Title: Devil May Care

Synopsis: Pure Lucifer whump written on prompts from you guys! This loosely follows my other story "A Good Day to Die". Though reading that beforehand isn't necessary, it will explain why Lucifer is human!

Disclaimer: Though I enjoy playing with the characters, I own none of the material. I am just playing with my borrowed toys and I promise to dust them off and return them when I'm done.

A/N: Sorry it's been so long! Here is another prompt finally, this one was "unintentional" poisoning! It was oddly specific so I can't list the entire prompt without giving it away but I hope you like it! As always reviews = LOVE!

The Meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be.

Being alive is the meaning.

-Joseph Campbell

"Lucifer?" Detective Chloe Decker asked as she entered her partner's penthouse cautiously. Motioning to her daughter to stay behind her.

"You weren't answering your phone so I hope it's okay that we…" she trailed off as she finally noticed him sitting with his head in his hands at his massive kitchen island.

"Luci?" Trix asked cautiously "Are you sick?"

He sat up quickly and nearly fell off the stool as he shook his head to clear the cobwebs.

"Apologies detective." He smiled "And Spawn." He nodded to Trixie.

Chloe tried and failed not to laugh as she took in his appearance. He was wearing only red silk trousers and his hair was tousled from a poor night of sleep.

"Are you okay?" She asked as concern won over and she walked closer to him, attempting to feel his forehead for fever.

"No." He pouted "I think I'm dying."

She was relieved to note he didn't have a fever and she took in his appearance carefully. His eyes and nose were red and he clearly had been blowing his nose if the tissues strewn amongst the room were anything to go by.

"When did this start?" she asked.

"Last evening." He answered, "After we left the last witness at the horse barn."

"Are you allergic to horses?" she asked

"I dunno detective, like I've told you a thousand times now. This…." He gestured vaguely "Is all new to me."

"Well you don't have a fever and you're clearly in need of a shower." She wrinkled her nose "Why don't you go get ready for work and Trix and I will make some coffee and I have some eyedrops with me that will help the scratchy feeling and the redness."

"I do not stink." He replied indignant, "But I will go shower because I look a right mess at the moment."

He climbed off the stool and stalked off in the direction of his bedroom.

Trixie watched with interest as her mom set to work with the Keurig and began to straighten out the kitchen slightly.

"I'll get Lucifer's favorite mug." Trixie said as she walked to the counter and retrieved the red and black bedazzled tumbler from its place of pride next to the sink.

Her own dad wouldn't touch the mug she had gotten for him but Lucifer brought his to the office proudly.

Trixie saw the eyedrops that her mom gave her when she was sick sitting in her purse and decided to help Lucifer with them.

She picked up the bottle and carefully put 6 drops into the cup. Her mom always told her that to be effective the drops worked best from within. And 7 year old Trixie rationalized that, if they worked that well in the eyes, they may help his nose too if he drank them.

School was closed for a staff development day so Trixie was very excited to go to the office with her mom and Lucifer. Dan was working a half day and she'd get to hang out with him in the afternoon once his paperwork was done.

Trixie gave her mom the mug and Chloe poured the coffee in before adding creamer and sugar.

"Ready pumpkin?" Chloe asked as Lucifer emerged from his room, clearly feeling better after a shower as he was dressed to the nines.

"Of Course Darling." Lucifer purred as he graciously accepted the proffered coffee.

"She wasn't talking to you silly." Trixie giggled "I'm pumpkin and you're Lucy or 'pain in the ass' like daddy says."

"Charming." Lucifer smiles as Chloe tries and fails to tell Trixie that ass is a bad word with a straight face.

Lucifer climbs into Chloe's SUV after making sure that the spawn is securely strapped into her booster seat. As much as he despised children, his girlfriend's little one had grown on him. He'd protect her with his life if need be.

He hated to admit it but he was feeling much better after a shower. And the coffee that Chloe had made tasted so good that it was gone in the twenty minute drive it took to get to the office from Lux.

The night had been unusually quiet and there wasn't much to do aside from paperwork for the detectives, so Lucifer had excused himself from Chloe to go find Ella and see if she had anything neat to show him.

As he entered the lab he saw her look up and smile at him before a look of alarm crossed her face and she realized he was going to fall.

