Everything's Fine

Everything's fine, she tells him right away. Though to Lucifer, it didn't sound reassuring at all. But, he trusts her and respects her, so he does all he can to make it easy for his partner while sorting out the trouble that was Cain.

For some reason, the department didn't give the partners a hard time. A week later and everything's fixed - Lieutenant Marcus Pierce was indicted along with his cohorts, and the others in hiding were hunted down by Maze. The bounty hunter was more than happy to oblige. The Chief of Police Olivia Moore got promoted to Commissioner after the whole fiasco when Lucifer pulled some strings. Soon enough, everyone forgot about the Sinnerman.

Everything's fine, she tells him again about a month or so later, and it still didn't sound reassuring. But Lucifer supposes his partner's getting there, getting to the point of acceptance, and maybe some sense of normalcy.

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The Devil gets a call from Chloe about a cabin that they need to investigate, and instructions to meet her there.

The club owner parks his Corvette next to the Detective's cruiser and marches on ahead while listening for the information she's providing.

However, he knows something is amiss, so he politely asks her to stay and watch while he surveys the area. Although like always, there are times when she wouldn't listen. The club owner catches up to his partner, then leaves her behind.

He steps onto something and he immediately turns around in that split second to push Chloe as far away as possible.

An explosion takes place as the Detective lands a good meters away from the cabin.

Flames engulf him, Chloe screams in horror. Flames die down and out he comes, suit all tattered. At first confusion sets in - how the heck is he still alive with the Detective in close proximity - and then realization. His face morphs into understanding, hiding the sadness at what the return of his invulnerability meant.

Poker face in place, he walks over to Chloe and tells her "Well, that was quite a blast and another wasted suit." He ignores the look of concern on her face and continues "Are you alright, Detective? I'm sorry I had to do that. I was caught off guard."

"You're -" Chloe stammers but he doesn't let her proceed.

"Don't you worry about a thing." He says. Chloe winces upon contact of her right hand when she tries to get up. Lucifer looks it over and tells her it's sprained. "I'll just get a change of clothes from the Corvette and either take you to the hospital or wait for the EMTs to get here."

He absently tries to get his phone from his pocket but suddenly remembers there was no pocket left.

"Ah sorry, Detective. My phone is toast, apparently. May I borrow yours to call for backup?"

And she gives it to him without a word. Lucifer makes his way to the Corvette while giving Dan the rundown, leaving out the part where he wasn't blown to smithereens.

Ten minutes later, the place is swarmed by backup and ambulance. A body is recovered inside the cabin.

Chloe gets patched up. Lucifer, despite the hollowness he's feeling at the moment, approaches his partner and asks if she needs him to drive her back to her apartment. She says she'll manage and he excuses himself, gets to the Corvette and drives all the way to Lux.

Once there, the Devil grabs a bottle of scotch and chugs it down, then disrobes as he heads towards his bathroom to take a much-needed shower.

He turns up the heat and goes under the spray, head down.