Lucifer's Mansion, Sunday Evening

[okteiviakom]

Another Sunday, another date night at the mansion, another meal almost finished. The dessert was more chocolate than it was fruit, but the latter was still very much a part of it. The combination seemed to be just the right thing for Octavia, because...

"Is it too much if I lick the bowl?"

The answer was not going to affect her much.

[ooc: For that guy and also glorious SP.]

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[my_own_advocate]

"Glad to be back?" Lucifer teased softly.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia leaned against his side. Because that was what he was here for, right?

"You could say that, yeah."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer slid his arm around her shoulders. "Well, I'm glad to have you here."

[okteiviakom]

He was very smart for doing that. Octavia cuddled even closer almost instantly, and even tipped her head against his shoulder.

"It's nice," she sighed.

And whatever part of her brain that was still clinging to the last remnants of being spooked by being too exposed seemed to be soothed by the illusion provided by the water and the bubbles. But anyway.

[my_own_advocate]

"It is," Lucifer said, his voice going softer, quieter.

[okteiviakom]

"Mmmh."

That was a little soft, too.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer turned his head and kissed her cheek. "I missed this intimacy," he admitted softly.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia gave another soft hum. "Sorry I haven't been giving it."

[my_own_advocate]

"Don't be," Lucifer said quietly. "It's not something you purposefully withheld. It's something that happened to us, and I am glad it is beginning to fade."

[okteiviakom]

"I can still be sorry," Octavia replied softly. "For both of us."

[my_own_advocate]

"If you wish," Lucifer said.

He brushed his lips against her temple anew.

[okteiviakom]

"Not gonna wallow in it," Octavia promised him quietly. "Just want you to know I know it hasn't been easy."

[my_own_advocate]

"I'm just glad that you feel comfortable now," Lucifer whispered. "To do this."

[okteiviakom]

"I'm glad you waited," Octavia whispered back.

Hers was perhaps a little more conspiratorial, a little lighter.

[my_own_advocate]

"Hmhm?" Lucifer hummed back.

More of a reaction to her tone, then, than her words.

[okteiviakom]

There wasn't much to discover about her tone: she was just trying to be true to her word and not wallow, right now.

So she just turned her head and pressed a little kiss on his cheek.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer smiled, his eyes sliding shut as he took a moment to just-- feel.

Her body against his. The warm water around them.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia watched his face, feeling a little bit as if she was doing it in secret. Like she was stealing something.

But then she paid for it with another soft kiss.

[my_own_advocate]

"I love you, darling," Lucifer murmured. "It feels-- good to be able to express that in other ways once more."

[okteiviakom]

"I know," Octavia told him softly. "I know all sorts of touching is... really natural for you."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer let out a soft huff. "That is one way of putting it."

[okteiviakom]

"Necessary?" Octavia offered, a little quieter.

[my_own_advocate]

"We all respond differently to being deprived of affection," Lucifer said quietly. "Occasional vacations where I could smother myself in touch used to be my only escape."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia's hand found his near her shoulder. Idly, except really not.

"I think I understand."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer nodded slowly, and he relaxed against her a fraction more. "And now I've been enjoying the nuances of touching that doesn't lead to orgasms."