Daughter Dearest

bonus (two)

[ christmas eve ]

Snow fell from the sky, coating the tops of buildings and mostly empty streets with soft, powdery white.

Sweet scents met her sensitive nose — the most prominent one being the apple pies that were being baked in the other room.

It was Bucky's mom's recipe.

Venus could tell just by the smell. It was much different as compared to Steve's mom's recipe and the store bought kind.

The multi-colored lights twinkled in the windows reflection as Venus stared out at the New York City skyline with a steaming mug of hot chocolate warming her hands from the cold that had been the rooftop snowball fight just an hour before.

She hadn't participated — Lucifer wouldn't let her. She didn't blame him. A superhuman snowball fight on the roof of a really tall fucking building? No good for a heavily pregnant goddess carrying twins.

Traveling between realms in her state made him nervous as it was. . . Thor throwing a snowball the size of a snowman torso at her full force would've made Lucifer have a heart attack.

So Venus had watched from a bench, rubbing her protruding belly through the sweater she wore under a coat.

Lucifer puffed his chest out with pride whenever he looked at her. She was his wife. She was pregnant. See that world!? Lucifer fucking Morningstar put those babies in there! Mhm, yep!

She laughed every time he pointed it out, adoring the way the big boss of Hell practically became putty at the sight of his growing family. Even after two years of marriage, he hadn't been anything short of the perfect husband.

Come April, Charlie and Peter would officially be upgraded to older siblings.

"You're so beautiful." He spoke from beside where she lounged on the couch, placing his hand on her belly almost protectively.

He kissed her temple and cuddled up to her while the team wrapped last minute gifts and worked on food for the Christmas feast that would come along sometime the following day.

She sipped her hot chocolate and snorted. "I look disgusting." She argued, placing one of her warm hands on top of Lucifer's.  "I thought I'd look like those pregnant women I've seen on the television, but instead I look like Stark after he survived on coffee and spite for a week."

"No, I mean it. You're beautiful. I'm not just saying that because I'm your husband and obligated to tell you every day — I mean it. Your body is doing something beautiful. Thank you for giving all of this to me. . . I love you."

Venus smiled tearfully. "I love you too, Luci."

They stayed in the comfortable position until Vaggie walked in, with Charlie trailing behind, gushing about the Christmas experience that she had gotten since Venus and her dad got together. It got her excited every year.

They only got to visit the living world a few times a year, namely for large holidays that brought everyone together. Rarely did they get to go to Asgard — but when they did, it never ceased to amaze any of them.

Soon, they all began heading in the direction of the bedrooms, knowing the morning would come quickly. . .