Lucifer's Mansion, Wednesday Night

[my_own_advocate]

They were back, and it was Duke and Lucifer's date night, and-- well. They had a pool room now. And a (second) sauna. If you think Lucifer hadn't moved some items down here just in case they got ideas in here...

"Please, make yourself comfortable," he told Duke, grinning. "I'll back with dinner in a moment."

And without waiting for a response, he swept back towards the stairs.

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[betterthanaplan]

"Right, sorry." Duke shook his head with a small laugh at himself. "Yeah. It really seems like it is. I love you guys so much, but I really am used to spending way more time by myself, you know? It's nice to get out and away for a little while, here and there."

[my_own_advocate]

"Oh, I'm hardly going to guilt you about it," Lucifer said, raising a hand. "I'm just glad to hear you're finding ways to make life work for yourself."

[betterthanaplan]

Something in Duke unknotted. There'd been such drama about his sailing to the Bahamas on his own -- due in no small part to his usual barrelling ahead -- that he'd started to worry that he'd get the same reaction every time he wanted to set out on his own. Even when it just meant going out around the island on his boat.

He'd known that was silly. But he hadn't known it.

"Thank you," he said softly, tempted to lean in for another kiss, though his hands were full of charcuterie. "I am going to let you ravage me so hard tonight."

He would have anyway, yes.

[my_own_advocate]

"Well, I will do my best to live up to that," Lucifer said.

He sounded faintly surprised.

"Are you all right?"

[betterthanaplan]

Duke nodded, giving Lucifer a little smile. "I guess I was kind of . . . nervous. About how you guys would respond to me taking the boat out alone. It's silly, I know, but. . . . Brains are pretty silly, when you get right down to it."

[my_own_advocate]

"I just want you to be happy, love," Lucifer said, mouth curving faintly. "We already share our lives. I don't need to be joined at the hip with you every moment of every day."

[betterthanaplan]

"Right. And I know that, but. . . ." Duke shrugged. "Wouldn't be the first time lately that what I 'knew' turned out all wrong."

He would be working on trusting his own senses again when it came to what his partners wanted and meant for . . . well, probably a little while, yet.

[my_own_advocate]

"Fair enough," Lucifer said. He reached out to touch Duke, run his fingers along Duke's temple as he pretended to push his hair aside. "You belong on the water," he said. "I'm happy to see you indulge it."

[betterthanaplan]

Duke turned his head to try to catch Lucifer's hand with his lips. "You're right. And it feels good to get to do it."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer's mouth curved at the feel of Duke's lips. "I thought we could take it slow tonight, ravaging or not," he said. "A skinny dip in the pool, to begin with."

[betterthanaplan]

"I never say no to a good skinny dip," Duke said. He leaned his head against Lucifer's hand for a moment longer, then turned it again to pop his latest stack of meat and cheese and bread into his mouth.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer chuckled. "I know," he said, leaning back so he could enjoy his own food. "It's one of my many favorite things about you."

[betterthanaplan]

"I know it is," Duke echoed in return. "But I won't stop you if you want to go into detail about how much you like my naked, wet body being on display."

[my_own_advocate]

"You're just so free with it," Lucifer said dreamily. "So little shame."

[betterthanaplan]

"This body is the result of decades of hard work," Duke noted, preening a little. "What's to be ashamed of?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Absolutely nothing," Lucifer said, and took a moment to enjoy a piece of cheese. "You're wiry and svelte in all the best ways."

Was he leering? Yes, of course.

[betterthanaplan]

"Mmm. 'Svelte'. That's such a good word," Duke mused. He tilted his head thoughtfully. "After our swim, maybe you can swaddle me up in a towel?"

He'd been reading about swaddling for therapy, and was thinking idly about how it might work for a fun restraint as well.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer perked up. "Ooooh," he said. "We do have some particularly large beach towels, don't we?"

[betterthanaplan]

“Of only the softest organic cotton,” Duke confirmed.

[my_own_advocate]

"Good to wrap you up with," Lucifer mused. "And make you ride me."

Duke was too bloody beautiful, was the thing. The mental image would haunt him regardless of whether they followed up on it.

[betterthanaplan]

“Ooo.” Duke grinned. “We come up with the best ideas, don’t we.”

He’d be picturing it himself. Their skinny dip was going to be terribly distracted.

[my_own_advocate]

That was part of the fun, wasn't it?

"We are very good at sexy ideas," Lucifer agreed. "And relaxing ideas in general."

He stole a piece of sausage from the plate with a very filthy smirk.

[betterthanaplan]

It absolutely was.

"I'd say we could teach courses," Duke said, "but that would be, like. The opposite of relaxing."

[my_own_advocate]

"Absolutely no teaching for us," Lucifer agreed. "That sounds like a waste of precious time we could spend having more sex in interesting configurations."

[betterthanaplan]

“We’ve both put our time in enriching young minds,” Duke observed. “We’re retired.”