Disclaimer: Surprise! I don't own Lucifer.

Inspired by: Sudden gusts of wind & Season 1 Episode 9; Season 2, Episode 8

A/N:Anyone surprised when I say I didn't plan this and it came to me suddenly and in a flash and wouldn't leave me alone again until I had it written down...? ^^

I regard this as a companion to 'Light-Bringing'.

Blindness of God

He had known this would happen as soon as He had held him for the first time. The love He felt for him was far beyond anything He had ever felt before – He loved all his sons, He loved all of His creation, but this small child with the huge brown eyes and the unguarded smile was different. He called him Samael – Blindness of God – because love is blind.

But not blind enough to not see that Samael wasn't entirely content in Heaven. He always felt that His son had never really felt at home there. It had been a long time before He could finally admit to that feeling and even longer until He accepted that the plan He had wasn't a good one, but, regardless, it was what needed to be done.

He wanted him to be happy. He needed him to be happy.

With the creation of men it began. Then came the Rebellion, and though it hurt Him just as much as the rest of the family he let His wife 'persuade' Him to spare His son's life. He cast Samael out of Heaven and made him ruler of Hell, and while the morning star's light darkened, He waited anxiously for His plan to finally enfold to its fullest extent.

Watching His favourite son turning against him time and time again, watching him yearn for His apprehension still, watching his soul changing and darkening until he finally gave up on Him almost tore His heart in two.

Samael – Venom of God – had Him on the edge of giving up more than just once.

But He looked into the future and the outcome was always the same: If He didn't act the wrathful father, there was no way to ensure His son would ever be happy.

Watching him had become on of His regular habits, and gusts of wind blowing out a lighter's flame were His only means of communication.

It wasn't much, and Lucifer always misinterpreted this sign of His compassion, but it was better than no communication at all.

It wasn't as it should be, and not what either of them really wanted or deserved (or needed, for that matter). But when you're a parent, you don't necessarily do what your child asks you to, you do what is right.

Sadly, sometimes there's a vast difference between the two, and sometimes that difference suddenly becomes a big divide between father and son... Though in their case, their divide was a bit extremer than the usual ones.

And then, after millennia, the most vital piece of His plan finally entered the scene: " 'Lucifer Morningstar'? Is that... uh, a stage name or something?"

And then, after millennia, He knew the waiting was finally coming to a close.