A Sailboat in San Diego Bay, Wednesday Morning

[okteiviakom]

Much like she had on their first night on the rental boat, last night Octavia had gone to bed in her own cabin, practically clean across the boat from the guys.

But it was not where she was waking up. No, because unlike the first night, she'd found herself laying awake in the middle of the night, thinking about how stupid she was for still doing this here, when she wasn't even getting the benefit of the comfort of the Samsara out of it.

So without ceremony, she'd made her way through the dark and quiet of the ship and crawled into bed with Duke and Lucifer - on the latter's side of the bed, just because that was where there'd been the most room to take over.

And that was where she was softly stirring now, curled up against Lucifer.

Hope the Devil enjoyed his unexpected reign of the middle spot.

[ooc: NFB, for the two.]

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[my_own_advocate]

The Devil was a heavy sleeper, so she hadn't woken him up when she'd snuck into bed. And the Devil wasn't really awake now. His subconscious just registered... something being off.

(Look. He never got the middle spot. He had accepted that.)

He mumbled something unintelligible about the oddness and continued sleeping.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke hadn't been a super heavy sleeper lately, but he was now, as evidenced by the easy snore coming from his side of the bed. He hadn't consciously registered Octavia's arrival, but something about her presence had let something unconscious in him finally let go, and he was sleeping deeper and more peacefully than he had in weeks.

[okteiviakom]

So Octavia was the first one awake, surprising no one. She exhaled a soft sigh, and her bleary eyes fluttered slowly open.

... Yeah, okay. This was a nicer thing to wake up to than the bare walls of her solo cabin.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer had an arm slung over Duke's chest, as had become habit in the Era Without Octavia.

The sigh made him shift a bit, pulling his arm back as he rolled onto his back.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke grumbled faintly in his sleep and rolled over as well, chasing that arm. The end result was his arm and leg wrapped over Lucifer and draping in Octavia's direction.

[okteiviakom]

While the result of Lucifer's rolling was Octavia's attempt to scoot back a little so he wouldn't roll onto her.

She was half-successful. Enough that she wasn't about to be crushed, though his shoulder did end up against her chest. She snorted, soft and quiet, propping her head up on one elbow, slowly sliding her other arm over Lucifer.

And along Duke's arm.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer let out a soft sigh.

He was beginning to realize that sleep was letting him go. He fought it, from his nice, weird human blanket.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke was closer to awake than asleep now himself, but it was a slow, muddled transition. He made a happy noise in the back of his throat at the petting of his arm and cracked open an eye to find himself peering at Octavia through a curtain of hair. His, Lucifer’s, hers, he was too sleepy still to tell. Or care.

He smiled lazily at her and closed his eyes again.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia smiled back, but too late for him to see. It was small, anyway.

But warm. Like her hand on his arm, just one finger stroking slowly back and forth against his skin.

[my_own_advocate]

A sleepy, unsure voice finally chanced saying the thing out loud.

"'Tavia?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia leaned in to press a little kiss against his cheek.

And murmured, her voice a little extra raspy from sleep, "Hi."

[betterthanaplan]

Duke smiled again, eyes still closed, and snuggled in a little more firmly on Lucifer's other side.

[my_own_advocate]

"Mhm," Lucifer hummed, eyes still closed. "Hi."

He groped around a little sleepily, until his hand found her hair.

[okteiviakom]

He almost poked her in the nose while he was groping, causing Octavia to let go of another soft snort. But, he was adorable.

They both were.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke was already drifting back towards sleep, smile still on his face. They might not be sandwiching him just now, but both his people were there and snuggly, and all was right in his world.

[my_own_advocate]

"Don' snort at me," Lucifer mumbled, finally hooking his arm around her shoulders. "You came to sleep."

[okteiviakom]

"I did," Octavia murmured, glancing past him at Duke, clearly drifting off again already. And so she softened her voice further, as she added, "Don't make it a big deal."

[my_own_advocate]

"'m not," Lucifer promised. "'m just happy to see you."

Not that he had his eyes open. But he was hugging her - and Duke - closer to him, and that counted, didn't it?

[okteiviakom]

Octavia hummed a soft sound of acceptance. Definitely wasn't going to challenge him on the 'seeing' bit.

Did, however, make herself comfortable against his chest. And kept slowly stroking Duke's arm.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer let out a contented sigh and decided to follow Duke's example.

Drifting was nice.