betterthanaplan: (walking away)
Duke Crocker ([personal profile] betterthanaplan) wrote2023-07-02 12:57 pm
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Port of Fandom, Sunday evening

The portal let off at the end of the docks. Duke walked through, his head down, shoulders hunched, looking like a man under attack.

He wasn't anymore, at least not from the outside.

He paused just long enough to get his bearings, then started down the docks, not waiting for his partners to follow through the portal. He wanted to -- something. He didn't know what. Yell or hit something or dive into the ocean or maybe get on the OceaNyx and sail off over the horizon and just. Disappear.

He was pretty sure no one was going to let him do that last one, though.

[for said partners, please! And the return and general mood is fine for broadcast, but maybe not the precise details of conversations]
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okteiviakom: ([neu] so so so tired)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2023-07-04 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia closed her eyes.

She was barely here, anyway.
betterthanaplan: (hiding behind the hair)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-04 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
“I don’t know,” Duke muttered, closing his eyes to Lucifer’s touch. “Maybe I’m a control freak. I just. You keep saying it like it should fix everything.”
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - intent)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-04 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because it's the truth, darling," Lucifer said, his voice soft, a little raspy. "Just apparently one harder for you to live with than the idea it's you that brings pain upon us all."
betterthanaplan: (tears for fears)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-04 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke’s face was getting a bit wet now, too.

“I feel like I can’t do anything.”
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - crestfallen)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-04 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry," Lucifer whispered. His thumb slid back and forth against Duke's wet cheek. "I-- I didn't want that for you. I wish-- I wish I could have stopped it, too."
okteiviakom: ([spec] downtime)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2023-07-04 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Meanwhile, it was all going in one of Octavia's ears and out the other, honestly. Getting more... indistinct, slowly.

Like she was sinking into some kind of a pit.
betterthanaplan: (checking in)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke let out a little bark of a laugh and pressed his chin into her shoulder. “It’s definitely not your fault, Luce.”
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - intent)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-04 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps," Lucifer said. His voice had gone as thin as it was quiet. "But I wish I could protect you."
okteiviakom: ([spec] sleep forever)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2023-07-04 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Something in Octavia registered Duke's movement enough that her head tilted a little bit towards him at the press.

But, the hand holding his had slowly gone slack over the last while. And her breathing had steadied.
betterthanaplan: (hiding behind the hair)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-04 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
“All I ever want to do is protect you two,” Duke said. He listened to Octavia breathe for a long moment. “Guess we both missed the mark on that one.”
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - crush)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-04 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"We did," Lucifer agreed.

He hesitated. Before he found himself, inevitably, leaning past Octavia to kiss Duke. Very gentle. Very exhausted.
betterthanaplan: (touching foreheads)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-04 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke wasn’t up to much kissing back, but he appreciated it anyway. He let a soft noise out from the back of his throat, somewhere between a sob and a sigh.

“We should sleep,” he said finally.
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - crush)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-05 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't meant to be an elaborate kissing-back sort of affair, anyway. Just... a tired, heartfelt expression of feeling.

"We should," Lucifer agreed softly. "Octavia's already setting the right example."
betterthanaplan: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-05 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
“Yeah.” Duke picked his head up a little to look at her, then set it down against her again. “I hope we don’t dream.”
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - lolly)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-05 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well," Lucifer sighed, as he retreated to his curled up position that allowed him to touch both of them at once, "No worries if you do and wake us up."
betterthanaplan: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-05 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wouldn't be anything new, I guess," Duke mumbled. Sleep was definitely tugging at him, in that slightly spinny way that happened when he drank too much. "Think m'meds fucked with my alcohol tolerance."

Yes, dear. They most certainly did. Please do not take that as an excuse to stop taking them, though, okay?
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - intent)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-05 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but you should drink less," Lucifer sighed.

A pause.

"Duke?"
betterthanaplan: (snuggly hat)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-05 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mmhm?" Duke asked, eyes closed and vaguely absent. He was drifting now.
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - crush)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-05 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I love you," Lucifer murmured. "No matter what."
betterthanaplan: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2023-07-05 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
A tiny smile tugged at Duke's lips, and he shifted one arm to rest his hand on Lucifer's ribs.

Which was the half-asleep, drunken version of "I love you too".
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - intent)

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2023-07-05 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucifer managed a small smile, too.

He closed his eyes, and hoped for sleep to come. His body felt so tired.
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