Lucifer's Mansion, Sunday Night

[my_own_advocate]

It had certainly been a complicated week, hadn't it? Luckily, it had ended before the weekend, and Lucifer, Duke and Octavia had had all Saturday to recover.

That didn't mean Lucifer hadn't been slightly surprised that Octavia was still game for date night. But he had grasped it with every bit of enthusiasm he could foster. And yes, that did mean dinner had featured a genuinely ridiculous amount of tropical fruit.

"Suppose I should've put a protein in there," he mused, settling back and eyeing his empty dessert bowl with satisfaction.

[[ for her and sp. eta: nsfw-bound... ish? ]]

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[my_own_advocate]

"All right," Lucifer said. He let out an exhale, his fingers sliding down, along her cheek. "And I wanted to."

[okteiviakom]

"I know you did," Octavia murmured.

[my_own_advocate]

"I often love it when I can get you there," Lucifer added quietly. "It feels... important. So when I fail, I..."

[okteiviakom]

"I know," Octavia said again, softly. "And I know it's probably not fair that sometimes you have to... fumble around in the dark."

[my_own_advocate]

"It's part of the game," Lucifer murmured. "The best we can do is... talk beforehand about what you would and wouldn't be all right with." A pause. "We've never quite done that, have we. Not to that extent."

[okteiviakom]

Octaviaa shook her head just a little. Her fingertips drifted to his cheek.

"No, I guess not."

[my_own_advocate]

"Since we're both out of the mood," Lucifer said, watching her face, "Would you like to have it now?"

[okteiviakom]

"I guess," Octavia murmured. "But you have to remember that these things, they... don't always stay the same."

[my_own_advocate]

"I know," Lucifer said. He closed his eyes. "We can catch much of that with our safe words."

Though not everything.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia sort of... sank down next to the tub, resting her chin on her arm on the edge of it. She wasn't getting back in, but she also wasn't dragging him out, and the leaning over had begun getting uncomfortable.

This was her compromise.

"Could also work on checking in. Should, maybe."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer nodded. He sat up. "Shall we move this to the sofa?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia looked down, then up again.

"Now that I just got down here?"

She was sounding more like herself, so that was a good thing, at least.

[my_own_advocate]

"Seems a bit more comfortable," Lucifer said, with a faintly amused huff.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia made a faint 'well that seems unnecessary' sort of face, but said, "Okay, well, get up."

She was already doing so.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer chuckled. He rose from the tub and reached for his towel. "As you wish."

[okteiviakom]

"As you wish," Octavia retorted, tugging her own towel a little more firmly around herself, and turned for the door.

[my_own_advocate]

A louder laugh, as Lucifer began to settle back into his own skin. He dried off, and wrapped the towel around his hips, then followed.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia was just inside the door. "Do you have a robe anywhere?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Closet, to your right," Lucifer said.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia nodded, and turned for the closet.

"I just want something to wear," she said as she looked through for the robe.

[my_own_advocate]

"Feel free to grab whichever you like best," Lucifer said. "They're all quite nice."

And soft. And-- "Actually, get me the black one with the red trimming, will you?"

[okteiviakom]

"This one?" Octavia asked, pulling it up and holding it out, while still looking for whatever spoke to her.

[my_own_advocate]

"Yes," Lucifer said, reaching out to take it.

They were all more or less the same fabric, but in different tones and cuts.

[okteiviakom]

After all her deliberation, Octavia ended up pulling out something dark and understated. Figured.

She switched out her towel for it, and dried the ends of her hair a little.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer tied his robe shut, and slid his hand to the center of her back. "Better?"

He'd certainly lost the sensation of distance between them.