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For the sake of my sleep

Lucifer hadn’t had nightmares for a while... a long, long while.

He was hastily approaching the ground, flapping his wings the fastest he could in order to reach the falling human in front of him as soon as he could.... but the ground was approaching at a worrisome speed, and both himself and the h/c colored human seemed to be aware of this.

Your figure looked at the ,now some meters away, ground one last time, he tried his best to reach for a hand, torso, or even the clothes, being aware of what was to come in a few seconds, but he just couldn’t reach them, no matter how much he tried, it was frustrating....! Then your figure looked back at him, and mouthed something he couldn’t quite understand, and not half a second later you hit the-

Lucifer’s eyes shot open and instinctively, as if still trapped in the dream, his body abruptly went forward as he tried to grab the air in front of him.

It took him a few seconds to come to himself, to notice he was in his dimly lit room, that he was only sitting on his bed, and not on some life-death situation, but even so, his eyes frantically scanned the room looking for you, but you wouldn’t be here, you would be sleeping on your room.

He was breathing heavily and when he tried to run his hand through his face he realized he was in his demon form, he sighed, and before his sigh ended, his wings and horns were already gone. His heart was still running at an incredibly fast speed, and despite having done so some seconds ago, he scanned the room looking for you once again, should he go check on you? his eyes stopped when they landed on his phone on top of the nightstand. He knew you should be well and peacefully sleeping in your own room.

But what if you weren’t? He couldn’t shake the feeling.

He reached for the phone and quicker than he wished he was already texting you.

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Y/n?

Are you awake?

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.....Nothing.

He had only waited a minute or two, but that felt like too long. He knew you surely were peacefully asleep. He sighed again and let himself fall back on his pillow, looking at the ceiling he closed his eyes again, trying to convince himself you were ok. Only to open them again right after

BUT. WHAT IF?

He really couldn’t help but feel worried, too worried for his liking, being this attached wasn’t like him.

What if it hadn’t been a dream? He was fully aware of how stupid that thought was, but his mind and heart were still running too fast for that to matter.

Still fighting the thought if he should go check on you just to be safe, he noticed he was already standing and walking towards the door. Better safe than sorry.

And with that, not one minute later he was standing in front of your door. He stood still, somehow hesitating to bring his hand to the handle. What was the matter? Having second thoughts? why? it didn’t make sense, you were literally one door away from him.

He checked his phone again, no new messages. He glared at the door with intensity, as if that door could either solve all his problems or make them 10x worse. And although he didn’t understand why, it was perhaps because deep down he knew that in some very weird scenario, if he opened that door and you weren’t inside, he wouldn’t be able to bear it.

But we all know Lucifer is too proud to admit to that, so he shoved the feeling deep down and lightly rotated the door knob.

It wasn’t locked, he huffed, how could you be so careless? Then again, maybe the door wasn’t locked because there was no one inside, and therefore, no need to lock it.

“This is stupid” He said so low that he thought the words had only formed in his mind, yet he didn’t move from the spot.

Lucifer’s heart began racing again at the thought, to the point that all he could hear in the previously silent hallway was the sound his heart produced when going against his rib cage.

They say people have irrational thoughts when they are scared, but this was getting ridiculous.

And with that in mind, he slowly opened the door.

His eyes slowly followed the line of the ground until they reached the legs of the bed, and from there they slowly followed up, until they landed on the peaceful face of a sleeping Y/n.

He then let out the air he wasn’t aware he was keeping. His whole figure relaxed ever so slightly, of course you were ok, that’s what he had been telling himself the whole time! It was the logical conclusion he had reached long ago, and yet he felt ever so relieved you were there, h/c messy hair all over your face, for the first time in that night, his lips curled up slightly.

He thought about taking the hair out of your face, but after a better judgment, he didn’t want to disturb you. He just wanted a few more seconds basking in your presence to make sure you (and him) were alright, he closed his eyes and just stood there like that for a while, after a minute or two (he wasn't sure), he was convinced it was ok to leave, but just as he thought that, an ever so sweet and tired voice reached his ears.

