Lucifer pressed his hands to the counter, leaned over and stared at the scotch on his wall. He let out a huff, not quite a laugh.
"You know, it was bad enough, rejecting me, forcing me down to Hell," he said.
He pulled away from the bar. "But I had a life here," he said, as he turned to face his Father. "I had a good thing!"
He'd had a good thing.
(Damn it all. There were the tears again, threatening to break through. He wouldn't let them.)
"First there was the Detective, she made me vulnerable, but it was--" He let out a shuddering breath. "It was terrifying, but it was amazing. And, and then when Your machinations pushed her away, I found-- I found a new home with these incredible people, and-- for the first time in my long-- hopeless life--"
(His voice was breaking again.)
"I, I," he managed, sucking down shallow breaths as he pushed the tears back. (Tried. Maybe failed.) "I felt something."
Another breath.
"And then You just turn up and You... You-- You ruin it! You throw it all away!"
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"You know, it was bad enough, rejecting me, forcing me down to Hell," he said.
He pulled away from the bar. "But I had a life here," he said, as he turned to face his Father. "I had a good thing!"
He'd had a good thing.
(Damn it all. There were the tears again, threatening to break through. He wouldn't let them.)
"First there was the Detective, she made me vulnerable, but it was--" He let out a shuddering breath. "It was terrifying, but it was amazing. And, and then when Your machinations pushed her away, I found-- I found a new home with these incredible people, and-- for the first time in my long-- hopeless life--"
(His voice was breaking again.)
"I, I," he managed, sucking down shallow breaths as he pushed the tears back. (Tried. Maybe failed.) "I felt something."
Another breath.
"And then You just turn up and You... You-- You ruin it! You throw it all away!"
A sob lurched out of him.
"Why?"