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“Go on, it’s okay. It looks like she’s just as scared as you,” Vienna nods towards a middle aged woman, who was her charge’s mother. Her charge didn’t even know that she existed till his father drunkenly admitted one day that he had forced her to leave them.
Now the teenager looked unsurely towards his mother from outside the cafe’s window and watched as she fidgeted nervously. It was difficult to arrange the meeting, and even more difficult to get the moody teenager to agree. But looking at the hope on his face, of finally getting something he had been looking for his whole life, she was sure that she made the right decision.
“What if she doesn’t like me?” He asked.
“Now why would you think that? You’re her son, she’ll always love you,” Vienna said and the boy stood up straighter, gathering himself to head inside, but as he turned to thank the kind lady, she was nowhere to be found. He furrowed his brows and decided that she must be running late for her work and had left.
Across the street, Vienna looked as the child entered and the mother sprang up from her seat. They both shook hands awkwardly but soon, they were talking with each other, all smiles and Vienna felt that her job here was done.
She called upon the vortex to open up, and take her home to Hell, where Lucifer and their daughter must have been waiting for her. She had promised them that she’d make them pancakes when she returned home and was looking forward to spending time with her family.
The vortex opened up next to the entrance of hell and she giddily made her way to the throne room, not doubting that she’d find Lucifer and a few of his advisors arguing again about something pointless. To her surprise though, it was absolutely empty.
Vienna tilted her head in confusion as she looked around. Lucifer had made sure to take his duties seriously ever since ascending the throne after Satan and it was rare to find him slacking off. Sure he was stubborn and took a long time to actually accept anyone’s suggestions but still, he had never left the throne room so early before, no matter how aggravated he was.
She walked towards their home, hoping to find someone there and wasn’t disappointed when the delighted shrieks of her daughter reached her ears. She sighed in relief, the war having made her too sensitive to the smallest of things, especially since her daughter was half angel and half demon.
A demon working for them greeted her and offered to take her cloak that she had removed and she stopped him.
“It’s okay. Do you know where Lucifer and my daughter are?”
The demon hesitated, shuffling nervously and Vienna suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.
“Er..no, Miss Vienna. I’m afraid not.”
Right then, she heard Lucifer shouting ‘get away!’ and fearing the worst, she dropped the cloak and ran towards the voice, heart pounding in her chest with fear and adrenaline.
What she came upon was her daughter hiding behind a chair as Lucifer held a pan, which was on fire, away from her.
“Mom!” Livia noticed her standing at the entrance of the kitchen and abandoning her chair, ran up to her, hugging her legs.
Vienna grabbed her daughter, pushing her behind herself, as Lucifer finally put out the fire and slumped against the kitchen counter. She gave a sigh of relief when a helper demon came upon the scene and told them that she’d clean up here.
“It’s fine, I’ll do it,” Lucifer said, waving his hand and turned towards the pan once again. Livia tugged at her mother’s dress, eyes wide as if to say that she shouldn’t let that happen and Vienna smiled.
“Darling, I love you and all, but please step out of the kitchen.”
“What? You think I’ll mess this up too?” He barked defensively and Vienna shook her head.
“No, because you two troublemakers need to come with me and clean up.”
Lucifer looked at his daughter who was fidgeting with Vienna’s robe, already distracted from what they had been doing prior to this whole fiasco and sighed in fond exasperation.
“Fine, let’s go.”
“So….what were you two doing?” Vienna asked as the three of them walked towards the bathroom.
“It was dad’s idea!” Her five year old exclaimed and Vienna had to stifle a laugh at the betrayed expression on Lucifer’s face.
“Well, you’re the one who asked me to help you surprise mom!” He countered and the two of them started bickering about who was to blame. Vienna let them argue until they reached their destination and then turned to them with a raised eyebrow.
“You’re wrong! And mom believes me anyway,” Livia said, a smug smile on her round face as Lucifer scoffed playfully.
“No way. I met her first which means she trusts me more.”
Livia’s expression dropped as she turned towards her mother with tear filled eyes and Lucifer looked panicked at seeing her like that.
“Mom? You don’t believe me?”
Lucifer looked at her pleadingly but Vienna, used to her daughter’s antics picked her up and set her on the bathroom counter.
“I trust you both equally. Now let’s do something about that flour on your face.”
Livia pouted at her mother’s dismissal of her question but Lucifer was relieved to see that she no longer looked like she might cry any second.
“Didn’t I tell you I’ll make you pancakes after coming back? Were you that hungry?” Vienna teased her daughter as she rubbed a wet cloth on her cheeks and Livia scrunched her face.
“I wanted to make pancakes for you like you always make for us.” She mumbled and Vienna’s heart clenched, the love for her daughter, her family only growing more. She caught Lucifer’s eyes in the mirror and he gave her a genuine smile, one that she so dearly loved.
“All done! You can go now missy, but I better not hear that you went into the kitchen again!” Vienna said and Livia struggled to get down from the counter before Lucifer helped her. She giggled in delight when he tickled her and squirmed away, running back to the hallway, the sound of her laughter trailing behind her.
“Is it my turn yet?” Lucifer smirked and Vienna rolled her eyes playfully.
“Nope. You’re a big boy, do it yourself.”
“Oh, come on!” He grabbed her hand and pulled her flush against him, cradling her face and kissing her gently.
“How did the assignment go?” He murmured between kisses and Vienna pulled away a little.
“Wonderful. But I see you had fun without me here.” She smiled and Lucifer laughed, the sound making her smile widen.
“She’s going to be the death of me,” he said fondly but she could see the hesitance on his face, the doubt that he wasn’t enough.
“Hey,” she cupped his face and made him look at her, “you’re a great dad. You’re doing amazing, even though you’ve never had that yourself. She loves you so much, probably more than me. So don’t doubt yourself.”
Lucifer’s expression melted into something softer and he nuzzled his face against her neck.
“I knew she loved me more.”
“Lucifer!”