“...Lucifer?” You squinted your eyes trying to figure out his form in the darkness, but it was definitively him. You slowly sat on your bed, still cuddling with your banquet. your eyes slowly adjusting to the room illuminated only by the moonlight. “Why are you here..?”

Lucifer didn’t say anything for some seconds. “You should go back to sleep, I just came to check” He hadn’t moved, nor taken his gaze away from you.

That was a very half cooked reply and you didn't buy it for a single second.

Sure, he making nightly rounds to check on everyone weren’t rare, but this was different.

You crossed your arms and made a small smug face, sleepiness still evident in your features “You are still here though”. You were right, why was he still here? He was supposed to quickly check if you were there and immediately go back to bed, but somehow his trip ended up extending so much.

So why?

That word was showing up in his mind way too many times for a single night and he didn’t like it one bit. And with all this line of thought, he didn’t notice he hadn’t neither answered nor taken his red eyes away from you. He was just there, standing at your door.

And throughout this time, you hadn't stopped looking at him either, but your smug expression had gradually turned into a worried one. You tilted your head a little ”....Nightmare?” Eyes never turning away from him.

Lucifer twitched a little at your question. “Don’t be ridiculous, of course not” He frowned a little and crossed his arms. Ahhhhh, classic Lucifer, but you were too sleepy to contradict him.

So you supported your head with your fist “Want to talk about it?” You gestured to the edge of your bed, inviting him to sit. He didn’t come.

But he didn’t leave either.

You sighed, acting tough tonight eh? “Alright, alright...You don’t need to talk about it if you don’t want”, you moved to the farthest edge of the bed “Want to stay a while though? Lucifer on his nightwear is a rare sight to see, and id like to witness this glorious image for a while longer” You made an exaggerated voice tone and gesture on that last part, you liked to provoke him, it was cute, but this time you just hoped he took the bait, he looked awful, and you were sure the man himself had no idea of the state he was in. Prideful as he was, he would certainly leave if you were to tell him.

He let out a sigh and his frown deepened “I said I only came to check”.

Liar.

“I had no intention of waking you up, I will get going now” But as he tried to move, he found that his own feet were, for some reason, reluctant to move, and honestly he was too, but he said he was going to leave so he had to do so. Fortunately just as he was turning your voice sounded again.

“Ahh~ so the morning star is afraid of stepping into unknown territory?” You wore a sweet tired expression that perked up as soon as he turned to you with a look of indignation on his face.

Seeing that you shifted a little more to the side and enthusiastically patted twice the spot beside you on the bed. For a second he didn’t move, and for that second you were convinced he was going to leave.

So when he took the first step towards your bed, you were delighted, Lucifer barely came to your room that much was true, but he was by no means ‘afraid’, as you had named it, of doing so. He was just going to stay a few minutes to prove you were wrong (definitively not because right now, he 100% needed to stay beside you to stay calm) and then leave.

As he sat on the edge of the bed, you smiled and shuffled a bit to beside him. He was still frowning a bit, but the fact that he could feel the heat of your body beside him was making wonders to his condition. His eyes closed again, gods he looked so tired...

You didn’t say anything either, you knew sometimes silence was better. But that didn’t impede you from admiring his figure, you had to admit he looked beautiful under the soft moonlight, his pajamas was probably the most home looking you had seen him in a while, he also didn’t have his gloves on, you spent some time admiring his hands, why cover them all the time you thought... maybe he didn't have the time to take care of them with all the work but...they looked well taken care of, and his nail polish was flawless. aaaah...maybe it was the moonlight effect but they looked too pretty....(excuse me I have a hand fetish). Your eyes then drifted to his face, he was beautiful, but you couldn't deny it... he looked like crap right now, you were the one frowning now, glad his eyes were closed, you were sure he had no idea how much time had passed since he had closed them, but you weren’t complaining, if anything you were glad you had the opportunity to study him without his judgement... that said, your eyes landed o his facial features, he looked calmer now, although, his black hair was a mess and the eye bags under his eyes seemed more visible than you recalled them to. Your expression was slightly tainted by sadness while looking at his face, whatever had gotten him to look like this you hoped he solved the issue soon...you felt bad for him...it must be awful...not eagerly seeking others help because you are too prideful...it was sad even.