She quickly closed the distance between them in two large steps and grabbed his arm and sat him down on her stool before he could hit the ground.

"Hey!" she called as she looked at him and held his shoulders firmly. "Luce, come on…you okay man?"

He attempted to nod as he shook his head yes. "Ugh" he groaned "That was a terrible idea."

"What's going on?" She asked as she tried to figure out what was going on with the fallen one.

"I haven't a clue." He told her apologetically as his vision stopped moving finally. "I got dizzy for a moment and have a devil of a headache."

"Have you had a migraine before?" She asked him, knowing that visual disturbances were common with them.

"I can't say I have." He told her "I'm sorry for barging in like this, I was just coming to see if you have anything new from our latest case."

Once she was sure he wasn't going to fall, Ella let go of him and stepped back to the microscope on the counter.

"Nothing new for you guys." She sighed "I'm still waiting to get the samples back from the barn study."

"Are you sure you're okay?" She asked him, still not liking his color.

"For dad's sake." He yelled "I'm fine!"

"Wow dude, uncalled for." Ella snapped as she turned her back to him. "Rest assured I'll focus my concern where it's warranted in the future."

"Ms. Lopez." Lucifer sighed, not sure why he was angry or why he was taking it out on Ella.

"I'm sorry I just…" he trailed off as he felt a strange fluttering in his chest.

She had immediately turned back to him when his voice trailed off.

"What's going on?" She asked as she noticed his right hand resting over his chest.

"I…I'm afraid I don't know." He stammered "But something is very…very…w-wr-wrong."

He was beginning to lose what little color he had left. Ella came to his side and helped ease him down to the floor.

"I need some help in here!" she screamed to anyone that was listening.

Dan had been walking by her lab with a pile of reports and rushed in to the alarming scene of his ex-wife's boyfriend gasping for breath and grabbing at his chest. The tiny pathologist was on the phone with emergency services relaying information to them.

Chloe and several other officers had rushed into help.

"Lucifer?" Chloe yelled when she realized the source of the chaos. "What's going on?" She asked Ella.

"I have no idea!" the tiny brunette replied.

"He got dizzy and said he had a headache. He snapped at me and then went down with very little warning. His heart rate is over 130 beats per minute and he's having a real hard time moving any air."

Chloe watched with alarm as his eyes rolled back and he stopped breathing all together. "Not again." She whispered as tears started streaming down her face.

Dan had grabbed the medical kit and was using the bag-valve mask to breathe for Lucifer while they awaited help.

Little Trixie was in the doorway watching in horror as one of her heroes was downed.

The paramedics arrived quickly and started to assess the scene.

As they conversed with Ella one of them asked her if he'd ingested anything.

"Not to my knowledge." Chloe told them through tears. "We only got here a little over an hour ago, he had some coffee and nothing to eat yet."

"Does he have a history of substance abuse?" the lead paramedic asked.

"No." Chloe said steadfastly, kicking Dan as he moved to interject. "He is known to enjoy alcohol but hasn't had a drink in over 3 months."

"He also had eye drops!|" Trixie said, but wasn't clearly heard over the chaos multiple people in the small room.

Ella had noticed the small girl and silenced everyone with a yell.

"What did you say sweetie?" She said, ushering Trix further into the room.

"H-he also had drops." She gulped "M-mummy said it helps red eyes and he wasn't feeling well this morning so I put some in his coffee so he wouldn't have to squirt them in his eyes like mommy does for me when I'm sick."

"You did what Trix?" Chloe asked, horrified.

"The d-drops in your purse." Trixie whispered the V-vizine drops. I put 6 drops in his coffee to help him."

"Oh baby." Chloe whispered as she hugged her daughter "I know you were trying to help but you can't drink that."

The paramedic was on radio with the hospital and informed them that they had a case of tetrahydrozoline poisoning.

"It might be best if she leaves the room." The younger paramedic said to the room as a whole "We've gotta get him intubated and packed for transport."

"Come on Trix." Dan said as he picked her up and started out of the room "Call me when you hear anything." Dan whispered as he tried to calm his daughter.

"Mommy!" Trixie cried out "Did I kill Lucifer?"

"No baby." Chloe promised, hoping she wasn't lying to her daughter "Lucifer will be just fine I promise."

As soon as Trixie was out of the room the paramedics quickly and efficiently inserted the endotracheal tube and attached it to the oxygen.

