The Cape Rouge, Monday... Noon? Ish?

[okteiviakom]

"I think my spring is coming, Octavia. And I can't wait to see what it's like."

There had been no surprise in how hard it had been to say goodbye. Ilian had been impossibly calm and steady, and Octavia had just done her best to keep it together. Be brave, like he'd wanted her to be. Nou fir wamplei in, em bilaik stoda kom nes soujon noumou. Easy for him to say when he'd already done it, when she was the one left to mourn him all over again.

(That last glimmer of someone seeing something human in her before the bunker, The Dark Year, the valley. The last time in six years before the multiverse saw fit to yank whatever had been left of her back to Fandom, to put herself back together again.)

"If you want to honor me, maybe you should plant something. Grow something."

How was she supposed to do that, Ilian?

Everything hurt again.

And Octavia was finding it very hard to even get out of bed. In fact, she hadn't, yet. Just kept laying there, either staring at the ceiling or the line of already slightly smudged dots along the inside of her forearm. Ilian had drawn them with a marker, explaining to her about the tattoos of his clan. Just another thing she'd never had time to learn before.

She knew this had all been a gift.

But right now it was a little hard to ignore how much it also felt like having been stabbed in the gut again.

[ooc: Open for thems that live here, should they so wish.]

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[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer's hand slid up into Duke's hair, clawing it back into its chaotic shape. He growled, something in the back of his throat, but he made no move to stop Duke yet.

[betterthanaplan]

The hair grabbing dragged a moan from Duke, and he dug his nails into Lucifer's arms as he nipped at his ear.

[my_own_advocate]

"You're still wearing too many clothes," Lucifer pushed out, voice low, pressing Duke into the bulkhead with the back of his arm while he grappled with the button of Duke's trousers.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke laughed breathlessly. "Hey Pot, this is Kettle." He didn't reach for Lucifer's fly just yet, though, just kept scraped his fingers down Lucifer's arms and rested his head against the bulkhead while he let Lucifer work on his pants.

[my_own_advocate]

"Still giving me sass, are you?" Lucifer asked.

He shoved Duke's jeans down his hips.

[betterthanaplan]

"Seems like. You going to make me stop?"

Please make him stop, Lucifer. That grin was begging to be wiped off his face.

[my_own_advocate]

"Yes," Lucifer growled.

And flipped him over, shoving Duke chest-first against the wall.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke grunted, then laughed again. "That's a start," he gasped, flexing his fingers against the bulkhead. "Think maybe you can do better, though."

[my_own_advocate]

"Barely getting started, darling," Lucifer smirked, pulling Duke's head to the side so he could leave a string of kisses and bites along the length of his neck.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke groaned, rocking back against Lucifer as much as he could. Tension in his body not so much easing as redirecting, focusing in on this experience instead of the hurricane in his head.

[my_own_advocate]

Good. If Lucifer could at least help in that small way... "And there's plenty of things to bend you over in here," he added, smirking.

And leaving one rather rough bite right above his shoulder.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke laughed, bright and wild. "Quit talking and start doing, babe."

[my_own_advocate]

"That's not up to you, is it," Lucifer smirked.

He shoved Duke up against the bulkhead again, and this time, his hand crept down to a rather more sensitive target than Duke's fly.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke let out a soft cry, pressing even more firmly back against Lucifer. Needing pressure from him in every direction he could get.

[my_own_advocate]

"Better," Lucifer murmured, and as one hand began to move, the other dragged nails up Duke's chest.

[betterthanaplan]

"Harder," Duke countered, stretching his neck to press his head against Lucifer's along with the rest of his body.

[my_own_advocate]

"Pushy," Lucifer murmured, rocking his still-clothed hips against Duke's arse.

It was a bit hard to scratch harder with what little space there was between Duke and the bulkhead, but he tried, scraping down.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke whined, deep in the back of his throat, and nodded against Lucifer.

"You said --" he gasped after a moment. "-- something about -- bending me over?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Now that you've stopped being a smug brat," Lucifer hissed, "Yes."

And so he did.

Quite enthusiastically, actually. Managed to drag it out a bit too.

[betterthanaplan]

It was exactly what Duke felt like he needed. Unsurprising, really, since Lucifer was well known for being able to find and fulfill people's desires.

(Later, Duke would probably feel a little guilty about that. About leaning into that side of Lucifer. Right now, he wasn't thinking or feeling anything but how good it felt to just live in his body for awhile, instead of in his head.)

[my_own_advocate]

What was the point of having the Devil 50 percent to one's self if not to take advantage of it, really? Lucifer, at least, was yet to complain.

(He would, however, feel a bit guilty later about being dissuaded from talking to Duke properly so easily again.)

As it was, he leaned back against the bulkhead, legs splayed out across the floor, and let out a happy sigh.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke tugged his jeans back into place and settled in next to him, pleasantly exhausted.

"Thanks," he said, tilting his head onto Lucifer's shoulder. "I needed that."

[my_own_advocate]

"Glad to be of service," Lucifer laughed, and turned his head to press a kiss against the top of Duke's head.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke hummed softly in response to the kiss, closing his eyes.

It felt good right here, tucked against Lucifer's side. Still wrapped in the glow of sex, not having to think about all of the everything.

[my_own_advocate]

They should... probably talk. About everything. Soon.

In a few minutes. Perhaps between Duke getting up and Duke getting to the door? That seemed like good timing, Lucifer reflected, as he lingered in place.

Well, he did move his arm to slid around Duke's shoulders.