Duke was back in the mansion already for another date night, this time with Octavia. He felt a little more like he was settling into the whole ‘being a functional adult human being’ thing, and decided to try a new-to-him recipe, samosas with tamarind and date chutney. He also made sure to have plenty of lassi on hand, because the samosas were going to be quite spicy.

And, well. If he was also regularly reminding himself to relax and breathe. . . . Date night with Octavia didn’t historically go quite as well as it did with Lucifer. But getting all up in his head about it wasn’t going to help with that at all.

[for her as is mentioned!]