Lucifer’s mansion, Wednesday night

[betterthanaplan]

Lucifer and Octavia had done a good job on the immediate needs to get the pool into shape after being neglected for a while. But there was still more to do (there was always more to do) so Duke had been spending a lot of his time down here, cleaning and checking and doing all the little tasks that an indoor pool required.

He managed to only apologize out loud to the pool once, at least.

It also made it extremely easy to just slip into the water and swim or float when the mood struck him. It was painfully tragic too bad he now knew reincarnation wasn’t in the cards for him. He was beginning to think he should have been born an actual otter.

[for the gentleman named in the subject line please! DATE NIGHT!]

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[my_own_advocate]

It was date night. Lucifer had gotten supplies - and a sizable collection of snacks that would keep - for dinner. And Duke-- well, he'd not been in the living room or the kitchen, so--

"I should have known you'd be down here already," he said, fondly, leaning in the doorway.

Watching Duke float.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke laughed, eyes closed as he let himself drift on the gentle current provided by the pump. “I’ve been here all day,” he admitted. “Making up for lost time, I guess.”

[my_own_advocate]

"Don't let me keep you from it," Lucifer said, a smile on his face. (Fond, and a little doofy.)

He reached behind himself. "I brought a charcuterie board," he added. "Seemed simpler to eat by the pool."

[betterthanaplan]

“Ooo, poolside snacks,” Duke said, opening his eyes. He admired Lucifer from that angle (all but upside down, really) before rolling in the water and making his way over to the edge of the pool closest to him in a few easy strokes. “You are a genius, sir.”

[my_own_advocate]

"Well, it's that or cook an entire dinner and make you get out of the pool to come eat it," Lucifer said, chuckling, as he walked over with the fancy olive board in hand. "Which seems offensive, frankly."

He had not been able to pamper his partners in months (possibly more time, technically speaking) and he wasn't likely to pull back on the intensity until January at the earliest.

[betterthanaplan]

Duke, for one, was not complaining. He was happy to pamper Lucifer in return by accepting the pampering with equal enthusiasm.

He pushed himself up onto the pool ledge with ease, leaving his feet in the water. (He was, naturally, naked — his overalls from the maintenance work lay in a pile on one of the loungers.)

“So,” he said, picking a bit of cheese and popping it in his mouth. “What should we do tonight? Aside from the obvious food and sex.”

[my_own_advocate]

"Sex and more food?" Lucifer chuckled. He reached to take off his jacket, and draped it neatly over a nearby chair. "I did get chocolate fondue for dessert."

[betterthanaplan]

Duke let his thumb linger a little on his lower lip. “Oh, did you, now.”

This, he was determined, would be a very successful evening.

[my_own_advocate]

"I had an inkling you might enjoy that," Lucifer said, and that smile was definitely a bit smirkier, now.

He unbuttoned his shirt.

[betterthanaplan]

“You know me well,” Duke agreed, distracted by the shirt unbuttoning. He picked up an olive and tossed it in his mouth, savoring it as he watched.

[my_own_advocate]

"I would like to think so."

It was also why he was taking his time with the buttons. (It was not why he was taking time folding the shirt and putting it aside, but still.)

And then, reached to do the same - slowly - with his trousers.

[betterthanaplan]

Fuck it, even the careful folding was sexy. Duke got to watch Lucifer be Lucifer and the way the muscles in his back moved while he did it.

“I should draw you,” he mused out loud. “Get you to pose and sketch you out in detail.”

It would be a fairly rough sketching — Duke was still new to taking drawing seriously — but the eventual portrait was not the purpose of the proposition.

If you’ll pardon the alliteration.

[my_own_advocate]

"Oh, have we taken an interest in nudes?" Lucifer asked. As soon as he was naked, he sat down at the edge of the pool, gleefully swinging his legs into the water. "Why, I'd be happy to assist."

What a surprise.

[betterthanaplan]

“I have always been interested in nudes,” Duke pointed out cheerfully, very blatantly ogling now. “Now I just like drawing them too. Or you and Tavi, anyway. After all, why go looking when you have the most interesting nudes at home?”

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer beamed at him. "We might even be able to think of some interesting poses for you to sketch," he mused. "Why go one at a time, truly, when you could have us both?"

[betterthanaplan]

Duke closed his eyes again, happily imagining it.

“We could illustrate our own Kama Sutra.”

[my_own_advocate]

"Try every pose?" Lucifer suggested.

He pushed off from the side of the pool. Into the water.

[betterthanaplan]

“We can start with our favorites,” Duke mused. He watched Lucifer for a moment longer, admiring the way the water skimmed his skin, then slid back into the water after him.

[my_own_advocate]

"Oh, is there a list?" Lucifer said, turning 'round as soon as he was far enough in the water.

The appreciation ran both ways, and he did so love watching Duke swim.

[betterthanaplan]

“Not an official one.” Duke swam up to him easily, then leaned in for a (slightly watery) kiss. “But we can work on that if you want to, too.”

[my_own_advocate]

"We'll try one at a time and take notes," Lucifer said, slinging his arm around Duke's shoulders. "Hello, darling."

Smiling like an idiot again.

[betterthanaplan]

“Hey, babe,” Duke answered, his arms sliding around Lucifer’s waist under the water. “I’ve missed you.”

They had been apart maybe a few hours, today.

[my_own_advocate]

But much longer before that.

"Likewise," Lucifer murmured, taking a moment to just. Study his face again.

Apparently that was enough to make his eyes water again. At some point that was going to stop, wasn't it?

[betterthanaplan]

Duke smiled ruefully when he saw them, and popped up on his toes to gently kiss them away.

“You want to talk about any of it?”

[my_own_advocate]

"I do," Lucifer said quietly. "I did with Octavia. I just-- I don't know where to start."

He met Duke's gaze. "Help me?"