Iris

7. Baby Deckerstar

"Oh good, you're here." Lucifer said halfheartedly when Maze finally entered the penthouse. Amenadiel had arrived fifteen minutes ago, and the two of brothers had stood awkwardly in silence for nearly the entire time.

"What's going on? Not like I have a job to get back to or anything." Maze sassed as she cracked her gum.

"I've been trying to figure out the same thing, but he insisted that he tell us together." Amenadiel explained. Both he and Maze crossed their arms over their chests, waiting impatiently for Lucifer to tell them whatever it was that's so important.

Lucifer felt awkward and anxious, this would be the first time he would be telling someone about the baby without seeking advice about it. He dreaded their reactions because both of them would most likely have polar-opposite ones. Amenadiel's being annoyingly over-excited and Maze's being demeaning.

"Right," He murmured as he took another sip of liquid courage.

He shifted his weight from foot-to-foot and stammered, "The detective and I, well, we...we discovered something recently. Something we didn't know was possible..."

"Luci, what is it?" Amenadiel asked, his face and tone falling with concern for his brother, "Does this have to do with how Chloe makes you vulnerable? Did we miss something with the prophecy?" He ventured into worst-case scenario guesses, considering how nervous Lucifer was being, which only made Lucifer feel even more on-edge.

Maze gasped and a wolfish smile split her face. "Did Decker break your dick?"

"Maze!" Amenadiel exclaimed as he cringed.

Lucifer's eyes widened in offense. He quickly spared a glance downward and he barked, "No, Mazikeen, the detective did not-"

He couldn't find it in him to repeat what Mazikeen said. Instead, he ran a hand over his defeated and annoyed face. Is this how Chloe felt sometimes with all of them around?

"Well! Everybody can tell how much you two have been banging. You're being disgustingly sweet and she might as well be glowing."

Lucifer paused for a moment and then asked seriously, "Is it really that obvious? How much we've been..."

"Yeah."

"Oh yeah."

Lucifer shrugged with a small smile, feeling slightly triumphant at finally being able to charm Chloe and the results were better than he could have imagined.

Then he remembered why they were there exactly, and what they needed to be discussing. He waved the thought of Chloe in bed away and said, "No, no. This isn't about, well...actually it is kind of about...that."

He took another sip of his drink and Maze yelled, "Just get to the damn point already, I've got shit to do!"

"Alright alright!" Lucifer yelled back.

He looked at his brother and the demon, took a deep breath, and forced himself to say, "The detective is expecting a child."

There. He said it. Now he could reward himself with a refill.

As he poured his next drink, he kept his back turned so that he wouldn't have to see their faces.

There was a lot of mouth-gaping behind him and two stunned faces. Finally, Amenadiel spoke up and asked, "Wait, Chloe's pregnant?"

"Yes." Lucifer hissed. Isn't that what he'd just said?

"So she's like, gonna get all big and round and stuff while she's making Trix 2.0?" Maze rudely clarified.