I am sitting in front of my computer, staring at the black screen. It was completely impossible, yet it felt so real, and right. How could I have been so stupid?
Everything makes sense now, and the only thing I can do is blame myself for thinking he's crazy. This morning, when the owner of the place where Lucifer and I arrested a guy sent me the video and told me to try to explain what happened, I didn't think that something like this would be possible, but now, it just feels the right way, everything is in its own place.
The video was from a camera placed pointing right to Lucifer's back. He just started being himself and got to the killer before me, and he raised him by his throat. Anyone could say that he was angry, even though the video didn't have sound at all. And then, all of the sudden, a pair of gorgeous enormous white wings appeared on his back. At first, I was shocked, and I had to rewatch it a few times. Now, I'm just thinking about what to do with this new knowledge. I'm not scared, I know Lucifer and I know that neither he nor Maze would try to hurt me, or more important, try to hurt my daughter. So, the only thing I can think of is keep acting like nothing happened, since nothing technically happened. My phone buzzes and I take it from the desk, it's a message from Maze, asking me if I wanted to join her and Linda at a bar. I consider it for a few minutes before taking my car keys and heading to the door.
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"Hello, Decker" says Maze as I sit next to her. Before, when I was at home and away from her, I thought that everything would be normal, and that I didn't have anything to fear, but when Maze pays my back my whole body tenses, as a natural response for an imminent danger that I knew that would never come.
"You ok, Decker?"
"Yeah, fine" I answer shackily, asking myself how I could think that nothing had changed.
"... Sure, c'mon Decker, tell Mazie what's bothering you"
I consider telling her what happened, and I was sure that Linda wouldn't think I'm crazy, since I'm sure she already knows from that one time Lucifer thought that he scared her off for good, and Maze was mad at him for that. I can remember the hidden pain in their eyes when Linda wouldn't talk to them because she was scared. My answer is just: "wings".
"What do you mean?" Asks Linda
"Oh, you know, Lucifer's wings"
Both Linda and Maze look at each other and then they look at me, Linda with worry and Maze with dear fear of rejection. "Don't worry, I'm fine"
"How did it... I mean, he showed you?" Asks Maze.
"Not exactlly, there was a surveillance camera, and it recorded him."
And, like that we spent the whole night talkitalking about Angels, Demons and everything else in the package.
It's been three days since I saw that video, and I haven't yet told Lucifer about it, should I tell him? The answer is yes.
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"Hello, detective"
"Lucifer! We need to talk"
"That's never good, unless you want to have sex with me" Will he ever be serious about anything?
"I saw your wings".