@adyophene I swear you are a genius when it comes to Husk ships.
Because I can imagine once they get a bit closer and Husk one drunken night performs a little magic trick to cheer Lucifer up. Nothing big, just a small trick with his hands and some cards. And when Lucifer finds out that this is not actual magic but just one of the many, many tricks Husk has taught himself he is not laughing at him like Alastor did and does. He is impressed. Even going so far to suggest that maybe 'just maybe, just hear me out, if we combine my natural talents and your self-taught ones we can give this Hotel a really good show'. But Husk has been part of .. 'shows' before. His own at the casino which were solo acts and the ones with Alastor usually tended to star Alastor and only left Husk with a role similar to a clown, his magic tricks being openly ridiculed by the Radio Demon who may be fond of them but in a way that made Husk want to grab the strongest drink he could get his hands on.
But with this one, with Lucifer he actually had a .. good feeling. And then Lucifer starts singing about 'can't you see it', about how they will do show in and for the Hotel once it's (hopefully) gained some popularity. But what catches Husk offguard and his attention is when Lucifer sings 'our names in flashing lights' 'wait, did you just say.. 'our' names' 'Well of course, I do not plan for this to be one-man-show after all. I already have an idea 'The King of Hell and the Greatest Showcat' And Husk has felt like a .. showcat before but the way Lucifer spoke of it and said it felt different so for a few seconds Husk actually entertained the idea and with lights conjured up by Lucifer they actually flew in the big hall of the Hotel.
But then reality hit Husk in the form of applause. Angel was there, Charlie was actually crying even Vaggie was impressed. But above all, Husk could hear the slow clapping coming from Alastor.
The... 'conversation' Husk and Alastor had afterwards was not exactly pleasant. Although perhaps what was most concerning about it aside from the threats was that Alastor actually seemed to be .. jealous?
He tried to tell Lucifer that they would have to postpone the idea of their show together for an unspecified amount of time, but then Lillith came and none of them had time to entetain any flights of fancy.
Now, with Husk being a free soul but with the Hotel this time not being in ruins, Lucifer approached him and the King of Hell was.. singing. This time, still riding on the high the ability to say 'no' to Alastor has given him, he was not shy to sing along he was more than happy to sing along.
'Free to give you one hell of a show' ' No longer puppets to a higher power'
At the end of the song, Lucifer looked him up and down. And, much to Husks surprise the King of Hell said 'I think a makeover is in order'. 'Oh great', Husk thought, feeling a bit disappointed. The last time anyone had thought he should get a makeover, he ended up losing his suit and his favorite color.
But much to Husks pleasant surprpise, he was given his old clothes back, just in a higher more flashing quality.
When their show ended, the other Hotel residents congratulated them on the show, Angel jokingly expressing his jealousy but this time (even though he had been there for the beginning of the song) there was not a single sign of Alastors presence when Husk flew down to the ground.
Later, when Husk asked Lucifer how he knew, the King of Hel lookedd at him slightly confused. 'You.. told me. That you did not always walk around half-naked and that red certainly isn't your favorite color.' And here, Lucifer dared to go a bit closer 'You even told me that 'yellow' is much more your style'
And Husk remembers, it had been an off-hand comment he made months ago and he did not really expect for Lucifer to have listened to him elt alone bother to remember this little detail.
Their.. relationship became much closer over time and when Lucifer took his hand in the hallway to tell him that he thought of a slight improvement of Husks suit, Husk let him. It did not escape eithers attention that the Radio Demon was witness to their little intimate moment.
Alator cornered Husk a few moments, deciding to make jokes and chastisize for having gotten his freedom 'momentarily' back only to have found himself a new master in such a short amount of time.
By the way Alastor acted as Husk laughed at him and walked away, Husk was almost surprised to not hear his old owner yell 'you'll be back' after him.
Lucifer wasn't his master. They were partners. Lucifer did not simply make him part of his act to elleviate and show off his own power but instead loved to point out Husks tricks as something amazing especially once Husk tried to incude duck themes into them.
It was such an incredibly freeing experience, even though eh had been casual about it, to have the ability to say 'no' when Lucifer suggested acts like flying through literal fire. And Lucifer may be disappointed for about two seconds but he accepted it. Husk actually got to say 'No, I don't want to do that' and if it made him uncomfortable to do it in front of an audience no less it was accepted and understood.
Alastor tended to.. stay away for most of their shows but sometimes apparently couldn't seem to keep himself away from watching and biting comments about them which Charlie scolded him for.
It was a nice feeling to sit down at the bar which he still tended to out of his own free will most of the time, with Lucifer and talk about their ideas (their ideas because Husks input was actually valued and wasn't that a great feeling) and about how Angel was stil offering to make a guest appearance in their show, free of charge.
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