okteiviakom | The Deck of the Cape Rouge, Port of Fandom, Friday Afternoon

Octavia knew there was a Parents Weekend thing happening in town right now. She was still undecided on whether she wanted to put in an appearance, because on one hand, last year's had led to some bad times for her. On the other... There was some small part of her that hoped, no matter how foolishly, that maybe Gloria would somehow show up.

(There was just so much she wanted to tell her. And so much fear that she would never get to.)

So far, for her trek through town after her usual Friday routine of therapy and swimming out in New York, she had steered clear of the park. She had a big bag from a shoe store to get home, anyway. See, there'd been some talk of those early days on the Ground in her session today, and then she'd taken a slightly different route from her usual in getting to the portal place, and she'd seen the boots in a store window, and, well. She'd never been able to resist a good symbol. Especially one as personal as this, appearing at just the right time for it to feel a little like something else than just pure coincidence.

(Even with how mired in complications that thought was for her, these days. For reasons she had still not discussed with Dr. Baker at all.)

And even as she stepped aboard the Rouge, she was still wondering whether she should've just taken her purchase on the Samsara instead, and buried them in her closet. The urge to share and the urge to keep it to herself felt equal.

Maybe she'd shove them in a closet here, instead.

[ooc: Open, though slow.]

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"Don't know about that," Octavia murmured. "But it... felt like something, when I saw them in the window."

"I can't think of a better reason to buy some beautiful stompy boots," Lucifer said, lifting one out of the bag.

Octavia's gaze trailed over the the butterflies along the front, and her voice went very quiet.

"They look like the butterflies I saw on the Ground."

Not exactly, of course. But close enough that -- well. Close enough that she felt something.

Lucifer looked at them again, frowning. "The color?" he said. "Or the shape?"

"Both," Octavia murmured, reaching out to trace the edge of one with a gentle fingertip. "They were more blue than this, and bigger, but..."

"Close enough?" Lucifer guessed.

Octavia's gaze flicked up to his face, and the wry was back in her expression, though muted.

"After I just mentioned them to Dr. Baker this morning? Yeah."

Lucifer slid the boot back into the bag.

"I look forward to seeing you in them," he said. "Octavia, Butterfly Queen."

"Maybe some day," Octavia murmured, reaching out for the bag again.

Which part was she referring to? Either one.

He let her take it.

"When you're ready," Lucifer said.

Octavia hummed a vague agreement. Looked down at the bag, then up at him again.

"So that was my morning."

"Sounds like a good time," Lucifer said. "Ah, would you like some OJ?"

Octavia gave a tiny shrug.

"Sure."

Lucifer leaned in to press a kiss against her cheek. "Coming right up, then, unless you'd like to follow," he said, and trundled downstairs.

Octavia's hand brushed against his as he turned, but she didn't follow.

Instead, she found her way to one of the benches on the deck, and sat down.

Lucifer returned not long after with two tall glasses of orange juice and a bottle of champagne (for himself, of course).

He held one of the glasses out to her. "There you go."

"Thanks," Octavia said as she reached out to take it. And then nodded at the bottle. "Call of the mimosas too strong, huh?"

"What else am I going to drink on a Friday afternoon?" Lucifer asked sensibly, popping the cork with swift efficiency.

Octavia snorted, but made no comment.

She took a sip and looked out over the water, instead.

Lucifer mixed the champagne in with his orange juice. "I was thinking we could spend some time on the beach today," he said.

Octavia's eyes flicked over, even though her head didn't turn. "Really?"

"Why not?" Lucifer asked. "We're going to run out of nice beach days sooner rather than later."

"Oh, I have no reason why not," Octavia affirmed him with a little snort. "And I'm not objecting."

"Just making sure," Lucifer said. "And if we don't go swimming, we can take Duke. Build some sandcastles."

That he would get way too into.

"Which you will make way too elaborate," Octavia agreed with his narrative. "But anyway, I just came from the pool."

She didn't need to do any more swimming today.

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