The Cape Rouge, Saturday Evening

[my_own_advocate]

Well, it was Saturday, and the only mention of Duke and Octavia Lucifer had heard in days was from the radio. Apparently there was another thing going on, rather than a passing Fandom fancy, and Lucifer-- just wasn't in the mood to keep track.

He had returned from the bar with a rather sizable collection of bottles. He had slipped into the bedroom, flicked through the channels until he found something incredibly stupid that didn't remind him of either of his partners, parked a bag of chips on the nightstand, and kicked off his super secret plan.

Which was, obviously, staying in bed and drinking until he stopped feeling quite so lonely.

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[okteiviakom]

"She was just trying to make him see," Octavia murmured, as she moved to settle back down, under the covers.

[betterthanaplan]

It wouldn’t. That Duke denied himself booze and swimming and sex. The high of his trouble was the only release he had left.

He’d never let it go.

Duke wasn’t going to tell them that. He shucked off his pants and slid beneath the covers instead.

“Just shows how lucky I am I found you guys,” he murmured.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer snuggled closer, and slid one hand into Duke's hair. Thought of a conversation with Octavia, not too long ago. "We're all lucky," he said softly.

[okteiviakom]

"I think, without each other," Octavia murmured, watching them, "we don't work."

Or at least it was even harder.

[betterthanaplan]

“Briyon gona,” Duke said. He turned his head to kiss Lucifer’s hand.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer let out a soft sigh at the touch. "I'm rather glad I was spared the Lucifer-of-another-universe, personally."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia settled down on the other side of Duke. An argument could have been made for giving Lucifer the middle spot, this time, but she'd sort of just... ended up here.

Maybe it was the deep familiarity of it.

She curled against Duke, either way. "Maybe for the best," she agreed.

[betterthanaplan]

"I'm not sure there's a better or worse here," Duke said, relaxing under the familiar, comforting weight of his partners. "Let's just be glad we're all actually here and us again, okay?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Agreed," Lucifer said, and let his hand slide along Duke's shoulder, under the covers, where he wrapped a firm arm around Duke's waist. "I suggest falling asleep watching something terrible, and then waking up to a spirited bout of we're-all-back sex."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia slid her own arm around Duke, and if it ended up on Lucifer's, well, that was exactly what she wanted.

"Sounds like a plan," she murmured.

[betterthanaplan]

"I still haven't brushed my teeth," Duke muttered.

But made no effort to do so. It would mean pulling away from them, after all, and that just wasn't worth it.

[my_own_advocate]

"You can brush them later," Lucifer told him. "I think Octavia and I can handle the risk of your trauma-breath."

[okteiviakom]

"Yeah," Octavia agreed. "It can wait."

They weren't letting him go, now.

[betterthanaplan]

"Okay," Duke agreed. He wasn't hard to convince, as evidenced by the slow, sleepy tone to his voice. "Hopefully the island won't throw anything else at us for a good coupla months now."

[my_own_advocate]

"Let's hope," Lucifer agreed. He settled, his body releasing a tension he hadn't even realized had been in it, and pressed his face into Duke's hair.

"I love you so much," he added, softer and more strained.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia's fingers curled along Lucifer's arm over Duke's waist. Her thumb brushed against his skin, back and forth, the smallest soothing gesture.

She pressed a kiss against Duke's shoulder.

"Ai hod yo in."

[betterthanaplan]

"Ai seintaim," Duke said. "Both of you. So much."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer let out a sigh. It was a little ragged, again.

He kissed the top of Duke's head. "And this is where we belong."

[okteiviakom]

"You two are my family," Octavia whispered, as she nodded against Duke's shoulder.

[betterthanaplan]

"We're each other's family," Duke agreed. "The best and most reliable we've ever had."

[my_own_advocate]

"Certainly the least abusive," Lucifer said wrily, because he couldn't not.

[okteiviakom]

"Way to ruin the moment, Lucifer," Octavia rasped.

Perhaps also a little bit wry, yes.

[betterthanaplan]

“That’s a really low bar,” Duke agreed, too tired to do more than gently tease.

[my_own_advocate]

"What?" Lucifer said, smile softening. "It deserves mentioning, considering." He pressed the backs of his fingers against Octavia's arm. "We all have been through terrible things, and yet we came out on the other end like-- this."

[okteiviakom]

"I'd rather think about this than the terrible things, right now," Octavia rasped. "I know, I'm weird like that."