seaoftroubles | Lost and Found

We're skipping the trouble here (I am SO EXCITED to skip this trouble!), so this one should be a bit quicker. Basically:

1. Octavia wakes up the boys with a nightmare and they are cuddly and supportive and maybe also awkward because Haven sucks for EVERYONE

2. Jennifer heard Audrey hear that she needs to go through a door or she'll die. Duke agrees to help her try to hear more from the Barn while Nathan helps Dwight deal with a missing kids trouble (so, basically, we set up the structure of the ep here)

3. Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer all try their own methods to help Jennifer relax so she can hear what's going on in the Barn properly. Duke tries yoga/meditation. The other two are welcome to try their own methods. Canonically, it's playing quarters for beer that works, which I figure Lucifer will roll his eyes at the low-brow nature of but otherwise approve?

4. Jennifer hears that they need to find a door in Haven that they'll have to open at the same time as Audrey opens her door in the Barn, or she's screwed. She also hears fog horns. Nathan tries to butt in via phone and Duke is all "YOU ARE THE OPPOSITE OF CHILL GO AWAY". They work out that the fog horn that Jennifer is hearing must be coming into the Barn through the door in Haven, so they can triangulate the door's location from that.

5. SHOW DOWN ON THE BIG EMPTY HILL! Jennifer found the door, but no one else can see it (unless maybe Lucifer can?) until Audrey opens here door. And Jennifer can't open it. Jordan and the Guard show, and then Vince and Dave, and there's lots of yelling as Dave claims that they can't open the door without letting out a great evil (I'm SURE Luce and Octavia will have Opinions on this!). Nathan opens the door anyway, and they can see Audrey in her door past the Void fog and Audrey jumps -- AND BOOM. Splosions.

6. 'Splosion knows them all over (except maybe Lucifer? Though he would then probably see William coming through too? Unless he's blinded and/or distracted trying to rouse Duke and Octavia. . . .), and when they come to, the door is gone, but there is an Audrey shaped person in their midst! Yay! Nathan immediately hands her a gun and tells her to kill him, because Nathan's gonna Nathan, and Audrey goes "wtf, I'm not going to kill a complete stranger, who tf are you people?" DUN DUN DUN.

Ep out.

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From:

betterthanaplan

Duke scooted back so he could prop his head on the headboard and accepted the drink.

"Thanks, babe."

Things were totally fine in here, Luce, don't worry!

Edited Date: 2022-03-12 09:27 pm (UTC)

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia had her arm slung across her eyes, now.

As if she could just hide her way through the awkward of this all.

From:

my_own_advocate

"Darling," Lucifer said, glancing back up at Octavia, "Would you like something non-alcoholic to hide behind? Some tea, perhaps? It's much more effective."

From:

okteiviakom

But did he know what really made hiding effective? When people actually let her do it.

Octavia made a frustrated noise, and sat up again, abruptly. And immediately started looking for her clothes.

Maybe she needed air.

From:

my_own_advocate

He'd just been trying to help.

"No?" Lucifer asked, sipping his drink as he watched her move about.

From:

betterthanaplan

Duke could have told Lucifer that trying to help was often exactly what she didn't want -- but he could never help it, either.

He was watching her too, carefully silent, cradling the scotch in front of his mouth.

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia located her sweater, and slid off the bed, pulling it on. Then went straight for the pants.

It was fumbly, but determined.

From:

my_own_advocate

Lucifer let out a little sigh, and... sat down on the edge of the bed, by Duke's side.

Sipped his drink.

From:

betterthanaplan

Duke shifted, slipping an arm around his waist.

Still didn’t comment. Made sure not to watch Octavia as she dressed.

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia made sure not to look at either of them. And as soon as she was dressed (enough, anyway), she was out. Out of the cabin, and then right on out into fresh, cool night air.

Maybe it would settle her down.

(And maybe some distance would help them not ask questions.)

From:

my_own_advocate

"It would be nice if, at some point or another, she would handle these issues in a fashion that doesn't make me wonder if something is somehow ruined," Lucifer said quietly, and flung his legs onto the bed, so he could scoot closer to Duke.

From:

betterthanaplan

"Speaking. To the. Choir." Duke let out a long sigh, leaning into him. "It's my fault. I couldn't help asking just one question."

From:

my_own_advocate

Lucifer took a final sip of his scotch and set it down on the night stand. "We were likely doomed from the moment we had the temerity to wake up," he said, sliding his newly-freed arm around Duke's shoulders.

From:

betterthanaplan

“I know she’d rather we just ignore it, but. I hate seeing her like that. I can’t help but want to help.”

From:

my_own_advocate

"I know," Lucifer sighed. "But she is still a bit like a trapped animal, some days."

He pressed his face into the crook of Duke's neck. "I'm sorry," he added, softer.

From:

betterthanaplan

Duke tilted his head onto Lucifer’s.

“Yeah. Me too.” He heaved a sigh. “Especially since I’m pretty sure it was my little trick with the blood that set her off.”

From:

my_own_advocate

"Quite a bit of complicated history in that, I fear," Lucifer agreed. Though he didn't particularly want to get into it, for fear of setting off Duke's own complex about it. "I'm also sorry for worsening the strain on you earlier."

From:

betterthanaplan

Duke frowned. “What do you mean?”

Oddly, their argument at the Gull was not forefront in his mind.

From:

my_own_advocate

"The argument," Lucifer said. "It can't have made the mood any better tonight."

From:

betterthanaplan

Duke sighed. “Yeah, probably. That was as much on me as you though. I can’t keep expecting you guys to change your minds about Audrey.”

He kept hoping though. She was important to him. He hated that they couldn’t see her how he did.

From:

my_own_advocate

Lucifer pressed a gentle kiss against his jaw. "And I shouldn't have lapsed back into anger and trying to change yours," he said. "It was unfair, and I apologize."

From:

betterthanaplan

Duke closed his eyes, softly humming and giving Lucifer an extra squeeze in thanks for the apology.

After a moment, he sighed again. “She’s kind of the elephant in the room, huh. Haven and I want her back so bad, but you and Tavi would be just as happy if she stayed gone.”