“Yah, thank you for joining us,” Lucifer said, and he gestured to a lovely white seat (that Adamsworewas not there a moment ago) that was opposite Minos and Adam and yet also not too close to Lucifer.
Yah was beautiful, but also, they looked… tired. Adam figured maybe it was pretty exhausting being god. Like, that must be a hell of a lot of work. (A heaven of a lot of work?) Especially if you had to deal with assholes like that Leadership Team.
Did Adam mention how beautiful Yah was? Also, the curiosity of knowing what was under the long, white, flowing robe that Yah was wearing was starting to itch at Adam’s brain. He tried to resist. He really did. This wasgod, for goodness sake.
“Ok, so what is under that robe? Because you are smoking hot, and I’m sure it’s like way inappropriate to ask, but also maybe polite? Because I’d like to use the correct gender pronouns when talking to you.” Adam turned red the minute he was done talking. “And I’msosorry because that is so rude. But still feel totally free to answer. If you want to. Of course,” he finished off lamely.
Lucifer chuckled, and Yah smiled wanly, so at least he hadn’t totally offended anyone. Minos simply squeezed him tightly and kissed the side of his head, which got a look from both people—err, immortal beings?—behind the desk. It was also kind of a mind trip that there was literally darkness and light on the opposite side of the desk. Adam had to admit it was a very cool visual image.
“Minos, perhaps you ought to let your human have a little space. I had forgotten how you work on their filters,” Lucifer laughed out.
“Oh no, that’s totally me. I’m like this even when I’m across the room from Minos,” Adam rushed out. Because he didn’t want to be separated from his demon. And also, because it was totally true.
What followed was yet another discussion of the memo, which Adam half listened to. Leadership Team sucks blah blah blah, no pits for them blah blah blah. He did notice that Lucifer and Yah kept sort of glancing at each other, and their bodies were sort of shifting to face one another in a very subtle and casual manner. And he coulda sworn that there was a time or two that a hand twitched in the other one’s direction.
Color Adam intrigued. Because this was way better than a Harlequin romance if ‘Yah’ and ‘Luce’ had some sort of secret crush thing going on. Talk about star-crossed lovers. And yup, that was definitely a look of longing on Yah’s face when Lucifer was turned towards them.
But Adam should totally keep his mouth shut. Yup. Totally. Not gonna say a word.
“So you two are really friendly,” Adam interrupted. Yeah, Adam had figured he wouldn’t last long. But at least he didn’t come right out and ask if they were secretly in love with one another. He counted that as a win.
Lucifer looked at Yah and Yah looked at Lucifer, and they smiled at one another. But Adam again thought how tired Yah looked, and apparently he wasn’t the only one.
“You look tired, Yah,” Lucifer said. Then he turned to Adam. “And yes, of course we’re friendly. We’ve worked together since time immemorial. We forgave each other for choosing different departments to run epochs ago.”
Yah sighed. “You know how it is upstairs. Some of the angels have become a bit too… unbending. As is evidenced by Adam’s case, I believe. Unfortunately, he is not the only one who was ‘misplaced’ because mid-level management felt they weren’t getting the respect they deserved from incoming souls.”
Yah turned to Adam at that. “You can rest assured that heaven is a welcoming place, and you will not deal with the same placement agent as last time. They forget sometimes that not everyone has the same idea of heaven. Poor research and laziness on their part. Not everyone ascribes to biblical heavenly references, even if they are Christian.”
Adam surged forward in Minos’ lap. “Yeah, that’s great and all, because she was a total bitch—excuse my language—but I amnotgoing back upstairs. Nope. I’m staying here. With Minos. He’s mine and I’m his and that’s it.” Adam snuggled back into Minos.
“Besides,” he added, “I’ve been great for the judgment thing. I add some good ideas, and the demons like me. And Minos keeps me from hearing the really awful nightmare inducing stuff. So I’m having fun. And anyway, if I get to choose my heaven or whatever, then this is it. So I’m right where I belong.”
“Yes, love, this is where you belong. Do not worry,” Minos answered, kissing his head again. So Adam turned and gave him another peck on the lips. His demon was so sweet and protective.
Yah stared at them both for a moment, leaned forward and got the glowy eye thing going on, then leaned back and looked over at Lucifer.
“Interesting,” was all he said.
“Yes, I thought so,” Lucifer agreed.
Adam looked at Minos, who looked slightly perplexed, so he figured there were no answers there.
“Well, that’s settled then,” Lucifer said with an air of finality.
“Um, it is?” Adam asked. Because he had expected more… something. Maybe some arguing, a meeting with the ‘Leadership Team,’ some groveling and begging, or even some kind of angel-demon throwdown with, like, lightning bolts and fire flashing back and forth. This seemed a bit too easy.
“Yes,” Lucifer said firmly. Then he looked over at Yah, and yup, there was definite affection in his gaze.
“You know I’d always be willing to swap with you for a bit. Take some of the burden. Hell is not without its trials, but a little change of scenery might be just what you need. Besides, it would shake up the Leadership Team and put them into absolute fits.” Lucifer grinned at the last statement, and Yah chuckled in return.
“Ah, you do tempt me, old friend,” he replied, looking back at Lucifer. And Adam was sure those two would be making out if they felt like they could. The whole god and devil thing was probably holding them both off. This was epic level romance shit right here. He (amazingly) refrained from saying something about the two of them getting a room, but it was a close call.
“I fear that the angels would revolt if we did such a thing, and you know how that goes,” Yah replied, and the two of them shared a meaningful look. With one last glance of longing, Yah popped out of existence, and Lucifer turned to look at Minos and Adam.
“Wow, you should totally hit that. Because they are a hottie and there is such chemistry there!” Adam fanned himself again. “I mean, I get the whole god and devil thing kinda being an issue, but really, love is love, right? I mean, the work hours probably suck, but when you have eternity, I’m sure you could figure out schedules that work.”
Lucifer chuckled again, but Adam could swear there was almost a note of sadness to it. He bet it wasn’t Lucifer who was holding back. Minos had said Lucifer was the rule breaker, and he bet Yah wasn’t. But they did say opposites attracted.
