Well, the wing won't be a problem, though if Trixie did too much damage I might have to remove some feathers. Lucifer will just have to put up with it though. And as to the warming methods, Hell yeah, I'll stay for that. You going to call Amenadiel next?"

"No, Chloe is calling him now. He'll be there or he won't and since he's gotten into big brother mode lately with him and fussing, it's likely he will."

Ella laughed at that. He could almost hear her nodding her head at that one. "Oh yeah, he so has gone all protective. It's about time he had family who cares about him. It'll do both of them some good."

"That I'll agree with. I'll see you tonight then."

"Sure, see ya then!"

Ella hung up before he got to say bye to her, but that was normal for the ever moving Ella.

He hung up on his end and took a deep breath. Well, that was done. Now all they could do was wait until tonight and see how Lucifer took to the ideas.

Lucifer was tense during their grooming session, but that was not surprising. Ella ha called him to let him know they'd be including him in this meeting. And they'd hold it at his apartment after he had been groomed.

The tension leaked out of him with every feather put back in place on his right wing, which was a complete mess. He didn't have to lose any feathers, but boy had he been really uncomfortable.

Lucifer didn't fall asleep afterwards either, though he did blink lazily up at them, while they waited for Chloe and Amenadiel to arrive. They kept their hands on his wings, which were still out and hanging off his grooming chair, so they could keep him calm.

By the time the other two arrived, only a short five minutes after the grooming session had passed, Lucifer was awake enough and calm enough to join them without much trouble. He was happy with that and in the privacy of his mind, considered it a small miracle.

"So, you had ideas, then?" Lucifer asked them, as he sat in his seat, the others taking chairs around him out on the balcony. It was still slightly chilly, but not in a way that was uncomfortable without a sweater. Dan and Ella were still in heir matching groom wear. Lucifer was without a shirt. They all worried about that, but with his wings still out and covering his back, he seemed to be ignoring the cold.

"Yeah, my idea that we are going joint on was to buy you a coat. One you'd actually wear, which is a lot more money than any of us actually have. So we can start saving up for that if you like the idea. Give us a brand name for a coat you want, and we'll get it for you as a joint flock gift for you to keep you warm during winter."

He cocked an eyebrow at them. "'Can I choose the coat? I will let you all buy it for me, because yay present, but it has to match my suits..."

"Which is another reason why we waited until after Christmas to say anything about that."

He nodded and shrugged. "I'll look up coats and pick one out, then."

They all seemed to relax when he liked the idea of a coat. Ella spoke up next. 'My idea was to have warm water during the wing bathing. So you can stay warmer out here when you aren't wrapped up in your wings like you are now, Mr Shirtless in Winter."

He grinned and shrugged. "Okay, that I can easily fix. I didn't even think of that..."

Chloe piped up next. "I was just wondering if you would put extra blankets on your bed, so you can keep warmer while in bed when others aren't there with you."

He frowned at that idea. "I do keep extra blankets, but I generally tend to just wrap myself up in them if I get too cold rather than putting them on my bed. I don't like having too much cloth weight on me while I sleep. It's uncomfortable."

Chloe looked a bit down at that but perked up again shortly after. "Well, we could all get you a good thick blanket so you have one from each of us to curl up in, then."

Lucifer grinned at that compromise and nodded. "That would be nice. And those would be practical."

Grinning, Chloe let Amenadiel then voice his idea. "I had staying in the nest longer and turning on the heating inside."

Lucifer blinked at him, before closing his eyes and laughing. "I always forget that's there. I'm on a rush out the door most evenings. And on weekends I have my sets too, which I don't like being late for. Having Ella or Dan switch on the heating before leaving for the night would be a big help, actually. But right now the nest is off limits. I'm remaking it right now. It's not finished."

Amenadiel nodded, "So the others told me, which is why I added in the heating, Luci."

Then Dan shook his head and laughed. "There was one other idea, from Trixie. She said you should keep your wings out when it is just us, because your feathers would keep you warm. So, keep the wings out and don't put them away."

Nodding happily at that idea, Lucifer moved his wings to a more comfortable position on his back, s if to point out that right then he was doing just that. "Well, tell her thank you and I will."

Dan and Chloe grinned at each other and nodded. "I'll tell her when I get home," Chloe stated.

Lucifer sat up, spreading his wings out a bit to stop the most of the breeze reaching his uncovered chest and clapped his hands. "So! Was that all he ideas you had?"

As one, they nodded and Lucifer ginned and pulled them all into a hug. Wings were good for doin that, since they had a much longer reach than just a pair of arms.

All up, Dan marked the evening as a good one. Things went well for all of them and soon after they were all heading home.

He had to tell Dusty about what happened.