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This certainly had been an emotionally eventful week, hadn't it? For the first time since Duke... exploded... Lucifer found himself in a decent mood, sleeping in to just about noon before cooking himself up a ridiculous breakfast.
Then there was coffee, and a still-somewhat-asleep Devil wandering onto the deck with a large mug that read 'Nail Satan' and a blanket slung over his shoulder. He sat down, facing the boardwalk, and stretched his legs out.
Sigh. A content one, for once. Not entirely without underlying strain, still, but close enough.
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Then there was coffee, and a still-somewhat-asleep Devil wandering onto the deck with a large mug that read 'Nail Satan' and a blanket slung over his shoulder. He sat down, facing the boardwalk, and stretched his legs out.
Sigh. A content one, for once. Not entirely without underlying strain, still, but close enough.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:08 (UTC)His knee seemed like an okay enough compromise.
"I think it scared me." Now her voice really was soft. "How you both blew up."
(That much she could see. How it had contributed to everything else she'd been feeling in the past few weeks, not so much.)
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:14 (UTC)no subject
Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:17 (UTC)As if that had made any real difference.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:19 (UTC)He twisted the mug around in his hands. Looked at it.
"I didn't mean to endanger your safe space."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:21 (UTC)She didn't put any stress on the 'our'. But there was an implication of it all the same.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:26 (UTC)He sipped his coffee. Thinking.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:29 (UTC)She raised her own cup for another sip. There weren't many left.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:32 (UTC)"Octavia," he said. "I made you feel unsafe by 'having a screaming match' in our home. And I am deeply sorry."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:41 (UTC)She'd been looking at his knee this entire time. Now, she slid her free hand onto his leg.
Palm up, an offer.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:44 (UTC)no subject
Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:49 (UTC)Inside their home, anyway.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:53 (UTC)"We are fixing it," he promised.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 14:58 (UTC)And her voice sounded just a little more shaky, as she said, "Good."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:02 (UTC)no subject
Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:08 (UTC)And then.
"... It's Sunday."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:09 (UTC)no subject
Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:13 (UTC)Soft, but apprehensive, but lost.
Searching.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:14 (UTC)"Octavia?" he tried.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:19 (UTC)Helpless.
It was a mess and she looked like she might cry, was what it was.
"I --"
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:21 (UTC)"... Only if you want to, of course."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:26 (UTC)She inhaled. Even with that, her voice sounded as strained as it was quiet: "You want to have date night?"
Why the fuck would he not want to, Tavi?
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:30 (UTC)"Of course I do," he said, appalled at the very idea of not wanting to. "Always."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:37 (UTC)"I just --" she tried. "You and him --"
Maybe it was already starting to seep in.
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:41 (UTC)His expression softened.
"But I will always want our nights as well, Σελήνη."
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Date: 27 Oct 2024 15:47 (UTC)Could he tell Octavia had been putting herself under a lot of pressure lately? Because her breath caught, and then there were just tears.
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