#04 bells

[mcrninqstar]

LUCIFER & BELPHEGOR ( @ofhellsbells​ )

Lucifer usually didn’t let himself worry about too much these days, but today he was worried. when bells brought him into the empty, they looked exhausted. he didn’t even get much of a chance to talk to them before they were called off to help somewhere else in the empty. lucifer tried several times to catch them while he was around, but each time he missed them by a couple of seconds. the handy melting into the floor trick was neat but hard to keep up with. after a while, he figured he’d have to catch them on a later day but he wanted to leave them a message before heading off to find cupid so she can take him home. so, he made his way to their office and was in the process of taping a hand drawn card to the inside of their door when they melted in behind him. he didn’t notice them at first as he dusted his hands off to admire the placement of the card. it was only when he turned to put the tape dispenser back on their desk that he finally noticed them. he let out a scream and dropped the tape. “bloody hell,” he breathed. “we can’t tell maze i just screamed like dagon. she’ll never let me live it down.”

[ofcupidslove]

Starter: @ofhellsbells​

It happened so quickly. she was curled up beside belphegor with her head on their chest, her fingers tracing the familiar anti-possession tattoo as she listened to the sound of their rhythmic breathing. the movement of their chest along with their comforting arm around her must’ve been soothing because she found herself drifting until she was asleep. the pleasantries stopped there. as soon as she fell asleep, she found herself wading right into a familiar nightmare. she was in the empty; hands were grabbing at her arms and legs, pulling her down into the dark abyss. she tried to pull them off of her but she couldn’t. she was sinking deeper and deeper, frantically calling out for belphegor. the inky blackness was over her head now. she was drowning. she couldn’t breathe. she couldn’t scream. 

she jolted awake beside them, choking and dry heaving. she kicked the sheets off of her and ran to the bathroom just in time to bury her face in the toilet and empty out the contents of her stomach. it felt like she was vomiting for forever. a moment later, she felt belphegor’s hands in her hair as they brushed it back and out of her face. their other hand ran soothing circles on her back until her body was finally able to calm down and she was able to breathe again. as the world came back into focus, she was mildly surprised to see that the bile she expelled wasn’t black like the inky substance in the empty. “sorry,” she breathed, not lifting her head from the toilet yet. her throat felt sore. had she been screaming or was that just the aftermath of all this bile? she knew she must’ve scared bells as much as she scared herself. “i had a nightmare,” she replied, finally lifting her head up to look at them. “can you get me some water? my throat...”