Devil May Care - Deckerstar

Chapter 7: The beginning of the rest of our lives

"You seriously have no idea how much I want to spend a night in my own bed," said Chloe when getting out of her car.

That had been a wild week, to say the least.

It was half past six in the evening and Chloe and Clover had been finally discharged. Having had a tear of Chloe's magnitude, and having had a slightly premature baby made their stay at the hospital last for five days more than they would have originally wanted. Lucifer, of course, paid for everything and gave Chloe and Clover every possible upgrade he could, wanting them to be comfortable.

Chloe's recovery didn't have too many setbacks. Just the once, when she tried getting up to go to the bathroom for the very first, a stitch came undone but it was nothing that couldn't be fixed with a bit of local numbing and the hands of an OB/GYN. Luckily it hadn't been one of the stitches further up, otherwise she would have had to go back into the OR.

Clover, however, did have a bit of an issue. Barely past forty-eight hours after her birth, the neonatologist found her to be a little too yellow for his liking, and a couple of blood tests later she had been diagnosed with jaundice. Nothing too bad, as five days of UV light treatment helped her get healthy enough to go home, and besides, the doctors were able to keep track of the weight she gained, seeing as that was another concerning topic for the littlest one. Five days of NICU for Clover and five extra days of admission for Chloe were all they needed to certify they were healthy enough to go home.

Lucifer had never once stepped away from their side. He had taken Chloe's very welcoming words very seriously, and actually, it was only then that Chloe realized just how much she liked not being alone. Most of the time Lucifer was pretty instinctive, but yet sensible, to their daughter's demands, and he would meet them almost as efficiently as Chloe would. Taking into account the fact that he'd never been near a newborn before, they could say it was progress. He was, indeed, a very fast learner.

Clover's full name ended up being Clover Morningstar-Decker, having taken both their last names per Lucifer's demand. Whatever it was that he had felt toward his daughter when he first held her had been strong, and it had been intending to stay, seeing as Lucifer was completely serious about meeting all of his responsibilities. Chloe was proud, to put it mildly.

They had agreed they'd live under the same roof for a while, just until they got used to coparenting. Besides, the newborn stage and overall the first year just flew by, and Chloe didn't want Lucifer to miss that. At least just for the first couple of months. Besides, they were friends, they could perfectly live under the same roof as roommates. Lucifer would just have to put up with Chloe's rules and all, which, if Maze had been able to then he should as well, and Chloe would have to put up with Lucifer's expensive taste and shenanigans. If they could be the parents to the first ever human-angel hybrid, then they should be able to cohabitate the same space, or so they thought.

"At least you're had a bed to sleep on. I had to sleep on an armchair for a week and my back is killing me," Lucifer answered, getting out of the driver's seat of Chloe's car —which he had sent to get cleaned up after Clover's birth—. Never in a million years would he have thought that he'd sleep on an armchair for a week, just to be near his newborn daughter.

He unbuckled the car seat with no difficulty at all, just as Chloe finally managed to step out of the car. She had been instructed not to do any kind of heavy lifting —also known as, not lifting anything heavier than her daughter—, and over all just to try and move as little as humanly possible. It was kind of a pain for the detective in question, since she had always prided herself on how independent she was, but still... Her situation made her feel thankful she wasn't alone.

"You're being upgraded to the couch until Maze moves out, so I'd say it's not looking any better for you," Things had gotten back to being sort of how they were before Chloe found out. Their usual bickering had begun at around day three, and now they could tease each other freely, for the most part.