While this was running in your head, it was too late before you noticed your hand had reached to the height of his hair, but even after realizing...you didn’t stop, you slowly dropped your hand on top of his head, the slowest you could, so he could turn away if he didn't accept such a thing.

Lucifer.... well Lucifer shot his eyes open on the moment he felt your hand, but he didn’t budge so you didn't stop either, your hand safely landed on his soft hair and began gently stroking it, he looked so incredulous at the act that it was even funny, you chucked a bit.

“What do you think you are doing?” His stern voice rand in the previously quiet room, his hands had tensed up against the fabric of his nightwear and his classic frown surged again on his face. You didn’t stop. He didn’t take your hand away.

You reflected at his question “Do you want me to stop?”

He didn’t answer. A discrete playful smile then showed up on your lips. Then, as slowly as you had dropped your hand, you took it out, and lets be honest Lucifer wouldn't admit to this but he was already missing it, his eye twitched. You chucked again at the sight, his pupils that had drifted somewhere quickly found their way back to you. You were looking at him both playfully and worriedly, the next moment, you were going towards him, moving slowly, again, as if asking for consent before touching him again, he didn’t know what you were going to do, but he didn’t mind, not from you.

And so, your arms slowly made their way one around his neck, the other around his back, and before Lucifer could notice your head was resting on his shoulder. He needed a second to process that you were indeed, hugging him. You huffed ”Sometimes I don’t know what to do with you Lucifer...” You smiled while looking at his messy hair.

Lucifer would not accept that, what was that even supposed to mean?? But whatever thoughts he had were lost when you hugged him tighter, his heart was beating fast again though he knew it wasn’t from the same reason as previously, his cheeks were also getting tainted by a sweet red, same as you, though he had no way of seeing that.

You two stood like that for a moment and after a while Lucifer had somehow lightly hugged you back, it might have been your impression but he seemed hesitant about it, not only that but you swore he had dropped his head on your shoulder as well, you smiled at that and snuggled in closer. “Are you better now...?” you calmly asked, and you got no concrete answer but his head moved a tiny bit and his thumb began making up and down motions caressing your back. “You are not usually this quiet haha”

“Excuse my behavior, this isn’t like me at all” This time it was Lucifer who sighed. You tried to pull away to look at him, but as soon as you tried to get out, his arms tensed around you for a split second, it made your heart ache, just what had gotten him to this state? You looked at him with a worried expression, he seemed to understand what ran on your mind “I... to be honest, I am quite reluctant to part..excuse my behavior.”

You tilted your head to the side a bit, and a hopeless smile forming on your face “It’s ok you know? I thought you said you didn’t mind so much letting your guard down sometimes when it was just the two of us?”

“I don’t recall such a thing” His frown showed again, maybe because he was trying to find a memory where he might have said such a thing (in his UR card about a party, he was drunk). His arms still reluctant to let your form go.

“Oh, it did happen” your smile turned to a smug one “But I’m not going to tell when it was either haha, you were quite drunk after all” you chuckled at the memory.

“*sigh* You’re such a troublesome human...” His lips slightly pushed upwards. This was better, you thought.

“Oh, I’m the troublesome one?? I don’t recall the last time I walked to your room, waked you at lord-knows-what hours, didn’t leave and refused to give an explanation of whatever was troubling me. “ You felt his hands flinch and his eyes looked to the corner of the room.

