It broke his heart to hear that from Duke, of all people.

"I know, love," Lucifer said quietly. He stuck to his promise - no pointing out that Duke could have opted out at any point until this weekend, and chose not to. "But you're here now. Safe, for the moment."

He slid his arm around Duke. "We're going to keep it that way for as long as we can," he said. "And we're boarding ourselves up in the pillow room for the rest of the week."