Lucifer's Mansion, Wednesday Morning

[okteiviakom]

Regardless of which bed it was, usually the middle spot was Duke's. But not last night. Lucifer was a devil of his word: he'd wrapped her up in his arms as soon as they made it to bed.

And he'd put her in the middle.

That was where she still was as she woke up this morning. She opened her eyes and saw nothing but the constellations of freckles on Lucifer's chest.

There were no words for how much better that was than staring at the ceiling on her boat would have been.

[ooc: For the two. eta: Somewhat NSFW for a bit there!]

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[okteiviakom]

Octavia had been slowly making kind of a face, so that was a good addition. You know, like listening to his laugh hadn't already been enough.

(She hadn't heard that nearly enough, lately. That alone made everything about this more than okay.)

She propped her head up on one arm. "No objections from me."

[my_own_advocate]

"Mm, good," Lucifer said. He craved a cigarette. "Though I'm torn between Octavia and I staying in bed and watching you do rumpled cooking," he said, looking at Duke.

Look, that laugh was nice for everyone here.

[betterthanaplan]

"See, this is the trouble with these giant houses. If your kitchen was right by your bedroom, you could potentially do both."

[okteiviakom]

"There's always video calls," Octavia offered, but it didn't sound like a genuine suggestion. "I want to watch you live, though."

[my_own_advocate]

"At this point he's just convincing me we should order breakfast in, instead," Lucifer mused lazily. "He'd have to get dressed if he's going to cook, and I prefer him naked and sticky like nature intended."

[betterthanaplan]

"Good plan. But . . . who's going to go get the breakfast when it arrives?"

[okteiviakom]

"Not me," Octavia said, managing to be both immediate and lazy in her response. "Not sure my legs even work yet."

There'd been a lot of tension! And trembling.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer sighed loudly. "I will, I suppose," he said, "It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make this once."

Because they were both pretty naked.

He reached lazily for his phone on the nightstand.

[betterthanaplan]

"Mmm, best boyfriend," Duke said, reaching over Octavia to give Lucifer a loving pat. "No, but seriously, that celestial endurance is impressive."

[okteiviakom]

"Everything about him is impressive," Octavia said, faintly amused, but also faintly distracted.

She was watching Duke's face.

This was... if not the first, then definitely one of the first times she'd actually heard him call Lucifer that.

[my_own_advocate]

"She's right," Lucifer agreed, grinning. "I was going to go for an hour, but she thought that'd be long."

He surfed idly to the site of a local food restaurant, then looked away again to just... admire the two of them. "Either way, watching either of you put on clothes right now would be an absolute crime," he said, "And I won't stand for it."

[betterthanaplan]

"We could do togas?" Duke said, nudging a discarded sheet with his foot. "Also, I would absolutely like to reserve seats for when he really does try for an hour."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia snorted, softly. "Hour's not really up to just his endurance."

[my_own_advocate]

"Or you could just stay naked," Lucifer said sagely. "She won't let me try for an hour."

[betterthanaplan]

"You're right," Duke said, rolling over and wrapping his arm over Octavia while he pressed a kiss to her shoulder. "You were also very impressive. I don't think I could go for nearly as long. Definitely not a whole hour."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia's arm settled over his, her fingers rubbing idly at the inside of his arm near his elbow.

"We'll have to test that sometime, jaka, if you'd like," she replied, faintly amused. Then cast a look over at Lucifer. "Also, I have never stopped you from trying for an hour."

[my_own_advocate]

"You said it was too much," Lucifer pointed out. "Or... something like that."

[betterthanaplan]

“Right. Next time, an hour.” Duke peered up at Lucifer from his spot on Octavia’s shoulder. “What are we getting for breakfast?”

[okteiviakom]

There'd been a specific reasoning behind that at the time! Not that Octavia seemed inclined at all right now to get into that. Especially with what Duke had just said.

Both things, actually.

"Actual food, presumably."

Ha ha.

[my_own_advocate]

"Considering the options, I was thinking Thai," Lucifer mused, "Though I could go fancy and get a breakfast place on the mainland, but we'd be waiting longer."

[betterthanaplan]

"I don't mind waiting," Duke said. "I also don't mind Thai, but waiting means all three of us get to lie around here naked a bit longer."

[okteiviakom]

"Either's fine," Octavia said.

She was drawing another star against Duke's arm.

[my_own_advocate]

"French toast with fruit from the mainland it is, then," Lucifer said, tapping a few more options on his phone.

He put it aside and stretched out over the two of them, trying to steal a kiss from Duke. Hadn't had one this morning yet, and that clearly couldn't stand.

[betterthanaplan]

Clearly! Duke popped his head up off Octavia's shoulder to return that kiss, then smiled down at the shapes she was drawing on his arm.

"Feeling the urge to doodle, are we?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia had looked up to watch them kiss, but now her eyes returned to her own hand again.

Triangle. Circle.

"Guess so."