“You are right... I’m- I will get going now” The hand that was slightly still touching you finally pulled away. Shoot, you got carried away.

So as soon as his back was turned to you, ready to get up, you hugged him again as an act of desperation, this time a back hug, but a hug nonetheless.

He seemed surprised but like last time, offered no resistance,he even seemed to have given up the act of getting up.

“Y/n, what do you think you are- ?” He sounded annoyed.

You smiled mischievously onto his back ”I’m stealing you” and before he had time to process, you used all the body strength you could muster to push both your torsos back to bed. Resulting in you being back to completely being laid in bed, and Lucifer’s back being laid on top of you, with his legs still out of bed.

His heart skipped a beat, and the previous blush that adorned his face deepened even more, still, his stern tone persisted “I will ask again, what do you think you are doing?” You could sense he had a frown.

“I told you, I’m stealing you” you nuzzled your face on his back “And I have no intention of letting you go”

“y/n l/n I am warning you-”

“Oh, save that tone for Mammon, If you wanted to get out you would have done so long ago” you sighed, your arms loosening a bit around him “It’s alright you know? to rely a bit on others....you don’t need to tell me what happened, but don’t act like its nothing” you released him and instead of getting up, he turned to you instead, and the worried look you were giving him made him falter. ”And if you don’t want to leave...it’s ok to stay” your voice was gentle and you gave him the most sincere look you could, hoping the message would get through his stubbornness.

He seemed troubled, but most of all, indecisive, was it really ok to indulge himself? You lifted the blankets near you, silently inviting him once again to just give up on his stubbornness and stay.

“Oh c’mon Lucifer, for the sake of both mine and your sleep just give it up already”

He looked more intensely into your eyes, and he sighed, pushing his legs up the bed.

You gave a small ‘yay’ and shuffled farther away to give him more space, the small smile not leaving your face. He was laid straight while looking at the ceiling adorned by leaves you had. There was silence, and after some minutes....you fell into slumber again.

Lucifer himself was getting sleepy as well, and semi intoxicated by the scent of your room, that mimicked your own, he fell asleep. It was nice, he thought, maybe he should come here more often.

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Lord knows how many time had gone by, and your face contorced a little.

Discomfort.

You tried to ignore it, sleep was more important.

Pain.

All you wanted was a peaceful night.

It got worse.

You sighed and sleepily opened your eyes, it was coming from your hand. And despite being sleepy, your eyes widened, and seconds after, you remembered who was sleeping next to you. You looked intensely at your dormant hand, he was grabbing it, with too much strength to your liking. Your expression flinched when he suddenly tugged it harder for a split second before letting out a low groan.

You looked at his face, his eyebrows were creased, and both his lips and his closed eyes were occasionally flinching. You tried to free your hand from his painful grip, but he. would. not. budge. You gave up. Instead, you turned to Lucifer again.

“Lucifer...hey..” you said softly while you lightly shook him with your free hand. Nothing. You sighed, your heart began beating faster, the things you wouldn't do for this man. You moved closer to him as you could with your hand taken hostage.

“Lucifer...” You lightly began caressing his cheek with your free hand. “...Wake up you asshole you are hurting my hand...!” It was but a whisper but he actually woke up, he looked around seemingly confused, only resting when his eyes fell on you, “Your grip is too hard..! it hurts” his eyes widened, then softened, and the next second you noticed he had you completely swallowed by his figure, his hair tickled your cheek, he had buried his face on the crook of your neck, and he was holding you into a tight hug. You were speechless and could feel your heart beating faster.

He inhaled and a second later a trembling exhale followed, his breath hitting your neck and heating the whole region up “...I’m sorry”, a whisper.

You freed your arms from under him, and with your still a little numb hand you gently caressed his back and with the other, his hair. “Was it that bad...?”

Nothing.

“*sigh* You stubborn demon.”...” come here” You then made an effort to shift slightly up, until his head was lower enough to fit under your chin.

