I am a bad person. Let's do this.castfromhomeOctober 3 2012, 12:22:21 UTC
[Lucifer was content. He'd never known such peace, even in Heaven. But Baby had given that to him with his kindness, his unwavering faith. The afternoon was clear and fair and he was waiting outside while Baby went into a store to purchase a few books. Today he was going to teach him how to read.
[His head turned at the sound of raised voices, a single gunshot shattering the calm. With a blast of power, Lucifer appeared in the store at Baby's side.
[He was slumped against the register, a pained and startled look on his face, a small, ugly wound in his chest. Rage boiled up hot and furious and with a blast of grace, he caught the young man with the gun, crushing him with his grace. Unmaking him. There would be no afterlife. Only nothingness.
[That done, he kneels at his side, cupping his cheek.] Baby?
[Baby was just minding his own business, bringing a couple of paperbacks up to the counter to pay, when he'd seen the gun. The man was holding up the owner, getting him to take money out of the cash register. He was nervous, and a 'hey' slipped out of Baby before he could stop it. The man turned around and shot him, panicking.
Baby fell against the counter, surprised. He hadn't been expecting such a quick and violent reaction. But Lucifer was there in an instant, cupping his cheek comfortingly.] Y-yeah...
[A sudden wave of pain washed over his chest and he shuddered, slumping farther over the register. The bullet had hit fairly close to his heart. Of all the things that could have killed him, a random shooter would be the one thing to actually get him.] ...ow.
most unlikely and most heartbreaking pair evercastfromhomeOctober 3 2012, 13:48:01 UTC
[The wound was too severe, the damage too extensive. He couldn’t heal him. His grace was too cold, too distorted to save his life, or to even resurrect him. His eyes were wide with panic. No. He can’t be alone. Not again. Not after this.
[Lucifer caught Baby, gently easing him to the ground and folding him in his wings. They gleamed, even under the dull fluorescent lights of the store. He didn’t care who saw him. The only thing that mattered was Baby. Fear and upset threatened to choke him.] Don’t go. Please.
M'not...I'm sorry... [Baby replied dizzily, struggling to look up at Lucifer. His eyes traced over Lucifer's wings, watching them shine dimly. He liked those wings...] I don't want to leave...
[Baby didn't know what would happen to him - would there even be an afterlife for the car?]
/sob. poor Luci.castfromhomeOctober 3 2012, 15:07:48 UTC
I can’t follow you where you’re going. [He can already see the Reaper, ready to lead him off to Heaven. To the Silver City where he’ll never see Baby again. Never touch him or watch him sleep in his arms. Baby will go to Heaven to rest and wait for Sam and he’ll never see him again. He drops his gaze away from the Reaper, stroking his fingers through dark hair.]
So you can’t leave me. I can’t be alone.
[Anger wars with grief and he is very tempted to obliterate everything. No Horsemen, no Apocalypse, just nothingness. A place without the suffocating weight of grief that was making his grace keen in distress.]
Ahhhh I'm going to cry again >.>1967_chevyOctober 3 2012, 16:15:37 UTC
M'not going anywhere. [Baby curls his fingers weakly in Lucifer's jacket, lips parting in pain as the wound throbs. He relaxes against Lucifer's hand in his hair, feeling the soft drags of his fingers.] M'staying here, with you.
[Baby can't see the Repear, distracted by Lucifer's wings. They're charred and black, but still absolutely stunning. At least if he's dying, he gets to see them one last time...]
way ahead of you, hon. we owe them major fluff and or crack after thiscastfromhomeOctober 3 2012, 16:44:55 UTC
[He can’t heal him, but he can try and ease his pain. Lucifer curls his grace around Baby, easing his pain and hoping it will make his passing easier. He buries his face in Baby’s warm neck, tears cool and sharp against his skin. The first tears he’d shed since his initial confinement in the Cage.] I know you are.
[He cups his face, his face streaked with tears, his voice ragged with anger and sorrow. Baby has to know, before he’s stolen away from him forever.] I love you. Do you understand? I love you. More than God, more than Heaven.
I love you. You can’t go. You're the only home I have.
[Baby felt some of his pain ease and smoothed his hand over Lucifer's chest comfortingly as the angel's tears landed and cooled on his skin. Pink splotches were blooming on his skin, light sheen of sweat beading on his skin. The car was quivering a little, with more intensity the more the wound deteriorated.]
You-you love me? [Baby stares at Lucifer with wide, blue eyes, sad smile turning up the corners of his lips.] I-I love you too...
