Dinner With a Side of Wing Care

Three weeks.

It had been three weeks since his world had come apart.

Three weeks since the Detective had seen his devil face, and fled out of fear.

Three weeks since she called him a monster.

He hadn't left his penthouse at all during that time, the pain in his wings making it difficult to move some days.

Logically, he knows he doesn't have to suffer. He could call Maze or Linda, and they'd be happy to remove the bullets that were still lodged in his wings.

But logic has nothing to do with feelings, and Lucifer feels like he deserves every bit of pain he's feeling.

He was sitting on the couch, trying to numb that pain, when the elevator pinged. A small blur raced out and slammed into him.

"LUCIFER!!"

"Hello, Urchin," Lucifer said in a pained voice. As much as it hurt to have her squeezing him, he was glad to see the little girl.

He would never admit it, but the thought of never being allowed around Beatrice again hurt almost as much as his wings did.

"What brings you here, child?" He said while gently disentangling himself from her grip.

"I came to invite you to dinner!" Trixie said cheerfully.

"Does your mother know you're here?" He asked pensively.

"Oh mommy took a trip to Europe, I've been staying with Daddy!".

So he'd actually managed to drive the Detective out of the country. Chalk up one more item on the list of things he'd ruined.

Beatrice was looking up at him expectantly. As much as he hated to, he was going to have to let her down. After what happened to Charlotte, there was no way Daniel would want him around, much less as a dinner guest.

"Listen, child, your father..."

"Is the one who suggested the idea," Dan said as he came over to them.

Lucifer had been so distracted by his pain and Trixie that he hadn't seen the other man enter the room.

Dan sat down on the couch next to them . " Listen, man, I know I've been a dick lately, especially to you, and I wanted to make up for that".

"Daniel, you have nothing to apologize for..."

"Yes, I do," Dan interrupted," I blamed you for Charlotte, when the only person responsible for that was Pierce. I realize that now".

Dan grabbed Lucifer's hand into his own. "Please come to dinner, and let me start making amends. I've already lost one person I cared about, I don't want to lose you too".

"Very well, Daniel, what day and time?".

"Does tomorrow at around seven sound good?" Dan asked.

"I'll be there" Lucifer replied, causing Trixie  to clap and cheer.

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The following evening, Lucifer knocked on the entrance to Dan's apartment.  The door opened and Lucifer was once again caught in the urchin's vice-grip.

"Lucifer you came!"

"I did promise, child," he handed her a covered dish, " here you go, a homemade chocolate cake for dessert ".

"AWESOME!" Trixie ran to put it in the fridge as Dan came into the living room.

"You didn't have to bring anything, man"