Chloe rushed to follow the stretcher, ignoring the prying eyes of the station.

Once in the ambulance, she grabbed Lucifer's hand and quickly started to pray to whatever deity might be listening.

She tried to focus on his vitals, ignoring the artificial respiration as his chest rose and fell mechanically. His pulse was still alarmingly fast at well over 120 beats per minute.

His grip in her hand tightened and she looked down at him excitedly "Lucifer?" she whispered, "Can you hear me?" She got no response, but his entire body began to tremble. His head was thrown back and she could only watch in horror as the lead paramedic announced

"He's seizing! Push 2MG of lorazepam NOW!"

The seizure seemed to last forever but, was only 2 minutes. The ambulance rumbled into the bay and he was whisked away faster than she could follow.

She sat in the waiting room, tears silently streaming down her face as she called Maze, Linda and Amenadiel. No one was answering which was adding to her frustration.

After an hour had gone by the double doors opened and a tall woman in a white coat came out to greet her. "Chloe Decker?" She asked.

"Y-yes." Chloe stammered "How is he?"

"Come this way." The doctor smiled as she led Chloe through the double doors and in to where her partner was resting peacefully on a stretcher.

Chloe was relieved to see the breathing tube was gone, having been replaced by an oxygen mask.

"Is he going to be okay?" Chloe asked "I still can't believe this happened."

"He's going to be just fine." The doctor assured her "You're lucky you got him here when you did. Tetrahydrozoline can be fatal when ingested in higher doses or if not caught in time. We were able to use activated charcoal to clear the remnants that had yet to be ingested & we were able to use medication to counteract the other side effects."

"Thank you." Chloe said as she shook her hand "Thank you so much. You have no idea how much he means to me."

The doctor smiled and replied "I'm just doing my job officer, though I do have a suggestion."

"I'm in no way blaming you or your parenting but I'd make it a habit to keep medications without a childproof lock out of reach of the little ones."

"I understand that doctor." Chloe said seriously "It won't happen again."

The doctor acknowledged her reply with another smile as she left the room. "You're welcome to sit with him." She told her "He's going to be our guest overnight just to make sure there are no other ill effects."

Chloe sat next to Lucifer and used her phone to video call Dan.

Dan saw Chloe calling and knew that since it was a video message he should have Trixie with him. "Trix." He whispered as he gently woke her from the fitful nap she'd falled into. "Mommy's calling."

When Trixie heard that she sprung to life and grabbed the phone with her tiny hands. "Is Lucifer okay mommy?!" she cried

"Shhh baby." Chloe whispered as the turned the camera toward a sleeping Lucifer.
"He's just fine, he's resting now okay? We'll be home in the morning, you're going to stay with daddy tonight."

"Okay." Trixie nodded, face purveying her seriousness. "You sure he'll be okay?"

"I promise Trix." Chloe said "The doctor told me herself."

"Okay. Love you mommy." Trixie said "Give Lucifer a kiss for me?"

"Love you too Trix, and of course."

Dan and Chloe talked for a few minutes more and once Chloe hung up the phone she was shocked to notice Lucifer looking back at her.

"Hi." He whispered.

"Hi." She whispered back nervously "So how much of that did you hear?"

"Well" He said with a sigh "Most of it unfortunately. Though I do have to say I knew Daniel has it in for me I never thought that your spawn felt the same way."

"It was an accident Lucifer, Trix never meant to…." Chloe trailed off as she noticed the devilish glint in her partner's eye.

"But you already know that don't you." She said

"Indeed Detective." He purred "But you're sexy when you get all riled up."

She punched his arm playfully and stood to give him a kiss on the forehead.

"What was that for?" he asked her teasingly

"That was for Trixie." She told him with a sigh "And this one," She said as she kissed him passionately on the lips "Is from me."

"When can we go home?" He asked her, as he attempted to sit up.

"Not until tomorrow." She replied as she gently pushed him back to the stretcher. "Just rest, I'll be with you all night."

'Maybe this human business isn't so bad after all' Lucifer thinks to himself as he drifts off to sleep with Chloe's humming in his ears.

I know, the fluff is DEEP in this one! It was a super detailed prompt and I hope I didn't let you down! I added as much detail as I could to keep it true to character!