"HAH! Poor King Lucifer, menaced by a little fawn stretching their legs out, crushing his sensitive organs," Alastor laughed, drumming his fingers on Lucifer's side teasingly.
"That sounds about right," Alastor got up, scooting up on the bed next to Lucifer. He paused only to remove his coat and bowtie, setting them aside before laying down again, offering himself as a cuddle buddy wordlessly. "I'm afraid napping and lounging about is going to be quite the norm for a while! Shall I read or sing to you? Amuse you with a little radio show?"
The offer was accepted just as wordlessly, his smaller figure huddling in as he turned to bury his face against his husband. He knew why everything was happening, knew that this was just the norm for a while. But things like this, like now? Made it all feel much more manageable.
He was so glad he's here.
All those options sounded wonderful. He only pulled away enough to be able to speak clearly: "Dealer's choice... so long as it's not a problem if I'm unconscious before you finish."
"And have to have an excuse to rerun the classics? Oh, woe is me!" Alastor teased, worming an arm around his little husband.
...Husband. Hoh. Still such a wild word to think of.
With a bit of a click, Alastor started playing one of his favorite run of Orson Wells' Time Machine, the radio sounds coming from Alastor naturally and warmly.
"There, that ought to be a fun little thing to listen to."
Curious, he wondered what sort of story this was. The writer was a familiar name, but the tale...
This was a man known simply as the Time Traveler. He would regale his dinner guests about a jump he took nearly a million years into the future, meeting the Eloi and the Morlocks, what had happened to earth in all of that time and his attempts to communicate with them both. At one point, this person's machine was stolen, and...
Well. He wasn't going to know how it ended tonight. Lucifer's snicker at earth becoming like a garden in a million years (sure, if humans ever got their shit together) was one indicator that he was still conscious, but that was about the long and the short of it. As the Traveler returned, told his tale and wasn't believed, only to disappear on another adventure, this listener's breaths had evened out, and eventually the king was very quietly snoring.
In his mind's eye, he was putting together his own time machine. What would the planet look like in 800,000+ years...?
Alastor wasn't nearly so drowzy, so with the soft chatter of narration still rolling, the Radio Demon set to a different little hobby.
Knitting! Sewing! Just a comfortable little quiet hobby. It was darling and domestic, having his new husband (husband!) curled up and resting, letting his body recover and spend energy growing a new life.
A few hours later, Lucifer might get woken up from the feeling of something being wiggled onto his head over his hair, something soft and a lavender-purple. Enjoy your new beanie after that snooze, sha.
He went back in time, rather than forward. He wanted to see the dinosaurs again, touch some pretty feathers, and maybe jump ahead a little after to kick sand in Adam's face. He feels like he didn't get to knock him around enough for everything he'd done.
But then he somehow hitched a ride on the time machine, returned to modern day with him, and-
Lucifer gave a small grunt. His eyes opened unevenly, head feeling weird. Something jostled it.
He lifted his head, for the moment still relatively dead to the world.
"...Sorry. Time's it...?" Head felt weird. He had himself a big stretch, but reached up to touch it. Huh... a knit hat. When'd that get there?
"Oh, we're reaching the afternoon. Not quite evening, yet," Alastor perked up with Lucifer jolting awake. Adorable, graceless. Dotingly, Alastor dabbed at Lucifer's mouth, getting a little drool off, before summoning a cup of tea. "Let's test that appetite again, shall we?"
It had been one of those knock-out naps for sure, enough that he hadn't entirely noticed the drool. Whoops. At least he hadn't slept the entire day...
But to wake himself up further, his wrist went to rub at an eye as he sat up. That tea smelled... incredible.
"Mm... well, I don't feel sick right now, at least." He also felt pretty hungry after picking at breakfast this morning. A good sign? Maybe. But he'd been hungry this morning, too, before the little blueberry just said 'no'.
"I think what I needed was a cuddle~" Yeah, he's waking up. But he pulled off the beanie and looked it over. Was there a label? Did he conjure this?
No label, no sign of conjuring! Once the tea is in Lucifer's hands, Alastor melts into shadow and slides out of bed, remanifesting and sliding his jacket back on. "I'll prepare a few things for lunch. See what appeals to the appetite."
Then he... made this? Maybe he shouldn't be so surprised that he had taken up knitting alongside knowing how to work a stitch. Touched, he pulled it back down upon his head, and helped himself to the tea. Mercifully, his stomach hadn't given so much as a clench.
He'd be lying if he said he didn't feel a little pang when Alastor shifted out of bed. That nap had been one of the best he'd had in a long time, curled against somebody warm and (by his account) safe.
