past the clouds, find the sun | natan
snippet to my fic, Past the Clouds, Find the Sun, which is also a sequel to my fic, Past the Clouds, Find the Stars.
Natalie stared at him long enough that even he felt uncomfortable, and very little bothered him anymore, not after centuries of watching people stare into their own reflection, feeling all the while like they were looking into his. Lucifer didn’t back down from a challenge and met her gaze head on, even if he had the uncomfortable feeling that she was deciphering the parts of his story that he had never shared till now.
The hands folded beneath her chin fell onto the table, the loudest sound in their empty apartment. He wondered if she would think differently of him, for all the things he had done in the past, all in the name of a shallow victory or senseless vengeance. It unsettled him. He had spent a long while content to please no one, enjoying the times that he disappointed others because it would never compare to how they disappointed him. But not with Natalie.
He didn’t disappoint her and she didn’t disappoint him.
The silence bothered him for the first time in centuries. He opened his mouth to interrupt it--
“Lucifer?”
“Yes?” A small kernel of dread filled him. He couldn’t decipher her tone or her eyes, not even after weeks of studying her, trying to remember her when their paths diverged.
“Kiss?”
He stared wordlessly.
“What? You’re too tall.”
“Did you hear anything I said?”
“I did. It doesn’t change anything. I love you and it’s about time you accept that.”