more like resting than running
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Lucifer goes because Charlie asks him to. He tells himself it’s for her, not because he cares. But when he finds Alastor on the edge of collapse, pride stripped to the bone, something inside him stirs that shouldn’t.
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- Part 1 of more like resting than running
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He takes Lucifer to clear a debt. That’s the only reason. Yet in the quiet of the bayou, with Lucifer weak in his chair and the light flickering out of him, Alastor realises he’s far more rattled than he should be.
Sequel to i bet on losing dogs
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- Part 2 of more like resting than running
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The hotel is loud with hope, and Lucifer has never felt more irrelevant. When Alastor joins him in the dark without demanding anything, without taking advantage, it becomes clear that something between them has shifted - not into comfort, but into understanding, dangerous precisely because it asks for nothing.
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- Part 3 of more like resting than running
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Alastor is assigned a simple task with Lucifer and discovers the silence between them is far more unsettling than any argument. In the quiet of the pantry, curiosity slips dangerously close to care.
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- Part 4 of more like resting than running
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Lucifer withdraws from the world, and in the quiet he realises the one presence he misses most is the last one he should.
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- Part 5 of more like resting than running
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Alastor avoids Lucifer with professional precision until a wordless gift proves he has been seen anyway.
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- Part 6 of more like resting than running