"Oh... That's very sweet, love. Thank you. Just don't go through too much trouble, now."
"I don't promise anything~" Alastor chuckled deviously, melting away into the shadows. Oh, he had every intention of going above and beyond - nausea had kept Lucifer from enjoying his cooking for quite a few meals, now, it was best to compensate!
Hmm... nothing too strong in its smell. He didn't want to set back any nausea. As he assembles a crisp salad and sandwiches on the side, Alastor chuckles in amusement at Charlie's curiosity - not to worry, my dear, Lucifer's got his head in the clouds as usual. Time to interrupt his thoughts for the sake of food! ...Just to be prepared. Alastor makes a few other things, setting them aside in the fridge to call on if Lucifer rejects these in particular.
The king is given a little while by himself before Alastor strolls in again, sitting down on the bed and offering lunch proudly.
The response earned a good-natured eyeroll. But once left to his own devices, Lucifer had a little more of his tea before he cast a rather distant gaze to the far wall.
It was rather wild, really, that after talking about it and trying, this was... seriously happening. He was so accustomed to changing his shape that accommodating for their plan was a cake walk. He was also a builder, someone who thrived in making... and here he was, taking on what was by far perhaps one of the most complicated things one could make.
Oh, how angry his old colleagues would be. They sure were pissed when Charlie came along, and they'd just have to suck it up for this fawn and any other one that comes after just the same. Because nuts to them. Lucifer Morningstar does whatever he god-damn well pleases.
"...Do me a favor, won't you, kiddo...?" He brought a hand to his middle. "He's busting his antlers downstairs. Let me be able to keep more things down, and you get to enjoy all the tasty stuff he makes, too. I'll even endure all the real spicy--"
He jumped a bit when Alastor returned, and turned his head. His face prickled a bit.
Lucifer cleared his throat once he was joined on the bed. "I was, ah... just... negotiating. Because all of that looks really good and I'm starving."
Ah, what a charming sight indeed! An angel, gently cooing to his creation.
"And there's plenty more, should Bee bless you with Gluttony or if the little one happens to be picky," Alastor chuckled, summoning a tea stand to set the tray down on instead of in the bed. "I'm not daunted by a picky eater," he added with an amusing little poke to Lucifer's belly, "it just means you're an early gourmand. Hah hah!"
"And for the challenge, of course," he added, not minding the poke. He knew he potentially had to fight off weirdos trying to touch later. "You wouldn't like something easy."
Lucifer grinned, and shifted to sit on the edge of the bed and see to that tea stand. He reached for a sandwich. "What if they're like a little raccoon, and all they want are dino-shaped nuggets?"
"Then I'll figure out the most clever way to hide vegetables in them, just like mother would do with the stews and gumbo. I could never tell she'd slipped spinach in so many things!"
He hadn't been an especially disobedient child, though... the two of them had enough hungry nights together.
"When they're a little older, you better take them to other Rings. Encourage a little hunting! The appeal of eating what you catch might open their little horizons," he nodded. Aaah, if only he could do that himself. Pride Ring was unfortunately just wretched for hunting anything but Sinners and the very rare hellbeast, and most hellbeasts were some degree of toxic or venomous - his son or daughter would have to graduate to that once they were much older.
He chuckled. "I can't say I'm a very good hunter, but I could definitely try. Learning to enjoy the fruit of your hard work is a must, for sure."
Lucifer realized he was hesitating. He paused, took a breath, and took a big bite. God, he needed to eat. He needed to eat more now, as it wasn't just him he needed to feed anymore. The king was no fool- his experience as Charlie grew in Lilith was fresh in his mind- but now he wished he'd asked more things... then again, he didn't think he'd actually be going through a pregnancy himself.
He needed to hit the libraries.
Pause. Another bite. He needed to mentally remind himself that it wasn't the act of eating that was tough. It was always about 20-30 minutes after that was to make-it or break-it. They'd just have to see.
"...Fighting for yourself, too. Your dreams. Don't take shit from other demons, don't make weird Deals, but don't be afraid to stand up and fight for dreams that may even have others laugh at you. Pride at its purest."
"Focus on the flavors, Lucifer," Alastor encouraged, more than perceptive of the hesitation. If the advice worked for getting used to cannibalism, it would work for getting over the anticipation of being sick. "It's all mild in case your stomach rebels."
Fight for your dreams. Don't take shit from other demons.
"Hah. I'll be sure our little one will know every trick Overlords love to pull. They'll be a devious, deadly manipulator for sure."
