Lucifer had never been more confused with a sinner's behavior in his entire life.
After the battle when Adam came back as a sinner he was obviously very upset about it. Everyone and their mother could tell he was pissed about being a demon so much he even moved into the newly renovated Hazbin Hotel (After Charlie had a huge argument with everyone about second chances).
However Adam was also pissed at the remaining members of the hotel for beating him, so he was basically just pissed all the time now. Despite all of this the first man would not leave anyone alone.
Whenever Lucifer walked the halls of the hotel he would always find Adam with one of the other residents. He would always be drinking at Husk's bar, watching Angel Dust's old films with the porn star, or just be sitting in the parlor throwing rib bones at the passers by.
Adam also surprisingly participated in the group activities that Charlie would plan. Though Lucifer couldn't tell if it was out of a genuine desire to be good or just to be a nuisance.
But no matter what Adam did to the others the strangest quirk the sinner had was that he would sleep on the couch in the middle of the parlor. Despite having his own room which he plastered in posters from every rock band imaginable, he still preferred to sleep in the public parlor.
It wasn't that big of a deal considering the only soul it affected was Kiki who was kept up by Adam's loud snoring but it was still concerning. One night when Adam was setting up his blankets on the couch, Charlie tried to politely ask him if he could sleep in his own room.
She was met with a slurry of profanities and a pretty bad excuse. "This couch is better for getting at least some sleep over your shit-covered beds." Afterwards when Charlie was talking to Lucifer about the incident he immediately stormed down to the parlor to give Adam a piece of his mind for yelling at his daughter. But when he got there any rant he had in his mind immediately went out the window
His eyes landed on Adam's hairy, shirtless, chest as it rose and fell with the sound of the first man's snores. Adam's eyes were closed as drool leaked out of his mouth and dripped down his brand new lip piercing as it shone in the moonlight.
As Lucifer watched Adam sleep he felt a golden blush rise to his cheeks for a reason he definitely did not want to think about. Despite how peaceful Adam looked, Lucifer still shook him awake. As the man slowly woke up he opened his eyes slightly and let out a deep, gravelly, groan.
Lucifer's blush deepened at the sound that came out of Adam's throat before he let out an embarrassing yelp as Adam pulled him down onto the couch. Adam buried his face in Lucifer's hair and closed his eyes as he mumbled into the angel's hair. "I'm glad you came home Lilith."
Lucifer just stared wide eyed into Adam's chest as he heard the man's snoring resume. Of all the thoughts racing through his head the thought of him shape shifting and slipping away was surprisingly low on the list. Instead Lucifer just sighed and rested his head against Adam's arm before falling asleep as well
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In the morning Lucifer was awoken by being roughly shoved to the floor by Adam who wore a look of anger and confusion. "What the fuck are you doing in my bed you fucking freak?"
Lucifer pushed himself up with a scoff as he returned Adam's glare. "First of all, this isn't your bed, it's my daughter's couch. Secondly, you pulled me into your arms, douchebag."
Adam continued to glare at Lucifer before a blush grew on his face as memories from the previous night returned. "Fucking...whatever man, I don't do that gay shit. Just forget this fucking happened." The first man covered his face with one arm and used his other hand to keep his blanket wrapped around his waist as he shoved past Lucifer to speed walk up to his room.
After that incident, instead of doing the sensible thing which would be to avoid Lucifer at all costs, Adam instead started spending more time with the angel. It didn't matter what Lucifer was doing, Adam would find some way to be near him.
Eventually it got to the point where Lucifer even taught Adam how to make rubber ducks. Granted, they looked more like melted lumps of yellow plastic rather than ducks but it was thought that counted. Lucifer was obviously confused by the man's sudden clinginess but he decided not to question it...at least until now."
Lucifer and Adam were in the kitchen eating ribs of a questionable origin (Though Alastor assured them it wasn't from a sinner) while they talked about Charlie's trust exercise from earlier that morning. "Yeah and then that dick Baxter got his experiment shit all over my Metallica shirt. So I grabbed him by his weird head string thing and punched him in his fucking face. Obviously Charlie wasn't happy about it so she made me apologize to the cunt."
Adam slammed his fist on the table as he shoved another rib in his mouth. Lucifer just laughed as Adam sulked after telling his "tale of woe." "Oh I feel so sorry for you. I can't imagine my normally sensible daughter making you apologize for something you did wrong."
Lucifer just laughed harder as Adam let out an offended scoff. "Mock me all you want bitch, I'll just punch you in your weird ass snake mouth next." The two continued their playful banter until the meal was over and Adam was carrying a tired and stuffed Lucifer to his room.
"Do I really have to carry you? Last I checked your legs work just fucking fine." Instead of responding Lucifer just mumbled nonsense and clung onto Adam's shirt. Adam blushed at the cute but pathetic display before he sighed and brought Lucifer inside the angel's room"
The first man laid him down on his bed which was covered in a concerning amount of ducks and turned to leave before he was stopped by a small clawed hand grabbing his wrist. "You can stay you know...I know you have some weird aversion to beds but I hope you can make an exception for mine? Also you've been sleeping on the couch for months, I'm surprised your back isn't fucked up yet."
Adam considered the smaller man's words. On one hand he was right, the couch was honestly terrible and it'd be nice to...not be alone again. But on the other hand he'd be throwing away his pride just for a chance to be cuddled for eight hours. In the end his desire for physical touch won out and Adam joined Lucifer in his bed.
"Fine I'll sleep with you...but the ducks stay on your side of the bed. A-And socks stay on this is strictly no homo." Lucifer laughed softly at the mixture of stupidity and adorable blush covered face coming from Adam.
