The Cape Rouge, Saturday Afternoon

[my_own_advocate]

It had been a glorious week free of drama (bar what Eric predictably brought to the table), and they were capping it off with an even more glorious weekend of nudity, scarves, a light pirate 'abduction', and, well. .

A nap here and there, at least if you were Lucifer; he hadn't exactly been keeping track of where anyone else had been while he was out. Had to keep his strength up.

Which was why he was in the kitchen late into the afternoon, still naked. "First batch of grilled cheese is almost ready!" he called, flipping one sandwich with a practiced motion. Hey, if you were impervious to boiling butter, you made the most of it, no?

[[ for those on the boat. ]]

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[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer went along with that willingly, dropping his head down on Duke's shoulder. "I realize I keep telling you this recently," he said, "But I may just keep on doing so for the next... whenever..."

He slid his arm around Octavia's shoulders.

"I cannot thank you enough for everything that you've done for me," he said. "I may never be done thanking you."

[okteiviakom]

"It's not like we're doing any of this selflessly," Octavia murmured. There should've been a teasing tone there, maybe, but there wasn't.

Her head settled against Lucifer's shoulder, although her face was tilted up towards his. Her hand settled over the middle of his chest.

"You're important to us."

[betterthanaplan]

"Here here," Duke agreed. "We're in all this together, man. That's how this works."

[my_own_advocate]

"Very true," Lucifer said, "But that's not the point, is it? At some point I... did something right, and you felt I was worth it."

Why was his mind wandering to a moment at the Arms Hotel years ago? Dumping a drunken Duke into bed before going home and running into an upset Octavia?

"Even though I have never been especially-- well. Easy."

[okteiviakom]

"'Easy' doesn't live here," Octavia said, quietly.

[betterthanaplan]

"We all make it difficult," Duke agreed. "In our own ways."

[my_own_advocate]

"Am I still allowed to be grateful?" Lucifer asked, a hint of amusement creeping into his voice.

[okteiviakom]

"Yes," Octavia said, rubbing at his chest. "But we're gonna be stubborn as shit about reminding you it goes both ways."

[betterthanaplan]

Duke chuckled softly. "I was going to be a smart ass and say 'no', but her answer is better."

[my_own_advocate]

"You're both ridiculous people," Lucifer said, and pressed a warm kiss into Duke's neck.

[okteiviakom]

Snort.

"Takes one to know -- two."

[betterthanaplan]

"Our ridiculous devil," Duke said, stroking his hand up and down Lucifer's neck.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer laughed softly. That felt like healing, too.

"I can't believe you made me into a boat person," he managed, pulling Octavia further into him as he snuggled into Duke.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia cuddled against him with a pleased little hum. Duke could field that comment, she'd be over hear thinking about whether she should've slipped the robe off earlier.

[betterthanaplan]

"What can I say?" Duke asked. "That's the magic of boats."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer snickered. "Mm, I don't think it's the big boats that did it," he joked.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia was just going to lean right into that one.

"What, was it the big something else?"

[betterthanaplan]

"Feel free to be very specific," Duke said, grinning.

[my_own_advocate]

"Hmhm," Lucifer hummed. Had they expected the hands on their respective arses? Because they should have. "Specific enough?"

He was grinning, almost smug, except it reached all the way up to his eyes.

He was happy. For once.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia had not expected it, but in retrospect she knew she should have.

She made a muffled noise that sounded suspiciously like a snicker. "Oh, right," she said. "That."

[betterthanaplan]

Duke had expected something like that, though not that in particular.

"The magic of boats and butts, then," he said, laughing. "Especially this particular boat. And these particular butts."

[my_own_advocate]

"Boats, butts, something particular to your anatomy that doesn't start with 'b'..."

That was pretty much the only reason Lucifer hadn't gone there. That, and wanting to stay fair to both of them at once.

He glanced halfway over his shoulder at Octavia. "He does have a nice one."

[okteiviakom]

"He does," Octavia agreed with a little snort, and an even smaller smirk, her gaze flicking from him over to Duke. "A very nice one."

[betterthanaplan]

"Bulge?" Duke proposed. "And of course, let's not neglect Tavi's amazing breasts."

[my_own_advocate]

"Of course not," Lucifer said, leaning into Duke even as he turned to look at Octavia properly. "But I'd argue they are less notable in size and more in... shall we say... overall aesthetics, a far superior metric."