He nodded. Focus on the flavors... okay... this was mild, he liked the little crunchy. This was different from the things he tried on that cannibalistic lunch date, but if he could manage that, he can manage this!
Lucifer snickered. "I wasn't worried when it came to Charlie. But now I can't help but think of a scenario where I might have to ask them to give that poor kid from the playground their soul back..."
The mental image had Alastor snickering. "Oh, they'll be a menace - woe to any tutors you pull to teach them. Perhaps we'll have to save that for after any rebellious teenage phase, then. ...Then again, perhaps we would be the perfect targets for their first forays into manipulation!"
"Exactly, why, if they successfully pull one over on me I think I'll weep for the first time since I buried my mother! Hah hah! You'll never feel a stronger swelling of pride."
He leaves it unspoken, but his child also won't need to be that crafty... he could easily see another just like Charlie, someone who was perhaps a bit stubborn (between Alastor and Lucifer, how could a child of theirs not be?) but soft-hearted. And if Alastor needed to be their sense of cruelty and wiles to keep them safe in a den of Dealmakers, then he would.
"Yes... just like Charlie, they'll be able to go out and about wherever they please, won't they? What boons they might collect from all of Hell!"
One might say this would be a kid who needed protection the most. But this was also the safest kid in Hell. Creation forbid anyone actually try anything.
You'd have to clean them up with a squeegee.
Lucifer nodded- this one would be able to traverse as a hellborn- and he next realized he'd finished the second sandwich. Maybe he should... stop... eating like the food was going to disappear if he looked away for too long.
He smoothly switched to his tea.
"Well. So far, so good. We'll see in about an hour if this offering is accepted."
"Mmhmm. I kept it mild should it threaten to come back up," Alastor hummed thoughtfully, smiling to see Lucifer still have such an appetite even with the nausea. Hmm... touching Lucifer's back, it wasn't as warm as it could be. The bathrobe wasn't good enough, he'd just have to work on a sweater or a shawl.
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But he slowly ran his hands down his face. "Rgh... I feel like I just woke up and I'm already stick-a-fork-in-me done... like I ran a marathon."
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He was so glad he's here.
All those options sounded wonderful. He only pulled away enough to be able to speak clearly: "Dealer's choice... so long as it's not a problem if I'm unconscious before you finish."
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...Husband. Hoh. Still such a wild word to think of.
With a bit of a click, Alastor started playing one of his favorite run of Orson Wells' Time Machine, the radio sounds coming from Alastor naturally and warmly.
"There, that ought to be a fun little thing to listen to."
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This was a man known simply as the Time Traveler. He would regale his dinner guests about a jump he took nearly a million years into the future, meeting the Eloi and the Morlocks, what had happened to earth in all of that time and his attempts to communicate with them both. At one point, this person's machine was stolen, and...
Well. He wasn't going to know how it ended tonight. Lucifer's snicker at earth becoming like a garden in a million years (sure, if humans ever got their shit together) was one indicator that he was still conscious, but that was about the long and the short of it. As the Traveler returned, told his tale and wasn't believed, only to disappear on another adventure, this listener's breaths had evened out, and eventually the king was very quietly snoring.
In his mind's eye, he was putting together his own time machine. What would the planet look like in 800,000+ years...?
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Knitting! Sewing! Just a comfortable little quiet hobby. It was darling and domestic, having his new husband (husband!) curled up and resting, letting his body recover and spend energy growing a new life.
A few hours later, Lucifer might get woken up from the feeling of something being wiggled onto his head over his hair, something soft and a lavender-purple. Enjoy your new beanie after that snooze, sha.
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But then he somehow hitched a ride on the time machine, returned to modern day with him, and-
Lucifer gave a small grunt. His eyes opened unevenly, head feeling weird. Something jostled it.
He lifted his head, for the moment still relatively dead to the world.
"...Sorry. Time's it...?" Head felt weird. He had himself a big stretch, but reached up to touch it. Huh... a knit hat. When'd that get there?
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But to wake himself up further, his wrist went to rub at an eye as he sat up. That tea smelled... incredible.
"Mm... well, I don't feel sick right now, at least." He also felt pretty hungry after picking at breakfast this morning. A good sign? Maybe. But he'd been hungry this morning, too, before the little blueberry just said 'no'.
"I think what I needed was a cuddle~" Yeah, he's waking up. But he pulled off the beanie and looked it over. Was there a label? Did he conjure this?
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He'd be lying if he said he didn't feel a little pang when Alastor shifted out of bed. That nap had been one of the best he'd had in a long time, curled against somebody warm and (by his account) safe.
