betterthanaplan | Lucifer's mansion, Wednesday night

Duke did not have a pineapple this time. Or flowers, for that matter, though he did bring a very nice bottle of wine for Lucifer, which he left in the kitchen for him to find.

Before wandering off through the rest of the mansion, getting more of a feel for the lay of the land, so to speak, and thinking about how to get his brain to accept the place as partially his as well as Lucifer's.

His boyfriend would be happy to hear it didn't involve netting. It . . . might involve an overabundance of plants that were inappropriate to the outside climate. And possibly multiple water features.

Duke didn't tend to do things by halves any more than Lucifer did, okay? He just . . . went about it slightly differently.

When it was time for Date Night to actually begin, though, he made sure to find his way back towards the kitchen. It wouldn't do to be late, after all.

[for him!]

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer looked up, and his face lit up.

Delighted, indeed.

"Oh, now you're just spoiling me."

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betterthanaplan

"That is kind of the point of Date Night, right?" Duke asked, setting the tray onto the coffee table and opening the wine. "Besides, you spoiled the hell out of me last week."

In many creative ways.

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my_own_advocate

"Ah, but that was a spoiling I thoroughly enjoyed," Lucifer chuckled, and reached forward to get a bite of some of that sumptuous food.

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betterthanaplan

"As did I," Duke said. He poured two glasses, set the bottle aside, and sat down to pick up his own plate. While keeping an eye on Luce to see how the food had come out. "And I haven't thrown myself into a meal like this in ages. Definitely fun for me, too."

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer sat back, thoughtfully chewing on a bite. He swallowed.

"I'd almost forgotten how excellent of a chef you are," he said, only half-teasing. "That is very good."

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betterthanaplan

"Yeah?" Duke shouldn't sound so surprised. "Good to know I've still got it."

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my_own_advocate

"Absolutely," Lucifer said happily, reaching for the wine. "I'm going to make you cook more often again."

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betterthanaplan

"Going to make me, huh?" Duke asked, spearing a bit of beet. "That sounds like fun."

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer laughed. "After I make you do a great deal of other things," he teased. "I can make a list."

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betterthanaplan

"What, and spoil the surprise?" Duke asked. "Hmmm, though I guess if anyone could make a chore list sexy, it's us. . . ."

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my_own_advocate

"I'll draw sexy diagrams," Lucifer promised. "Mm, the ropes help."

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betterthanaplan

"The ropes are extremely sexy on their own, yeah," Duke said, taking a thoughtful sip of his wine.

And started picturing trying to do some chores while tied up in interesting ways and choked a little.

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer raised an intrigued eyebrow.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

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betterthanaplan

Duke cleared his throat. "You ever see the movie Executive Assistant?" he asked.

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my_own_advocate

"Absolutely," Lucifer said, and now he sounded delighted. "Why, are we discovering new kinks?"

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betterthanaplan

"More . . . an idea that I never really thought I'd end up trying out," Duke said. "But I'm now definitely thinking about trying."

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my_own_advocate

Lucifer took another bite.

"Well, Octavia and I use the traffic light system," he said, after a moment or two. "You know, red means stop entirely, orange means 'do something else'..."

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betterthanaplan

"That's a good system," Duke agreed. "Something to add to our list of things to try."

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my_own_advocate

"It's more of a precaution than 'thing to try'," Lucifer said. "If we are going the executive assistant route."

He took a sip of his wine. "Anyway, continue."

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betterthanaplan

"Yeah, no, that's what I meant. The movie stuff is something to try. With the light system in place." Duke shrugged and took another bite of his food. "Uh, specifically the, like. Doing stuff while tied up. Like, chore-type-stuff."

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my_own_advocate

"I'm not sure whether I'm surprised or deeply unsurprised that you're interested in that kind of thing," Lucifer said, taking another bite of his food. "I'm up for it, of course."

But he was up for anything his partners were up to, so...