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It’s such an extraordinary thing, to be looking at your beautiful newborn daughter that you named Aurora, but to have also met her 9 months ago in her…however old she was because Millenia does that for age…and knowing she prefers to go by Rory.
Chloe sniggers to herself because she remembers when she was 7 months pregnant and she called Lucifer back from Hell and he came back, concerned, especially since they painfully had said goodbye once before. But Chloe was going through turmoil because she always loved the name Aurora, she always said after Trixie that if she had another daughter she would name another girl Trixie, but when Amenadiel stopped by to check in on things, he always referred to Lucifer as Luci, and while this wasn’t new at all, suddenly the name Luci appealed to her.
“Darling, you need to calm down. While it would be an honour to have a child after me” The handsome Devil grinned. “We can’t mess with the time loop, Rory made that very clear.”
“Aurora Luci” Chloe smiles down at her daughter as she opens her sleepy eyes as she’s nursed by her mother at 2 am. “You never said anything about your middle name, so what I say goes, kiddo.”
Chloe hears a sudden flap sound in the lounge room, and her body chills all over. She knew who it was just by feeling the presence in the house. She always wondered if he would visit when Aurora was born.
She turns in the nursing chair and face the door as footsteps approach her bedroom door. There’s a brief pause at the door before it opens; and suddenly he’s standing there, staring at her, at Aurora, at them both.
“My girls.” Lucifer’s eyes sparkle. He’s choked up. He dares to step closer. He needs to step closer. To be near them.
“Your girls” Chloe whispers and watches as Lucifer walks closer.
“I-I had to see her Chloe. Just once. Once when she was this little, once before we meet late in life, I want to have this memory.” He crouch’s beside Chloe. “My Amena-god, she’s so beautiful, Chloe.”
“We made her.”
“May I?” Lucifer gestures to Aurora with his arms open. A smile beams over his face as Chloe places his daughter into arms. “So tiny.”
“You can’t hurt her.” Chloe reassures.
“Remind her of that please.” Lucifer nervous laughs as he stands and begins to walk Chloe’s room with his child in arms. “You know, Aurora, there’s nothing more painful knowing I won’t be here for you and your mother and young Trixie. I spent years in therapy preparing myself to be the best man for this moment, of learning to love others, to be there with them and be present, and to know I will be missing all of this, well, it’s enough to make the good devil want to fall apart every night.”
Chloe sat back crying into Aurora’s blanket, watching the man she loved more than anyone in the world, walking with the beautiful child they created together, talking about how much he had changed over the years. And it was true. Of course, the devil never lied. But it was painfully true; he had worked hard over the years to help himself, to now be taken away from his family that he had created. And that was the most painful part of it all.
“I can’t remedy that, Rory, we both know that. We both also know you grow up with the most amazing mother anyone could ever ask for. Chloe Decker is one of a kind, I can assure you of that. You will always feel loved by her, feel safe, feel protected, feel wanted.”
“Lucifer…”
“I have to go now, Aurora.” He passed his daughter back to Chloe, and kissed her on her head. “This is the final goodbye for now Chloe. I can’t…do this again….break our hearts again.”
“Please…” Chloe sobbed.
“I can’t ruin things. But I promise you one thing.” Lucifer leaned down and kissed Chloe’s forehead. “Heart and Soul…I’ll wait for you Chloe Decker, until we meet again, there will be no other in my life.”