"Oh... That's very sweet, love. Thank you. Just don't go through too much trouble, now."
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Hmm... nothing too strong in its smell. He didn't want to set back any nausea. As he assembles a crisp salad and sandwiches on the side, Alastor chuckles in amusement at Charlie's curiosity - not to worry, my dear, Lucifer's got his head in the clouds as usual. Time to interrupt his thoughts for the sake of food! ...Just to be prepared. Alastor makes a few other things, setting them aside in the fridge to call on if Lucifer rejects these in particular.
The king is given a little while by himself before Alastor strolls in again, sitting down on the bed and offering lunch proudly.
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It was rather wild, really, that after talking about it and trying, this was... seriously happening. He was so accustomed to changing his shape that accommodating for their plan was a cake walk. He was also a builder, someone who thrived in making... and here he was, taking on what was by far perhaps one of the most complicated things one could make.
Oh, how angry his old colleagues would be. They sure were pissed when Charlie came along, and they'd just have to suck it up for this fawn and any other one that comes after just the same. Because nuts to them. Lucifer Morningstar does whatever he god-damn well pleases.
"...Do me a favor, won't you, kiddo...?" He brought a hand to his middle. "He's busting his antlers downstairs. Let me be able to keep more things down, and you get to enjoy all the tasty stuff he makes, too. I'll even endure all the real spicy--"
He jumped a bit when Alastor returned, and turned his head. His face prickled a bit.
Lucifer cleared his throat once he was joined on the bed. "I was, ah... just... negotiating. Because all of that looks really good and I'm starving."
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"And there's plenty more, should Bee bless you with Gluttony or if the little one happens to be picky," Alastor chuckled, summoning a tea stand to set the tray down on instead of in the bed. "I'm not daunted by a picky eater," he added with an amusing little poke to Lucifer's belly, "it just means you're an early gourmand. Hah hah!"
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Lucifer grinned, and shifted to sit on the edge of the bed and see to that tea stand. He reached for a sandwich. "What if they're like a little raccoon, and all they want are dino-shaped nuggets?"
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He hadn't been an especially disobedient child, though... the two of them had enough hungry nights together.
"When they're a little older, you better take them to other Rings. Encourage a little hunting! The appeal of eating what you catch might open their little horizons," he nodded. Aaah, if only he could do that himself. Pride Ring was unfortunately just wretched for hunting anything but Sinners and the very rare hellbeast, and most hellbeasts were some degree of toxic or venomous - his son or daughter would have to graduate to that once they were much older.
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Lucifer realized he was hesitating. He paused, took a breath, and took a big bite. God, he needed to eat. He needed to eat more now, as it wasn't just him he needed to feed anymore. The king was no fool- his experience as Charlie grew in Lilith was fresh in his mind- but now he wished he'd asked more things... then again, he didn't think he'd actually be going through a pregnancy himself.
He needed to hit the libraries.
Pause. Another bite. He needed to mentally remind himself that it wasn't the act of eating that was tough. It was always about 20-30 minutes after that was to make-it or break-it. They'd just have to see.
"...Fighting for yourself, too. Your dreams. Don't take shit from other demons, don't make weird Deals, but don't be afraid to stand up and fight for dreams that may even have others laugh at you. Pride at its purest."
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Fight for your dreams. Don't take shit from other demons.
"Hah. I'll be sure our little one will know every trick Overlords love to pull. They'll be a devious, deadly manipulator for sure."
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Lucifer snickered. "I wasn't worried when it came to Charlie. But now I can't help but think of a scenario where I might have to ask them to give that poor kid from the playground their soul back..."
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He finished his sandwich and went for another. No hesitation. Let's do this!!
"But if they can manipulate you, I think we'll have created a monster."
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He leaves it unspoken, but his child also won't need to be that crafty... he could easily see another just like Charlie, someone who was perhaps a bit stubborn (between Alastor and Lucifer, how could a child of theirs not be?) but soft-hearted. And if Alastor needed to be their sense of cruelty and wiles to keep them safe in a den of Dealmakers, then he would.
"Yes... just like Charlie, they'll be able to go out and about wherever they please, won't they? What boons they might collect from all of Hell!"
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You'd have to clean them up with a squeegee.
Lucifer nodded- this one would be able to traverse as a hellborn- and he next realized he'd finished the second sandwich. Maybe he should... stop... eating like the food was going to disappear if he looked away for too long.
He smoothly switched to his tea.
"Well. So far, so good. We'll see in about an hour if this offering is accepted."
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