betterthanaplan | The Cape Rouge "day spa", Sunday

It had taken some doing, but Duke had managed to get his hands on some outrageously expensive skincare products to lavish on Lucifer during his "spa" pampering, and he'd done his best to prep both the pillow room and the sauna on board the Rouge to match. He'd picked up some lotus silk pillow cases, and 700 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets for the massage table (so he wouldn't slide off when things got hot and sweaty).

All of it in silver, champagne, white with occasional pops of jewel tones, to match the color scheme of the white caviar pearl infused cremes and lotions.

Duke really hoped Lucifer liked it. He was only just realizing as he looked at it checking for any final touches needed that it might be a little too 'Silver City' for full relaxation.

He decided to go get Octavia and Lucifer before he could go full neurotic on that question.

[For the partners! And likely slow play somehow even with all three of us in the same timezone for once!]

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okteiviakom

Octavia had been half-secretively getting an array of fruit ready for snacking. Grapes, strawberries, little balls of dragonfruit, cherries she'd been hand-pitting just now --

She looked up when she heard Duke enter. "Ready?"

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betterthanaplan

Duke gave her a little smile. "Ready, gona."

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okteiviakom

"Okay, well, get him then."

While Octavia assembled all her stuff (fruit, snacks, even a jug of freshly squeezed orange juice) onto the tray she had very smartly stashed aside earlier.

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer hadn't the foggiest that they were planning anything. He'd been out on deck, enjoying his morning glass of wine and bag of ridiculous chips. He took a bite and eyed the ocean.

The view really had grown on him.

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betterthanaplan

Duke wasn't trying to sneak or anything, but he was barefoot, and thus not making all that much noise as he came up behind Lucifer and slipped an arm around him.

"Tavi and I have a surprise for you."

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer almost, but not entirely, didn't startle. He glanced up, blinked, and then let his lips curve into a small, puzzled smile. "Oh?"

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betterthanaplan

Duke tugged him back towards the belowdecks. "Come and see."

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okteiviakom

Inside, Octavia had finished her snack assembly. The various fruit were on a big platter, interspersed with some eye-catching (and expensive) chocolate bonbons, with a small bowl of whipped cream next to it. There was the orange juice (the champagne that went with it for mimosas was already in a cooler in the pillow room), and there were also some ridiculous artisanal chips and gourmet cookie sandwiches - and no, Octavia had not known that was a thing.

It was a lot of stuff, but it was fine. She'd picked a sturdy tray: it held just fine as she picked it up.

(She really hoped Lucifer was going to like at least some of this.)

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my_own_advocate

"All right," Lucifer said, nonplussed. He rose from his seat and let Duke drag him along.

What could it be? A gift, or--

"Oh," he said, smile blossoming slowly on his face. "Well. Hello."

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betterthanaplan

"You have put up with us and our restless sleeping very well," Duke said, leaning in to kiss him on the cheek. "So today, you're getting pampered. Welcome to your spa, babe."

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okteiviakom

Octavia smiled a little, nodding towards the pillow room.

"Come on, see for yourself."

She'd have to save all her cuddliness for when she wasn't carrying a tray, alas.

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my_own_advocate

Well. Lucifer couldn't help himself; he had to steal a chocolate from the tray before he continued onwards, and popped it in his mouth on his way towards the room.

There was a hint of childish delight on his face.

He did love surprises, and rarely got them.

"...You've done a spot of decorating."

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betterthanaplan

"A bit," Duke agreed. He slipped past Lucifer to pick up some lotion and offer it to Lucifer. "I know how much you like a good theme."

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okteiviakom

Octavia went to put the tray down in a convenient spot she'd scoped out earlier, all treats within easy reach.

"And ridiculous things," she added in a gentle tease.

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer took the lotion, and looked at it, and-- "My," he said, startled. "You really did go all-out."

He wasn't used to that coming from-- well, anyone but him.

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betterthanaplan

"We wanted to make sure it was as you as we could make it," Duke said. "Do you like it?"

He sounded a little smaller than he would have liked. Not nearly as confident as he was trying for.

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okteiviakom

Octavia would probably have sounded about the same, but she wasn't saying anything.

Just glancing up at Lucifer's face, a little... hopeful.

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer barely understood that look on Duke's face. His hands opened the lotion with an easy twist. (He didn't really need it, nice as it was and lovely as it as likely to smell; that thought sat at the tip of his tongue, free of judgment as it otherwise was. But after all these years he knew his partners well enough not to make that simple, truthful observation.)

"Yes," he said, a little soft and a lot surprised. "I do."

He was just, ah. Processing. He still didn't have much of a frame of reference for people-- doing things like this for him without trying to get something out of him in exchange.

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betterthanaplan

Duke wasn't sure what that look on Lucifer's face meant, or why he sounded so surprised. But he knew Lucifer said he liked it. And that Lucifer didn't lie.

So he stepped up to start unbuttoning Lucifer's shirt.

"I'll use that for the massage then," he said. "There's eye creams and toners too, if you want a facial later."

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okteiviakom

"I don't know what any of that stuff is," Octavia admitted easily, as she stepped up behind Lucifer. What, someone would have to take his shirt once Duke was done unbuttoning. "Or at least I can't tell them apart."

She'd very carefully read all the labels! So she sort of knew what they were, at least.

"Maybe I'll learn something."

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer laughed softly, snapping out of whatever surprise he'd been in. He held out his arms obligingly. "Ah, but one of you clearly did the research," he said. With surprise slipping out of his tone, delight found some real estate to settle. "And I have faith in your, ah. Capable hands."

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betterthanaplan

"I did the cosmetics," Duke said. He finished the buttons and slid his hands up Lucifer's abdomen, feather-light, pushing the fabric aside towards Octavia's waiting hands. "Tavi handled the food."

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okteiviakom

"And some drinks," Octavia added, as her hands swept up to begin peeling the shirt off Lucifer. "But mostly food."

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my_own_advocate

"It looks like an incredible spread," Lucifer said, smiling. "I... thank you."

He was a little dizzy with the question of how he deserved this, exactly.

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betterthanaplan

The same way Duke deserved Lucifer's love. The same way any of them deserved anything.

Because.

"You're welcome. This is our way of saying thank you. And sorry for the uneasy nights."