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Haven was even worse than all the stories. And so, after the absolute disaster that had been yesterday and its ensuing revelations and fights, Lucifer had - over Duke's initial protests and then quiet acceptance - thrown everyone into the Rolls Royce and driven them home through a bloody portal.
He'd been keeping it together quite well, all in all, he felt. Compared to both of his partners. He was good at that, occasionally, being the one who didn't fall apart at the sight of personal trauma.
So why couldn't he sleep?
He'd given up the fight at some un-Himly hour. Found himself pottering around, lurking on deck, lurking in other places, drinking. Now he was back in the galley, contemplating the last of their scotch, and the inevitability of their eventual return to Haven.
He almost missed the noise outside.
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He'd been keeping it together quite well, all in all, he felt. Compared to both of his partners. He was good at that, occasionally, being the one who didn't fall apart at the sight of personal trauma.
So why couldn't he sleep?
He'd given up the fight at some un-Himly hour. Found himself pottering around, lurking on deck, lurking in other places, drinking. Now he was back in the galley, contemplating the last of their scotch, and the inevitability of their eventual return to Haven.
He almost missed the noise outside.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 06:44 (UTC)Just for fun.
At least, that had been the plan. Right up until she saw her father's face on her descent into the galley.
"...Hi."
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 20:20 (UTC)Sorry, Aurora. Lucifer might have convinced himself he was more or less operating fine, his mind was actually taking some time to boot up.
"--This is that weekend again, isn't it," he segued smoothly. "Well, Duke's asleep, and I'm not going to let you wake him, spawn of his or none."
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 20:21 (UTC)In a single fwoomph, her big red wings filled the galley, knocking over some pots and other knick knacks.
"Your spawn," she said flatly, and yanked them back in. "Hi, dad."
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 20:22 (UTC)...
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"I'm sorry, what?"
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 20:23 (UTC)He rose from his seat, holding up one hand.
"Lklkjlk," he continued. "No. No no no no no no. Ha! That's not possible. Physically. So no!"
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 07:47 (UTC)Regardless, she had fallen into an exhausted, dreamless sleep, and had stayed that way for... quite a while. Well into the morning.
She would have preferred it yo be even longer when she woke up to nausea, and all of yesterday coming back to her in waves. Duke, Audrey --
She felt hungover, for lack of a better word, as she carefully made her way out of the bedroom. Barefoot, but in pajamas - which said a lot about last night, and yesterday.
(No skin-to-skin anything.)
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 08:07 (UTC)"Octavia," he said. "We've--"
The girl beside him smiled, a small thing. "Hi, mom."
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 08:34 (UTC)She wished she'd had the energy to feel surprised by what she heard.
"Ha yun," she said, hoarse and quiet, "nomfri."
Suppose this might as well happen.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 08:40 (UTC)Lucifer patted the sofa, shooting Octavia a hopeful look. "Sit?"
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 08:45 (UTC)She gestured vaguely in the direction of the bathroom.
Then turned to go.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 08:47 (UTC)His brain was thorough broken right now.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 09:01 (UTC)Octavia vanished into the bathroom. Did her thing, splashed cold water onto her face. Then stared at it in the mirror for a long, long moment.
Wondering, numbly, whether anything was about to come of the still-present nausea in her gut.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 10:02 (UTC)"Yeah, you said," Rory said. She let out a groan and collapsed backwards into her seat. "You guys were not kidding when you talked about how fucked up shit used to be."
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 15:00 (UTC)Instead, he’d slept fitfully in the bed, waking over and over from stressed, helpless dreams, only to shift or roll over and fall immediately back to sleep for more. He noticed each of them getting up, but they blended into the dreams until he lost track of where he was, what was real.
And of course, what morning after being possessed would be complete without a bout of sleep paralysis?
Duke finally came properly awake with a gasp, rolling immediately out of bed and stumbling blindly to the bathroom to — something. Splash water on his face maybe. Or scream and throw up.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 15:04 (UTC)Lucifer just gave her a helpless shrug. He didn't know, either. (Whatever energy he had to put into figuring out what to do about Duke was still pouring into repressing everything that had happened.)
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 15:25 (UTC)He stopped, squinting at Rory. Several things occurred to him to say, but they were mostly curses, so he kept silent for now.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 15:54 (UTC)But, well. Rory had just said 'dad' and not meant Lucifer and this was the moment she realized she had just been assuming Rory was just hers and Lucifer's, and it -- it kind of scared her, somehow, that she'd thought that without questioning.
She darted a quick look towards Duke, now.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 15:55 (UTC)"--Either spoilers or totally unnecessary info," Rory said.
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Date: 2 Apr 2022 16:00 (UTC)She was theirs. He was just . . . extraneous Dad.
At least she wouldn't have a trouble.
"Right," he said after a long moment. His voice was hoarse and tight. ". . . So. Coffee?"
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