When Lucifer released her from the chains to pull her into his embrace, she leaned against him closing her eyes. She felt him press the kiss to her temple and gently lift her. She sucked in a breath when he set her in the seat partially not expecting to leave the comfort of him and that she had been almost asleep. She opened her eyes at his comments and raised an eyebrow not hiding the chuckle or smile that formed on her lips as she rested her head against the seat.

"Home. A hospital would only ask too many probing questions that I don't really feel like answering and I don't want to talk to police officers." She turned her head to look at him still smiling as she listened to him say the cheesy line. "Ahhh, look at that. My cheesiness has rubbed off on you. There is no way I can leave now that this side has show itself." Her eyes searched his features, a battle was clearly raging in her head though it was more about forcing herself to stay awake over whether or not she would stay.

She lifted a hand and placed it on his arm giving a small squeeze before her eyes closed once more. Her breathing even though it was shallow, soon deepened as sleep overtook her causing her hand to relax and fall from his arm to rest between them. Of course with what type of beings they are, there wouldn't be much of a change in the daily life even at their job as the being that wanted to go after Lucifer covered up the failed tracks of Gary, practically wiping him out of existence.

That was why she didn't want to go to the hospital. The staff would do their duty and call the police due to suspected criminal activities, especially with the strange type of wounds that she would have. Thankfully the areas that had the weapons removed, were beginning to heal but that process was also part of the cause of her passing out. Her body was trying to combat the pain and heal itself against whatever drug had been used to stop the healing for a short while. Her features relaxed in her sleep but her eyes were fluttering showing she was in a dream or rather nightmare in her sleep.

Of course there was the possibilty that she would have scars and the most prominent one would be the burn on her side along with the spots in her dark wings would turn a silver to show the damage done. At that moment though, all she was craving was to be in her own bed wrapped within the soft blankets just wanting to be away from the world.

*Some Time Later*

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It had been a few months since the ordeal with Gary and Katelyn, and for Cleo she was currently wrapped up in a blanket while sitting on the couch watching a particularly sad RomCom movie. The soft material of the blanket was wrapped around her so that only her face was showing. She was sitting crosslegged underneath the blanket and looked to be attentive but slowly her mind was trying to drift off to regain some of the sleep she was losing each night. Most nights she didn't wake up covered in sweat from the nightmare but it seemed to be worse if she was stressed out about something.

After the 'disappearance' of Gary, Niki had also put in her resignation at the accounting firm and spent most of her time healing while at home. Granted now that she was healed, it was taking a lot of will power to not drive herself crazy. Cleo had looked into doing a work from home position at least for the time being as well to still try to blend into society.

Of course when she wasn't watching movies, cleaning, or trying to catch up on some sleep, Cleo was working on trying to get more information about who was behind the strange symbol and Gary attacking her. It was odd that almost as soon as he was no longer there was no record of him working at the accounting firm.

Cleo had shifted and was now laying on the couch letting her mind wander over the various details she had learned as her eyes slowly began to close. The movie was still playing as she drifted off to sleep. Her mind quietly shutting her off from the outside world as she waited for Lucifer to return home. Lucious hadn't left when the pair returned that night. Instead he helped patch Cleo up and get her put into bed before waiting to be told what happened.

Lucious was now sitting in the apartment that he was renting not far from their home, his eyes scanning his screen while watching the cameras that he and Lucifer had deemed appropriate to put in the house. With Cleo not working, Lucious was sent to protect both beings as the assignment had taken a turn no one was expecting.

The male leaned back in his chair with a loud sigh as he rubbed his hands over his face, eyes tired from the screen. "I am just going to stop by and check in on her. Poor girl is still overworking herself." He closed the laptop before standing and grabbed his coat, keys, and phone before practically running down the stairs. Since he didn't live far from Cleo and Lucifer, he was there in no time and quietly let himself in the front door.

The male did a quick look about the house for any signs that someone else would have entered but then moved over to the couch to sit by Cleo. He touched her shoulder gently, causing the young woman to jump and get herself tangled in the blankets before falling to the floor with a soft thud. Lucious sat on the bed laughing as Cleo sat up finally free of the fabric and looked around panicked until her eyes landed on Lucious. She whacked his knee with her hand before standing and settled next to him pulling the blanket onto her lap. Cleo muttered a few unsavory words about the male but rested her head on his shoulder before letting herself begin to drift off to sleep once more.

Lucious wrapped an arm around her shoulder, full well knowing that if Lucifer walked in on the pair sitting as they were, he would be dead meat. He picked up the remote carefully from the little coffee table and changed the movie to a documentary about mummies that had multiple episodes. The male settled back into the couch with his female friend curled up asleep on his shoulder.

The sound of his voice brought Cleo back to the land of the awake and she sat up with a yawn as Lucious pulled away and stood. "I wasn't going to. Also try not to have too much fun without me for a few days. I am needed elsewhere for a little while." He dipped his head as if he was wearing a hat and moved towards the door.

Being as Cleo was still somewhat asleep, she raided an eyebrow in confusion but then looked over at Lucifer and tilted her head. "Why are you so far away?" Her eyes roamed over his exposed torso for a moment before landing on the fresh wound on his side. Her eyes cleared of the fog from sleep as they narrowed. "What happened?" There was still a hint of sleep in her voice as she spoke.

