[Part of the 2022 Lucifer Birthday Collaboration on Twitter! More fics and arts can be found at @Luciferbd2022]
It was a day like any other. Walking through the streets, seeing the stalls, talking to people as you walked by. They all recognized you, everyone knew everyone around these parts, it was hard not to, on a street so small. Even if there were constantly changing faces, with tourists and traveling officials, one group always remained the same.
Which was why you were attracting everyone’s attention.
You did your best to act as if everything was normal, walking through the crowd as you said your usual greetings, acknowledging your friends as you walked by. You saw their curious gazes, their lips forming round O’s in surprise. Yet they didn’t ask for answers, merely waiting for you to mention something yourself.
Leaving them quite disappointed when you merely walked away without satiating their curiosities.
After all… How were you supposed to explain that the tall and handsome man with raven locks and ruby eyes was, in fact, a genie?
It would sound insane. Yet, you didn’t know what excuse to give instead.
So, you chose to act like everything was normal, as if he had always been by your side. You glance at him as you walk through the streets, taking in his side profile with a secret smile to yourself. If you were being honest, it really did feel like he had always been by your side.
So much had happened when you stumbled upon the lamp, attempting to clean it to restore its former glory when a burst of light and smoke made you drop it in surprise. He had given you such a look of disappointment, telling you that you should be more careful as if it were a normal occurrence for a magical being to suddenly appear in front of someone.
Although, you supposed for him, it wasn’t too out of the ordinary.
Much had happened since then, various adventures caused by your eyes opening to the magic in the world. Throughout the good and the bad, he stayed by your side, giving you advice and guidance with his smooth voice.
Whether it was from contract or not, you truly enjoyed his company, and his presence was a comforting one. Despite the friendships you had made, none of them supported you the way he was able to.
You never wanted him to leave.
“Is there something on my face?”
His voice jerks you out of your thoughts, the smirk that graces his features making you realize that you had been staring this whole time. You blush slightly, shaking your head as you turn your gaze away, hearing his chuckle of amusement.
“These stands have many interesting items. Are there any that you like?”
You glanced around for a brief moment before shaking your head, your gaze coming to rest on him once more. He gives you a smile, his head tilted as he placed his hands behind his back.
“Are you sure? You still have a wish left. It could all be yours.”
It was as if he was testing you.
“I’m alright. I have something else in mind for my last wish, anyways.”
His ruby gaze flashes, but before you could tell what he was feeling, his smile is back up, his gaze glimmering with a hint of amusement.
“Is that so?”
You nod firmly, beckoning for him to follow you as you leave the street. You guide him through the alleyways you were so familiar with, alleyways that you had always walked alone in the past. Alleyways that felt different with him by your side.
Which only strengthened your resolve.
You never wanted him to leave.
“Where are we going?”
You spun around to face him as you came to a stop, your hands clasped behind your back as you gave him a smile.
“Lucifer, are you sure there’s nothing you want?”
He pauses, his hand coming to rest on his chest as his eyes burn with a hidden passion.
“I already told you, my life is yours.”
“What if I want more than that?”
“What more can I give?”
You pause, stepping closer to him, keeping eye contact as he arches a questioning eyebrow.
“Well? Surely you said that with something in mind?”
Despite his confidence, a part of him wasn’t sure how to feel. He had meant it when he said his life was yours. He was a genie, and you were his master. But at some point, you had become more than that. You had become someone he was curious about. Someone he wanted to learn more about.
Someone who always managed to surprise him even after all the people he had meant and the experiences he had throughout the centuries.
If you used your last wish, all of that would come to an end. By contract, he would return to the lamp. An ending he was always aware of, but never wishful for.
Your gentle touch pulls him out of his reverie, your hands holding onto his as you look down at your intertwined fingers.
“I don’t want to lose you.” A moment of silence. For some reason, he felt that he couldn’t interrupt you, his ruby gaze focused on you.
“If I could wish for us to be together forever, I would. But that would be wishing for immortality, and against the rules.”
His breath caught in his throat, his expression unreliable as he watched you speak.
“So I’m going to wish for something else instead.” At this moment, you raised your gaze to meet his, a bit surprised and a bit encouraged to see him watching you intently
“Lucifer… I wish for you to be free.”
He blinked in surprise, a pleased smile gracing his features as the magic took effect, the invisible shackles falling away as you watched with an air of satisfaction. His hands tightened their hold on yours, pulling you closer as he searched your gaze for an explanation.
Your reasoning was a very simple one.
“This way… You can stay by my side as a human, for the rest of our lives.”
You come to a stop, realizing that he may want something different as you suddenly try to make it clear he has the option to do whatever he wanted.
“I mean, if that’s what you want! I truly want you to be free, so whatever you want to do from now on is up to y-?!”
He cuts off your sudden ramble with ease, pulling you into a warm embrace as he presses his lips against yours for a gentle kiss. When he pulls away, you find that he has a smile matching yours, his gaze filled with soft affection as he whispers a sentence that carries a new meaning.
“My life is yours.”
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