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“Can I see him?” You finally managed in a strained voice

“Not yet we need him to stabilize a little first” The nurse told you

“Okay” You, stated earning a sorrowful smile from the nurse just before she left.

Before you knew it morning had come with sun streaming through your hospital window as tears fell from your eyes. You looked out the window through tear clouded vision and all you could see was his face, his laugh everything right up to the look he had given you right after the accident. Lucifer had turned his head towards you for a moment before you had passed out with pain filled eyes that were pleading with you to make it all stop with nothing that you could do about it. You remembered the first hunt Lucifer had gone on with you after becoming mortal he was wonderful, strong, fast even elegant for saying he’d only ever fought as an archangel he handled himself well that’s also when you figured he’d stolen your heart. Just as the memory faded you heard someone enter the room causing you to jump a little, wiping the tears from your cheeks before looking in the direction of the doorway to see the younger blonde haired nurse standing there with a set of scrubs in hand.

“I’m here with your discharge papers,” the nurse stated placing the clothing on the end of the bed then handing the clipboard to you to sign.

“Thank you…you wouldn’t happen to know anything about my friend Nick would you?” You asked hoping that you might be able to see him.

“I don’t know much but he’s still pretty unstable in ICU” The nurse explained taking the clipboard from you then sat it on the hospital tray.

“I see, thank you” You said as she began to remove your IV then helped you out of bed and to get dressed.

“There your good to go” She said with a happy smile

“Thanks again and do you know where Nick is?” You inquired

“Yes, 3rd floor room 201 any other questions can be answered by the ICU nurse up there” The nurse told you before walking out of the room. You followed her out then made a V-line for the elevators where you pressed the large circular button that indicated for it to go to the 3rd floor.

You limped out of the elevator once it had stopped on the 3rd floor where all the ICU rooms were. You walked up to the large nurses station desk where a young black haired nurse was sitting going through paperwork only looking up when you placed a hand on the top of the wooden desk.

“Can I help you?” The nurse asked with a smile

“Yeah, I’m looking for someone who’s in ICU…um, his name is Nick” You explained

“Nick? One moment please” The nurse stated as she turned to a computer, typing on the key board until she smiled with acknowledgement that she’d gotten something.

“Yep, he’s in room 201 but unfortunately the doctors aren’t allowing any visitors to see him at the moment” the nurse explained with a regrettable frown on her face.

“That’s alright, I’ll wait” You told the nurse before finding a chair in the waiting area to sit down on.

Hours passed or so you thought hell it probably could have even been days as people came in to the waiting area then left while nurses exchanged shifts with doctors running around. You heard more then one code blue come over the speaker system making you nervous that it could be Lucifer but no one ever came to talk to you afterwards so that was a good sign at least. You leaned forward in the chair you were sitting in, resting your face in your hands as your elbows rested on your thighs when a doctor approached the nurses station with the young black haired nurse there again tilting her head towards you. The doctor nodded at the nurse then walked over to you with a clipboard in hand, a stethoscope around his neck and gray hair as he approached you stood up to meet him halfway with hope in your eyes.

“Your Nick’s next of kin?” the doctor asked

“Yes, yes I am…is he?” You began but couldn’t quite ask the question

“He’s finally stable” The doctor told you

“Really? Can I see him?” You wondered in surprise

“Yes but try to keep calm cause his appearance might startle you” The doctor stated indicating for you to follow him to the room.

You followed him until the two of you reached an ICU room that had the number 201 written in black on it. You let the doctor open the door then entered after taking a deep breath only to inhale sharply with your eyes widening to the size of dinner plates at the sight of Lucifer. The doctor closed the door behind himself as you cautiously began to walk over to Lucifer’s seemingly lifeless body that had wires connecting to monitors, tubes that connected to a respirator and IV bags as well as other things. Your hand hesitated to pull the blanket down to see his injuries as if you expected to still see the pipe there or his guts spilling out from the wounds on either side of his body, of course that was stupid but nonetheless it stopped you from continuing instead you placed your hand on top of Lucifer’s gently. You looked up at the monitor showing his blood pressure and heart rate to see that it was fluctuating quite a bit. Lucifer’s chest was rising then falling with each breath he took but they were also erratic when suddenly the doctor came up on the opposite side of the bed to explain something to you.