"Yeah whatever you say Adam." The angel latched himself onto the sinner and the two fell into a peaceful sleep...at least until a few hours later.
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Lucifer was happily dreaming about him and Charlie riding giant ducks in a pool of Alastor's blood until he was woken up by soft whimpers. Once the angel returned to consciousness he realized Adam was holding him in a vice grip and crying into his shoulder blade. He tried to pull away from Adam but that only prompted him to hold Lucifer tighter and whine into his shoulder
"Please...don't leave Lilli...I'm so sorry...please" Lucifer froze when he heard the sleeping man rambling before sighing and nuzzling himself against Adam's chest. Despite being powerful enough to break out of the crushing grip Lucifer knew all too well the root of those words' pain.
He did however try to squirm his way around to hug Adam back but he couldn't move much without Adam crying out like he'd been stabbed. So instead he carefully unfurled his six wings and wrapped them around the first man before starting to hum.
The soft melody almost instantly soothed Adam's whimpering causing Lucifer to smile softly as he continued to hum the little song. Eventually Adam was fully settled and snoring as loud as a car horn again so Lucifer let himself drift off into a peaceful slumber.
Unfortunately for the pair, about 5 minutes later the clock hit 6:00 A.M. causing Lucifer's phone to start quacking as an alarm. Lucifer growled in annoyance at the noisy intrusion as he refolded his wings into his back and reached over to the nightstand. However he paused when one of the hands wrapped around his waist moved to stretch past his and grabbed his phone.
Adam chucked Lucifer's phone against the wall causing it to shatter before rewrapping his arms around the shorter man and burying his face in his messy blonde hair. "You're not fucking getting up yet...you're warm"
Lucifer chuckled at Adam's groggy whiny tone before letting his wings out again and wrapping them around the sinner. "Of course Adam I'd love to stay...though if you think about it this is kinda gay."
"Nah we both have our socks on so it's cool." The angel just snorted in response as he relaxed in Adam's arms and the two cuddled well into the afternoon.
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Everyone in the hotel noticed how close the two were getting. It got to the point where newly checked in sinners thought they were dating already. Of course when asked about it both fallen angels would deny any sort of attraction to each other.
Despite the denied feelings the two continued to sleep in the same room as each other. They also went on "dates" around hell regularly, experimented with each other sexually, cuddled any chance they could...shit maybe they are dating.
At least that's what Lucifer thought as he watched Adam snore the night away. Lucifer sighed before caressing the stubble growing on the other man's chin. It wasn't that he didn't want to date again but Lilith had fucked the two up so badly he had no idea if he'd ever be able to handle that again.
Not to mention he also had no idea of what Adam would think of the situation seeing as the man didn't do long term relationships and was very adamant that he was straight. Lucifer groaned in annoyance at his own feelings before kissing Adam's chin and nuzzling into the warm hairy chest in front of him.
If he was going to suffer he'd rather not do it in silence, so Lucifer was going to tell Adam his feelings. For better or for worse.
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The next morning Adam woke up alone in bed with a strange note in Lucifer's handwriting telling him to meet him on the roof after sundown. It was sketchy as fuck but the first man shrugged and continued on with his day until sundown.
When the time came Adam decided to dress up for the occasion so he put on his angelic robe (or at least the best replica of an angelic robe that he could get in hell) and headed for the roof. Upon arriving he saw Lucifer pacing next to a candlelit table, muttering to himself while fidgeting.
"What's up bitch? You look like Angel Dust going through fucking withdrawls." Lucifer's head snapped up towards Adam's smug face as the first man spoke. He just laughed nervously and pulled on his bowtie before pulling Adam's chair out in a silent invitation.
Adam just raised an eyebrow before sitting down and watching as Lucifer sat across from him. "So what's up your ass today? You don't usually...leave me alone in the mornings. N-Not that I care of course I just...I wasn't expecting it is all."
Lucifer watched as Adam looked down at the table and tried to explain himself causing him to smile softly. The Angel grabbed Adam's hands from across the table causing him to stop talking. "I'm sorry for leaving you alone this morning Adam. I just had some things to set up for us tonight."
As Lucifer said this the sky almost seemed to split open bathing the rook of the hotel in shining purple light as bright stars twinkled into view. Adam stared up in awe before looking over at Lucifer who wore a lovestruck grin. "How the fuck did you do this? These are the exact same stars from when we met in Eden."
"I know they are, which is why I asked my buddy Stolas to set this up for us." Lucifer smiled softly before kissing Adam's knuckle and moving over to his side of the table
Adam looked down at Lucifer as the angel knelt between his legs. "Uh...if you're gonna suck me off we could've just gone to your fucking room dude."
"No Adam don't be gross...I brought you out here for something serious." Lucifer looked up at Adam before pulling a rubber duck that held a heart out of his pocket and handing it to the sinner.
"I love you Adam...and I mean as more than friends. I know how bad our relationship has been over the past 100,000 years...but I wanna try something between us. I would completely understand if you say no though."
Adam just looked down too stunned to speak before he got his bearings and grabbed the duck from Lucifer. "I don't do long termshit Luci.." The angel's smile faltered and he looked down feeling dejected before he felt Adam's large hands pull him up and place him on his lap.
"But I'm willing to try some long term shit with you." Lucifer gasped and squealed excitedly as he wrapped his arms around Adam's neck. Adam returned the hug before the two pulled away slightly just so they could share a soft kiss.
The two stayed cuddling, giggling, and kissing for a few more minutes until Lucifer rested his head against Adam's chest. "So are you finally willing to admit we're gay?"
"Nope this whole thing is no homo."