Lucious was quick to leave out the door, leaving the pair alone with eachother for the first time in months. Cleo was wearing an oversized t-shirt and shorts under the blanket that she exposed as she removed the blanket from her frame. The anger that seemed to flash through her eyes quickly changed to concern and she moved over to sit by him leaning close to inspect the wound.

Cleo's fingers gently brushed against his skin as she inspected the wound sending sparks up her hand. Of course she still had feelings for Lucifer but was afraid to let him see the scarring that now covered her body in places. She didn't want to admit to herself that she was scared of being kidnapped and tortured again as the images of that night still haunted her dreams. Of course she hadn't told either Lucifer or Lucious about how bad the nightmare was or how frequently it would keep her awake.

A soft sigh left her lips as her gaze was lifted from his wound to look over his features. "Want me to patch you up? It is the least I can do since you barred me from cooking tonight." A touch of the teasing Cleo filled her features as she let a smile form on her lips though her hand didn't leave his side.

She so very much wanted to let him know she still cared for him but the words always seemed to stop in her throat. Maybe the fact that Lucious was leaving would give her the courage to speak with Lucifer. She had no feelings for Lucious other than that he was a friend. She would have snuggled up to Lucifer had he first sat closer to them before she was fully aware of the world when Lucious first left. She felt secure with either male even if she preferred it to be Lucifer as Lucious would always tease her about it when Lucifer wasn't home.

"I missed you today." Her gaze had moved to look down at her hand as her words softened. Cleo slowly began to pull away and stood up wrapping her arms around herself as she began to head to the kitchen. Once she was there, she removed a glass from the cupboard and set it on the counter before kneeling down to look under the sink for the other first aide kit she had stashed there. Her hair was also put up in a messy bun that bounced with her movements.

If though he mumbled the first shocking sentence. Cleo had been leaning under the counter and her head jersey up hitting the bottom of the counter. A hand instantly flew to the back of her head with a few muttered unsavory words. She pulled her hand away checking to see if she had cut herself but jumped again at his mentioning that he missed her as well.

Cleo sat back onto the floor holding her hand to the back of her head turning to look at him with a glare as a part of her thought he was just trying to get her to react. When her eyes landed on Lucifer the anger instantly disappeared as she stood slowly and moved around the counter to stand by him.

She reached a hand towards him and gently laid it on his arm. Even though her head was now ringing from being hit against the bottom of the counter in quick succession. "Yes Lucifer?"

Concern filled her words she she stepped closer. Yes she lied and said she was fine most days but since she still had her own room, it was easy to hide the lingering problem. Cleo lifted her hand from his arm and ran her fingers through his hair not realizing how much she had missed being this close to him.

Her heart was racing in her chest as fear in what he wanted to day tried to take over. Thoughts raced in her head as her emotions danced within her eyes. Normally she could have kept her emotions in check but something about the man in front of her caused her to lose that ability.

"Is everything alright Lucifer? What do you need me to do?"

The questions blurted to stop the silence that was wanting to fill the air around the two. She bit her lower lip nervously and looked away as she pulled her hand away from his hair and wrapped her arms around her own frame furrowing her brows.

A small squeak left Cleo as Lucifer pulled her into his embrace. Her arms moved from around herself to wrap around his torso as her head moved to rest on his shoulder. How she had missed being this close and oddly enough the safety that his arms held. Cleo lifted her head from his shoulder and furrowed her brows at his words.

"Why are you sorry? You didn't do this to me. You saved me. Honestly it is both our faults because our emotions hid the danger of that was looming just beneath the surface." The kiss to the top of her head only seemed to add more confusion to her features even as he lifted her gaze to meet his. His next words caused her to roll her eyes as she shook her head trying not to chuckle.

An almost frustrated huff left her lips as the kisses continued but she paused pulling away just slightly when he said the next statement.

"I love you, Cleo."

For a moment all Cleo could do was stare at the man before her with wide eyes. After a couple painstakingly slow blinks, a devilishly playful smile appeared on her lips. It was a smile that she hadn't done in a while and it felt normal as she leaned in and rested her head on his shoulder once more.

"I see that all of those horribly cheesy pick up lines actually did their job. Honesly I was about to give up on that whole act and I was running out of new ones to say." She closed her eyes as a soft chuckle left her before she placed a kiss just under his jaw.

"I love you too Lucifer...know that I don't blame you for what happened. I am just thankful that you came when you did. Though I do miss those pajamas. They were so soft."

It seemed as though hearing Lucifer say those words and be holding her close, was bringing back a bit of the old Cleo that seemed to have decided to hide away taking a nap. After a few moments, a small sigh left Cleo though she didn't move from where they were. "I am surprised I haven't heard anything from your sister since the incident. From the little bits that I have heard, there was a bit of a commotion when Lucious said that I had called."

As much as she wanted to stay wrapped in his arms, She slowly pulled away and put her hands on his shoulders. Her eyes darkened as she searched his features before she spoke again. "I would really like to know if you want to share a bed with me? We don't have to but...my nightmare is worse the more I sleep alone."