Duke hated feeling like this. Like there was this invisible wall between himself and his partners.

It felt like this a lot these days, and he didn't know how to fix it. So he just clung to the moments when the wall came down, and he had the energy to show them that he could still reach out to them.

(He wondered how long they'd be patient with how few and far between those moments were.)

He flicked Lucifer a wan smile. "Thanks, babe."