I don't want to go, [Baby pulls Lucifer closer, swallowing and dragging in a pained breath.] Don't let them take me away from you...
[He would. He'd battle the Reapers, battle Death himself to keep Baby with him. But there were certain inevitabilities that even an archangel couldn't fight. He couldn't save Gabriel, couldn't take it back and now he can't save Baby. The two he'd loved most in all of Creation and he was forced to watch them both die. Was this his Father's new version of punishment? To let him find love and rip it out from beneath his feet?
[Lucifer kisses him with a shaking breath.] I do. I love you.
I would storm the very gates of Heaven to get you back. To see you again.
[His eyes flick to the shadowy forms nearby, voice cracking with grief.] No. Not yet. It's too soon. Please.
I'm sobbing rn1967_chevyOctober 3 2012, 20:28:33 UTC
Thank you... [Baby lets the kiss linger, worrying about whether or not Sam and Dean will blame Lucifer, despite the situation being completely out of his hands.
Baby laughs a little, breathless, slightly-wheezing chuckles.] Don't think that's where I'll be going..if I go anywhere at all...
I don't want you to get hurt. [Baby finally spots the Repears and shrinks into Lucifer. They're dark, expressionless, and scary - Baby wonders why he couldn't at least have a friendly looking one like Tessa, as if leaving Lucifer wasn't going to be enough of a struggle already. Baby's never heard Lucifer sound so broken, the last word practically pleading...he makes a so ft, choked noise, fingers tightening in Lucifer's jacket.]
Wait...before... [Baby bites his lip, returning his attention to Lucifer.] Can I...please...one last...time... [He's reaching a shaky hand slowly upwards, hesitating when he can't reach any farther, for Lucifer's wings.]
/passes the tissues. Me too, love. Me too.castfromhomeOctober 3 2012, 20:38:14 UTC
[Lucifer hasn't wept since he was cast into the solitude of the Cage. Even then, they were tears of anger mingled with tears of heartbreak. Now, bent over the painfully mortal, fragile form of this car-turned-human, he weeps bitter tears as he watches his light begin to fade.]
Of course you will. You shine as brightly as the Winchesters. Heaven awaits the mortal who finally taught the Devil how to love.
[Half-choked with grief, he pulls his wings in close around Baby, letting him run his fingers through undamaged patches. Another wing shifts to brush against his face, surrounding him in warmth.] I love you. [His voice is a broken sob.] Even if I can't follow.
What's it like? [Baby asks quietly, because he feels like he should. He already knows Heaven will be his own personal Hell without Sam, Dean, and Lucifer there with him.]
Thank you... [Baby whispers when Lucifer lets him touch his wings, marvel at the beautiful, whole patches. If he had the time, he'd stare at them all day.
But that's the one thing he doesn't have. Time.] I love you too...
I'll miss you... [He has to admit it, doesn't he, as one of the Reapers takes a step closer and bends down to touch him. The car does his best to shrink away, into Lucifer's chest.]
It's coming home. Warmth and peace and love. [It hadn't been that for him in ages, but he knew for Baby it would be a place of safety and rest. A place where he would rest far away from him.]
I'll never forget you. I love you.
[His eyes flick towards the Reaper. Pleading, bright with tears.] Please. I need more time.
Time is not mine to give, Lightbringer.
[Lucifer makes a mournful sound, wrapping Baby close in his arms.]
I don't want a home. [Baby mumbles, eyes wide, beginning to glaze over.
He's lost the ability to form a coherent sentence, making a small sound of fear when the Reaper bends down that final inch and touches him. One final breath shudders out from between his lips, and suddenly he's standing across the room with the other reaper.]
No, wait, [Baby moves to go back towards Lucifer, but the reaper grabs him and drags him away, another plane, out of sight.]
You're my home. [Lucifer utters a quiet cry as his final breath escapes his lips and he goes impossibly still in his arms. Soft, broken sobs tear from the archangel as he huddles over the car, covering them both with his wings, as if that can somehow shield him from the horrible truth. Baby was dead. Taken away from him forever. He will rest in Heaven, while Lucifer remains alone on Earth again.
[The Reaper reappears beside Lucifer, hesitating as if to speak.]
Go. [His snarl is broken, eyes bright with fury and tears.] Go or I will make you.
[The form disappears in a slight shimmer of air, leaving Lucifer to sob brokenly over the first and last human in Creation he ever loved.]
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[His head turned at the sound of raised voices, a single gunshot shattering the calm. With a blast of power, Lucifer appeared in the store at Baby's side.