“The pole severed most of his vital organ in his abdomen along with 3 major arteries and to be perfectly honest I’m surprised he even survived the trip to the hospital,” The doctor explained pulling the blanket past Lucifer’s torso till it sat just above his hips revealing his bare, bandaged abdomen.

“We managed to repair most of the internal damage but…” The doctor trailed off

“But what?” You asked seeing the distress on his face

“Well, the damage to the organs was extensive so were as some we could repair there were others that even though we stopped the bleeding and closed the injuries they may still fail” The doctor stated bluntly

“What?” You breathed out as complete hopelessness filled your heart

“At this point we’ll just have to wait and see” The doctor said but you could see it in his eyes, he didn’t expect Lucifer to live past tonight. The doctor left you alone with Lucifer more then likely so you could say your final goodbyes but you weren’t giving up on him, not yet cause you still had one last hope. You tangled your fingers in Lucifer’s, rubbing the top of his hand with your thumb while your other hand brushed a stray strand of hair from his face, which was paler then you’d ever seen it with dark circles under his eyes. You let a tear fall as you leaned down to place a kiss to his forehead before releasing his hand then walking out of the door, down the hallway to the elevators till you made it to the parking lot. The night air was crisp as trees shed their leaves like a snake shedding it’s skin in preparation for the winter’s harshness to come as you stood in the middle of the parking lot your breath came out in small wispy clouds that shimmered in the light from the crescent moon over head. You took a deep breath then looked up at the star filled, clear night sky before closing your eyes to focus your mind.

“I don’t know how to do this but I guess…I pray to Gabriel the archangel, messenger of god…. please Gabriel you don’t know me but I know your brother Lucifer and he’s in trouble, he’s dying and I could really use your help so please…” You didn’t get a chance to finish your prayer as wings were heard fluttering behind you.

You spun around to see a man standing behind you with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes that seemed to be staring at you with intensity. You had never met Gabriel but Lucifer had spoken of the archangel often enough that you felt as if you’d known him all your life so you figured what the heck.

“Where is he?” Gabriel asked with power clearly emitting from his voice

“He’s…um…he’s inside…let me show you” You insisted leading the way into the hospital. Gabriel followed you all the way to room 201 where Lucifer was still comatose and when Gabriel entered the room he jolted slightly, stopping in his tracks at the sight of his older brother. On the trip up you’d explained what had happened to Gabriel from the moment Lucifer became human to him getting into the accident with you but still it appeared to be a shock for him.

“Can you help him?” You asked with concern in your voice

Gabriel approached gingerly then looked over Lucifer with a hand hovering just over him as if he was sensing the air around Lucifer. Gabriel sighed heavily then looked solemnly at his brother before looking up at you causing your heart to speed up in anticipation for the worst news of all time to come but instead Gabriel let a smirk spread across his face while his hazel eyes shimmered. Gabriel shook his head causing a small strand of hair to fall into his face before he batted it out of the way when his gaze fixed back on you.

“Oh man big bro, what have you gotten into this time?” Gabriel scoffed out with a slight chuckle while his gaze returned to Lucifer.

“I don’t see what’s so funny! Now can you help him or not?” You snapped in annoyance

“Of course I can especially seeing as he’s human” Gabriel assured you rather cockily

Gabriel held up his hand then snapped his fingers before laying it flat on Lucifer’s injured abdomen. Lucifer’s breathing hitched slightly as his stomach also recoiled indicating something was happening before he settled back down again still unconscious, which made you question just what the archangel had done.

“What did you do?” You demanded

“Relax, he’ll wake soon enough” Gabriel assured you removing his hand from Lucifer’s abdomen.

