Two months after his near-fatal poisoning, Lucifer felt well enough to go back to work. He was afraid that everyone would blame him for the Detective's arrest and subsequent incarceration, but his fears were unfounded. To the Devil's shock, he entered the precinct to a roaring applause and a large banner that proclaimed, "Welcome Back, Lucifer".

He looked over in the direction where Chloe's desk usually sat, only to find it was gone. In its place, the department had put a vending machine in, filled with all of Lucifer's favorite snacks. He was standing there, dumfounded at the sight, when Ella wrapped her arms around him.

"Not bad for a welcome back present, eh roomie?".

That was another thing that had changed for him in the last couple months. When Lucifer tried to go back to his penthouse, the anxiety from everything that happened there was too much. So, instead, he ended up moving into his mansion in the Hills. The place was huge and lonely, though, so he invited Dan, Ella, and Trixie to move in with him. Seeing as they had all gotten used to having the Devil around full-time, they agreed. There were plenty of bedrooms, even though most nights either one or all of them would bunk up with Lucifer, and Trixie was thrilled to finally have a pool.

His newfound family had saved him from the brink of despair, and they were even going out of their way to make sure he was comfortable at work too.

Now he just needed to get the one member of said family to let go of him.

"It's quite lovely, Ella dear, but I would enjoy it much better if I was able to breathe".

"Oops, Sorry Luce".

"If you two could wrap up the cuddle session." Dan said chuckling, "we have a crime scene to get to".

The two laughed along with him as they walked out the door.

*

The crime scene was brutal. The victim, an accountant named Gary Van Brunt, was impaled on the spiked ends of a fountain sculpture in the center of the park they were at.

"You know, there is something off about this man".

"Besides the fact he's a shish-kabob?" Dan asked.

"Besides that, "Lucifer huffed, "Look at the clothing he's wearing. It's clearly not even close to his size".

"That's because they aren't his clothes," Ella told them, "Background check on the guy said he was the primary accountant and resident of a place called Willow's Glenn".

"Sounds like a commune for hipsters".

"Close bud," she said with a wink, "it's a nudist colony".

Lucifer lit up like a Christmas tree while Dan groaned.

"Maybe we won't have to get naked".

*

They had to get naked.

Even with his badge, the guard told Dan that no one could enter the area unless they took their clothes off, otherwise they'd need a warrant. He turned around to tell Lucifer they were leaving to get one….to find that the Devil was completely nude.

"Lucifer?!"

"When in Rome, Daniel" he said with a wink.

To Dan's shock, Ella was also naked, claiming that this was an item on her bucket list. Knowing he was outnumbered, Dan stripped off his clothing as well. As he walked ahead into the compound, Lucifer and Ella stared longingly.

"He's got a nice ass," they both sighed at the same time.

"Dude, why don't you go for it? I know he's into you," the so am I went unsaid.

"I don't know," Lucifer said quietly, "I'm not sure I want to try the whole love thing again".

Ella stopped him and put a hand against his chest, using every bit of willpower available not to go lower.

"Look, Luce, I know how hurt you were by what that woman did," she said with no small amount of venom, "but Dan isn't like that, and neither am I. We don't care that you're the devil, we love you just as you are. You deserve happiness just as much as anyone…maybe more".

Lucifer put his hand over the one Ella had against his heart. "I heard a lot of 'we' in there, Ella, are you sure Dan is the only one you think I should go for?".

The tiny lab tech thought her heart might beat out of her chest. Could it be possible for Lucifer to be interested in both her and Dan? She was certainly interested in both of them, but between Chloe and Charlotte, she never thought she stood a chance on either front. The possibility of having both men she'd fallen for was more than Ella could comprehend.

They were broken out of their reverie by Dan whistling at them to catch up. They walked around the community, interviewing various residents about the victim, (Ella and Lucifer couldn't stop snickering when Dan accidentally bumped into an old man's privates). They finally came upon a couple that told them about how Gary had been arguing with the manager of the colony, Julian McCaffery. Lucifer managed to talk their way into the jacuzzi pool in the VIP area, where Julian was sitting with two women.

The man turned out to be fairly simple-minded. It only took a few moments of Lucifer using his mojo and Julian was spilling his guts, not only about Gary, but about several deaths involved in the women he was trafficking into the country. Dan had discreetly made a phone call for backup while he blabbed to Lucifer and Ella, and pretty soon the perp was being hauled away in cuffs…and clothes.

Dan slid back down into the water after the unis had taken their suspect away. "Well, that went smoother than I thought, guess we should go get our clothes now".

"Uhm…I'm going to need a moment, Daniel".

"What? Why…Oh," Dan realized the issue when it started pressing up against his thigh, "You uh…you need help with that?".

"Are you offering, Darling?"

Dan didn't answer except to turn beet red, his own 'issue' rising at the thought of 'helping Lucifer'.

Ella, who was just as horny and frustrated as they were, decided to take matters into her own hands. She slid in between Lucifer and Dan and grabbed both of their erections into her hands.

"How about," She said as she stroked both men slowly, "we go home, and I take care of both of you".

The men looked at her, then at each other and nodded. She let go of them, and they all quickly got out of the water and went to get their clothes…eager to hurry home and get right back out of them.

*

Maze yawned as she rode the elevator up to the penthouse. Lucifer told her that a friend was going to be staying in it to watch over things, and that he'd need some groceries to get started. Normally, Maze would balk at being Lucifer's errand girl, but he paid her double what the trip cost, and after everything that happened, she was just glad he was alive to give orders period.

"Hey! I got food!" she yelled out into the foyer once the doors opened.

"Just set the groceries on the bar, luv, I'll be out shortly".

Maze was startled by the familiarity of the voice. She set the groceries down and drew her knives…only to drop them when she saw who the person was.

"Johnny!"

"Well, I'll be damned all over, "John Constantine said, "Mazikeen!".

Maze grabbed John into an uncharacteristic hug. "Dude, I didn't know you were the one Lucifer rented the place to".

"Aye Luv, he called me about a week ago to come stay here. Mind telling me what happened that would make the Devil afraid of his own flat?".

"It's a long story," Maze told him, "If you got time, I got beer".

"Sounds good, "John said as he plopped down onto the couch, "tell me everything, Mazey".

Notes:

I've been binging Constantine recently, so naturally I had to drop him into the story somewhere. He'll probably play a bigger role later on.

Next chapter is Smut...pure, unadulterated smut.