[He was slumped against the register, a pained and startled look on his face, a small, ugly wound in his chest. Rage boiled up hot and furious and with a blast of grace, he caught the young man with the gun, crushing him with his grace. Unmaking him. There would be no afterlife. Only nothingness.
[That done, he kneels at his side, cupping his cheek.] Baby?
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Baby fell against the counter, surprised. He hadn't been expecting such a quick and violent reaction. But Lucifer was there in an instant, cupping his cheek comfortingly.] Y-yeah...
[A sudden wave of pain washed over his chest and he shuddered, slumping farther over the register. The bullet had hit fairly close to his heart. Of all the things that could have killed him, a random shooter would be the one thing to actually get him.] ...ow.
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[Lucifer caught Baby, gently easing him to the ground and folding him in his wings. They gleamed, even under the dull fluorescent lights of the store. He didn’t care who saw him. The only thing that mattered was Baby. Fear and upset threatened to choke him.] Don’t go. Please.
Don’t leave me.
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[Baby didn't know what would happen to him - would there even be an afterlife for the car?]
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So you can’t leave me. I can’t be alone.
[Anger wars with grief and he is very tempted to obliterate everything. No Horsemen, no Apocalypse, just nothingness. A place without the suffocating weight of grief that was making his grace keen in distress.]
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[Baby can't see the Repear, distracted by Lucifer's wings. They're charred and black, but still absolutely stunning. At least if he's dying, he gets to see them one last time...]
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[He cups his face, his face streaked with tears, his voice ragged with anger and sorrow. Baby has to know, before he’s stolen away from him forever.] I love you. Do you understand? I love you. More than God, more than Heaven.
I love you. You can’t go. You're the only home I have.
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You-you love me? [Baby stares at Lucifer with wide, blue eyes, sad smile turning up the corners of his lips.] I-I love you too...
I don't want to go, [Baby pulls Lucifer closer, swallowing and dragging in a pained breath.] Don't let them take me away from you...
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[Lucifer kisses him with a shaking breath.] I do. I love you.
I would storm the very gates of Heaven to get you back. To see you again.
[His eyes flick to the shadowy forms nearby, voice cracking with grief.] No. Not yet. It's too soon. Please.
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Baby laughs a little, breathless, slightly-wheezing chuckles.] Don't think that's where I'll be going..if I go anywhere at all...
I don't want you to get hurt. [Baby finally spots the Repears and shrinks into Lucifer. They're dark, expressionless, and scary - Baby wonders why he couldn't at least have a friendly looking one like Tessa, as if leaving Lucifer wasn't going to be enough of a struggle already. Baby's never heard Lucifer sound so broken, the last word practically pleading...he makes a so
ft, choked noise, fingers tightening in Lucifer's jacket.]
Wait...before... [Baby bites his lip, returning his attention to Lucifer.] Can I...please...one last...time... [He's reaching a shaky hand slowly upwards, hesitating when he can't reach any farther, for Lucifer's wings.]
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Of course you will. You shine as brightly as the Winchesters. Heaven awaits the mortal who finally taught the Devil how to love.
[Half-choked with grief, he pulls his wings in close around Baby, letting him run his fingers through undamaged patches. Another wing shifts to brush against his face, surrounding him in warmth.] I love you. [His voice is a broken sob.] Even if I can't follow.
I love you.
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Thank you... [Baby whispers when Lucifer lets him touch his wings, marvel at the beautiful, whole patches. If he had the time, he'd stare at them all day.
But that's the one thing he doesn't have. Time.] I love you too...
I'll miss you... [He has to admit it, doesn't he, as one of the Reapers takes a step closer and bends down to touch him. The car does his best to shrink away, into Lucifer's chest.]
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I'll never forget you. I love you.
[His eyes flick towards the Reaper. Pleading, bright with tears.] Please. I need more time.
Time is not mine to give, Lightbringer.
[Lucifer makes a mournful sound, wrapping Baby close in his arms.]
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He's lost the ability to form a coherent sentence, making a small sound of fear when the Reaper bends down that final inch and touches him. One final breath shudders out from between his lips, and suddenly he's standing across the room with the other reaper.]
No, wait, [Baby moves to go back towards Lucifer, but the reaper grabs him and drags him away, another plane, out of sight.]
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[The Reaper reappears beside Lucifer, hesitating as if to speak.]
Go. [His snarl is broken, eyes bright with fury and tears.] Go or I will make you.
[The form disappears in a slight shimmer of air, leaving Lucifer to sob brokenly over the first and last human in Creation he ever loved.]
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