“He will?” You wondered in a softer tone

“Yep, I healed all the damage done so he should wake up soon” Gabriel further explained

You and Gabriel started the waiting game again but at least this time you knew that Lucifer would awake it would just take time. Days passed with little change in Lucifer’s condition but the doctors did seem to be a little flustered as they tried to figure out just how Lucifer’s injuries had seemed to just disappear. You left one day to get a coffee out of the cafeteria downstairs with Gabriel opting to follow you but he didn’t say anything until after you sat down with your coffee.

“You know when I asked Lucifer what he’d gotten himself into this time, I wasn’t referring to the accident” Gabriel stated staring at you from across the crappy little table.

“I figured as much” You stated already having figured that out

“Really?” Gabriel asked quirking an eyebrow in surprise

“Yep, but to be honest I don’t know what I’ve gotten myself into either” You explained taking a sip of coffee, making a disgusted face afterwards at the sludge like brew.

“Not sure if you can love an archangel?” Gabriel wondered

“No, just not sure if I can handle having my heart beaten like this” You corrected

“What do you mean?” Gabriel asked waving a chocolate bar into being

“Every time something happens I’m not sure I could handle the emotional stress of worrying about him” You explained again

“Ah, your tough not to mention adaptable so I’m positive you’d do just fine” Gabriel assured you as he took a bite out of the chocolate bar.

“How do you do it?” You asked Gabriel

“What?” Gabriel asked curiously

“You’ve obviously been with Lucifer longer then me, how do you handle worrying about him?” You asked again in detail

“Me and Lucifer have been close since I can remember as for worrying I guess its just well…we share it” Gabriel tried to explain but was clearly having some difficulty

“What do you mean you share it?” You wondered furrowing your brows in curiosity

“I mean that I worry about him about as much as he does about me so it kind of spreads it out, if that makes any sense” Gabriel stated shrugging his shoulders

“It doesn’t” You stated

“I know sorry I was never really good at explaining the philosophical crap” Gabriel apologized with a chuckle that made you giggle.

“Shall we get back?” Gabriel offered after finishing his chocolate bar then dunking the wrapper into the nearest garbage can. You nodded then followed him out back up to Lucifer’s room but just before you reached his room several doctors and nurses ran past both of you into the room. Gabriel furrowed his brow in confusion while concern rose in your stomach like something was swimming around in it before both of you took off towards the room. You skidded to a halt in front of the doorway to Lucifer’s room to see at least 6 or so people standing around him trying to settle him down as he thrashed trying to get them away. You didn’t even hesitate or think before sprinting in to push past the doctors and nurses until you were right next to Lucifer placing your hands on either side of his face to cup it, forcing him to focus on you.

“Back off! Your upsetting him!” You shouted at the people cause you knew Lucifer wasn’t much of a people person let alone seeing that many around him after such a traumatizing event. Eventually you convinced the hospital staff to back off from Lucifer allowing you to work freely at calming him the only way you knew how to and you didn’t give a crap what they thought about the name.

“Lucifer, Lucifer…hey, it’s okay” You insisted as he grabbed weakly onto your wrists

“No! No it’s not…what’s going on?” Lucifer demanded clearly still a little hazy after coming too.

“Lucifer! Look at me!” You demanded forcing his face to look up at yours. Lucifer whimpered a little then opened his eyes to look up at you with a sharp inhale of breath causing him to finally relax a little.

“(Y/N)?” Lucifer breathed out as his heart rate began to slow

“Yes, yes that’s right it’s me. Just relax you’re in a hospital. Do you remember the accident?” You asked in a soothing voice

“Yes…I remember the truck…then the pain…”Lucifer trailed off with a wince at the memory

“Okay, okay that’s good. You just woke up after being unconscious from that so let the doctor look you over.” You explained loosening your grip on his face a little but his grip tightened