“...not a word..”

“hmm? could you repeat?” You couldn’t see his face.

“...Not a word of what is happening here to no one” You chuckled. Of course it had to be something like that.

“I promise, now, let me sleep for good this time ok?”

He let out a ‘mhm’ that you could swear that wore a layer of happiness.

You adjusted yourself to allow a little more comfort. His messy hair was tickling the corners of your mouth. “Oh and....” you began again, slightly moving your head away from its spot, in an attempt at seeing his face “I’m not going anywhere...ok?” He flinched. a sweet, caring expression adorned your face, you leaned your head closer again, and planted a kiss on his forehead, then moved it to its rightful place, on top of his, with his hair tickling you, and closed your eyes, you could feel his heart beating, you smiled. He should be like this cute more times, you thought before drifting back to sleep.

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For the first time in a long while, he woke up to something he wasn’t expecting, at all, gentle morning sunlight on his face, he shut his eyes with more force, to keep the light from bothering him, why was there even sunlight in your room to begin with?? We were in the devildom! He groaned and slowly opened his eyes.

Then he saw some h/c hair on his face, then he tried to move his leg and found out something was on top of it, then he felt something stretch right next to his body, and only then he remembered the events of last night, his mouth was agape. HOW COULD HE.

*yAAAAWn*

A yawn sounded above his head, he would like to admit he slightly panicked, but of course he wouldn’t.

“Good morning Lucifer” He detached himself from you, and sat on the edge of the bed. Apparently, you two had spent the whole night, or what was left of it, like that. Your voice sounded as sleepy as you looked. “noooooo....my warmth source...!” You said while clinging to the bed sheets and burying your face on your pillow. Cute, he thought.

“Good morning, slept well I presume?” He said as he fully got out of bed.

You raised your head from your pillow, one eyebrow arched. Excuse me? After interrupting your sleep 2 times and causing a bruise on your hand he had the audacity to ask that?

You just deadpan stared at him “How about I take you for lunch at Ristorante Six and we forget this happened?”

“Heh” you sat on your bed “Oh, you wish, I’m not forgetting this ever” you rested your head on your fist, smug smile on your face. He glared at you “I wont pronounce a word about it to anyone but you though”

“No one but me?” He crossed his arms.

“Yep” You put your feet on the ground and got up ‘I’ll be able to get all sorts of cute reactions from you after all’ you wanted to say, but settled with only stretching again in front of him and asking “want to go see what’s for breakfast?”

“I’d prefer to go back to my room and get changed” he looked your sleepy figure once again “You should do the same”

“Nah, its Saturday, I plan on spending the whole day on my comfy comfy pajamas” You followed him to your door. “Shame I won’t be able to spend it with a comfy body-pillow as well” You glared at him while smiling and he quickly turned away from your gaze.

“Nonsense, ah, by the way, that is not actual sunlight right” he pointed to the top of your bed.

“Pretty neat right?? I had it custom-made! It emulates human world sunlight in real-time, it has the same effects on the skin too!”

“How so? “ He was curious.

“Pfft, do you really think, I , a human, would be able to survive down here so long without sunlight????? I’d be dead a long time ago without that thing!” And you left towards the dining room while laughing slightly

He was speechless. He had never thought about that.

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This was supposed to come out on his birthday but I was buried in work, and I caught covid and yeah.... but here it is and I hope u like it. Like I always say, I’m a sucker for fluff, and bed sharing scenarios always have my heart melting.

I like to think of lucifer as more than he shows, theres so much meaning and intent on the things he says... i dont quite know how to describe it, but theres so much more than he shows and for his birthday I wanted him to show a little of what’s behind that invisible wall he always has.

And...Happy late birthday Lucifer :)

#obey me x reader #obey me headcanons #obey me shall we date #obey me lucifer x reader #obey me lucifer x you #obey me fanfic #cuddles because he deserves #FLUFF #bed sharing #nightmares

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