“Don’t leave!” Lucifer exclaimed in a slight panic

“It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m not going anywhere, I’ll be right here” You assured him as you gently eased him back to the mattress then slid on to the bed allowing him to lay his head on your shoulder for reassurance. The other nurses left leaving only one nurse with the doctor as he looked Lucifer over as well as repaired anything that had been disturbed during Lucifer’s little spas attack. Your hand continuously stroked Lucifer’s temple with the backs of your knuckles while the doctor removed the bandages to get a better look at the still damaged flesh that Gabriel couldn’t heal after having used so much grace to heal the internal damage. Lucifer winced with a whimper when the doctor started to clean them causing Lucifer’s hand to clench in the fabric of your pants as well as bury his face in the nape of your neck. You moved the hand that was brushing his temple to cup the back of his head while placing a kiss to the top of his head with your other hand tangling with his as he squeezed it until the doctor was finished re-bandaging the wounds.

“There, there, he’s finished” You whispered soothingly into Lucifer’s ear. You could tell he was desperately trying to make sense of everything going on around him but couldn’t manage to put the pieces together. You didn’t move from his side simply held him until he fell back asleep in your arms that’s when Gabriel came in clearly feeling for his brother. You laid Lucifer flat on the bed but still stayed beside him as he slept and if any of the doctors or nurses wondered about you calling him Lucifer they didn’t ask so you didn’t bother with it simply let the gif horse be. Hours passed before Lucifer began to stir with a moan he shifted his head from side to side then slowly began to open his eyes while the haze cleared you leaned over Lucifer so he could get a good look at you.

“(Y/N)? What…where am I?” Lucifer asked groggily as he brought his free hand up to wipe across his face.

“Take it easy, your in the hospital remember?” You asked him in a gentle voice

“No…wait…yes, yes I do…”Lucifer suddenly trailed off as he averted his gaze from you.

“What’s wrong?” You asked with clear concern in your voice

“I’m so sorry…” Lucifer apologized looking to the side

“For what?” You asked furrowing your brow in confusion

“For how I acted…before” Lucifer explained

Suddenly you understood he was talking about the flip out he’d done earlier after waking up for the first time since the accident. You realized that he was feeling ashamed for having acted so out of control, so needy, which believe it or not made you feel better cause it was an indication that he had his pride back.

“It’s okay Lucifer, you were just confused that’s all and perhaps even a little…scared” You dared to say such a thing about Lucifer. You could see Lucifer fighting in his own mind to deny the accusation but clearly he couldn’t cause it was true he had been scared and you’d seen it in his eyes.

“I’m pathetic” Lucifer finally spoke in a hushed voice

“No, your just human and when we endure something we don’t understand or that’s too much for us we react a little out of character” You explained pulling his face gently towards you. You leaned down to tap your forehead to his then kissed his nose before settling back against his forehead with his blue eyes locking on your (E/C) ones. Lucifer surprised you suddenly though as he leaned up to press a kiss to your lips now causing you to resist at first before leaning in to the kiss. After pulling from the kiss Lucifer winced slightly from the wounds on his sides causing him to hiss through his teeth before settling back on to the bed.

“How did I…survive?” Lucifer asked with his breath still hitching a little as the pain settled again.

“Well, I kind of…called for help” You told him then shifted your gaze over to Gabriel who had been leaning against the far wall the whole time.

“Gabriel?” Lucifer questioned when he saw him

“The one and only” Gabriel chimed as he pushed off of the wall and swaggered his way over to the bed.

“But I don’t understand…” Lucifer stated in confusion

“Your girl here called me, told me you were in trouble so I dropped everything and shagged ass over here” Gabriel briefly explained

“Thank you Gabriel” Lucifer chuckled at the realization that his brother still cared about him even after he’d been cast out of heaven and now turned mortal.

“You’re my bro so count me in on getting you back to normal” Gabriel told Lucifer with a smile. Lucifer smiled back with a nod before shifting to lay his head on your shoulder then closed his eyes to rest.

Several weeks later Lucifer was finally discharged from the hospital allowing you to take him home with you to finish the healing process. Lucifer was still supposed to rest so you decided to take the opportunity to teach him a little more about being human especially seeing as he seemed to be interested in moving your relationship to the next level. Lesson one human anatomy and the differences between male people and female people, a lesson that would be very hands on.