13549/The Devil Comes...Knocking

The Devil Comes...Knocking
Date of Scene:	24 June 2021
Location:	Dracula's Keep
Synopsis:	Lucifer goes to make amends with Dracula.
Cast of Characters:	Lucifer, Dracula

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Lucifer has posed:
At some point a night or two ago, Lucifer had left the company of his lovers to go somewhere and be alone. It was stupid of him, and for part of the night after, upon returning to an empty home...he had conversed with Vlad by means of a rat. In the day after, he had made amends with Sinister - and also with Castiel amazingly enough - to the point that they almost nabbed another Angel. And the lovers had spent some time together as well, speaking of things, making confessions and otherwise enjoying the company of...

Still, he dared not use the coin to call the Vampire who was likely still a bit upset with him. Instead, he figured a surprise visit would be an interesting thing to make. Unlike his vampire lover, he does not send anything to ask if he can visit. He simply waits until night begins and then takes one step, two...

Only to actually smack right into a wall of invisible mystical force that basically says inaubibly, 'No Entry'. Not even for the Devil. Does it make a sound? It might, or there might be an alert made to Vlad that someone attempted. A slight fall is had - because Lucifer had been mid-air to try and enter the second floor perhaps - so he collapses in a small heap right at the doors of the Keep. "Well then..." He shifts, standing, dusts himself off and then takes a breath. "Suppose I could knock..."

Dracula has posed:
Vlad had taken the fact that Lucifer had chosen to leave as an indication that the celestial wanted to be alone. And he had allowed that to be the case. Further, he had chosen to retreat on his own, albeit his own parting had gone a sigificantly farther distance. He had gone to his homeland of Romania, which had once been called Wallachia, and to his Keep there. To seclude himself out of the way, as his honour dictated was proper to be done. And so, he had ventured to one of the sub-basements of the Keep, and he had run a few various and assorted tests on the blood that filled him currently. It wasn't human, and it was a interesting variety of 'other'. It was worthy of being tested. He had told Lucifer to make things right, but he had given nary an indication of the fact that he would not return until such was done.

And then there's a thump against the magical barrier that surrounds and protects his keep from teleportational entry. That gets Vlad's attention immediately. He looks up from his current test and blinks, one of his eyebrows quirking up slightly. It's been a while since that's happened. Well. Well, well, well. He was suitably intrigued.

A slight flick of the fingers of his right hand caused his clothes to change -- making him presentable instead of garbed in his lab clothes. A moment of concentration teleported him from the sub-basement to be just within the front door of the Keep. And he waits until the knock befalls the door before he lifts his right hand to gesture slightly, the double doors opening without him even laying a hand upon them. His hair, today, is black and cut shorter than his usual at the sides but a bit longer at the top, and his eyes are that dark brown that's nearly black. He wears black, but it is at least off-set with a brassy colour on the vest that he wears. "Ah, a good night to you, Lucifer," he offers in greeting, a smile touching at the corners of his lips. "An unexpected surprise."

Lucifer has posed:
"You know, that actually stung a little..." Lucifer offers first, rubbing at the back of his neck before almost taking a step in but then he waits a beat. Though if the doors are opened and Vlad is there and knows who is at his Keep now. Well. One step. Two. He begins to pass the threshold and enter the Keep itself. "Sorry for the surprise visit, I guess. I was...well I wanted to see you...but I wasn't sure you wished to see me so..." He trails off a moment.

So what? He's now forcing a visit? Whether it was liked or not. That seems like one of the dumbest moves someone could do to the Vampire Lord, even if they are the King of Hell. And here Lucifer seems not quite himself. Having daddy dearest upset at him for doing what he - to this day - believes was right is one thing. Having someone you love upset at you and not coming to see you, or even showing hint of presence is...something else entirely.

"I...also came to apologize. In person. And..." He stops again. "Fuck this is hard. I don't like this. I don't like the idea that I genuinely messed up something good just as it was getting started. I..." He doesn't grovel well. It leads to rambling. So the Devil shuts up and waits. Except for, "It /is/ good to see you, Vlad my love."

Dracula has posed:
A smile touches at the corners of Dracula's lips, and he inclines his head towards the Devil. "My apologies. The barrier is not specifically against you. It is agaist all those who would seek to teleport to this place. I have been remiss in the task of keying an entry to it that would allow you to pass through should you travel here on your own and without me," Vlad says, speaking a touch at length. He is, occassionally, a wordy bastard. "There is nary a need for an apology to be given, I assure you," he adds, a smile returning to tug at the corners of his lips.

He studies the Devil for a long moment, and then he steps forward until he is within easy reach of Lucifer. "Why would I not wish to see you?" Vlad asks softly, a gentle note to his voice and a flicker of curiosity. "That is not why I took my leave, Lucifer. I left so that I would not be in the way. So that I would not be a distraction whilst you were seeing to making things right with Nathaniel," he says, tilting his head a touch to one side. Honour dictated that he remove himself from the equation of things to allow things to be mended.

With the apology being voice, he lifts one of his hands to lightly brush his fingertips softly over one of Lucifer's cheeks. "Apologizing is never an easy thing. To ask forgiveess," he says quietly, his dark gaze seeking Lucifer's blue one. "I grant you forgiveness, Lucifer. You have not messed up anything, with me, and I am not upset with you," he says, lifting his other hand to attempt to slide his fingers around to the nape of Lucifer's neck. "It is, always, good to see you as well, Lucifer," he adds. And if he's allowed, he'll close what little distance remains before leaning in to kiss the Devil.

Lucifer has posed:
"I didn't think it was specifically for me... I just..." Lucifer thinks on it a moment. "I guess I forgot you had it to begin with." He offers. The strange things one will do when in love. None the less, he gives a smile and a nod. "I mean, whenever you get around to it. It is not like I come here often without you being with me. I just...like I said...kinda wanted to surprise you."

Then that next question is voiced and Lucifer actually flushes before glancing to the ground in a moment of extreme vulnerability. "You knew where I went. I know you knew...and yet...you did not come to me..." He offers. "But then...I acted like nothing short of a child, so I suppose it served me right." A breath. "You wouldn't have been a distraction...I don't think...but I did make things right with Nathaniel. Even with Castiel. I believe we are all on the same page now..." He offers, watching as Vlad steps forward to get closer.

That brush of fingertips over his cheek is leaned into even as he listens further to Dracula's words. The spoken words of forgiveness granted seem to calm the man a bit - or perhaps that is the 'child' inside - and further knowing he did not mess anything up. Well. That is better news to him. That other hand wraps around the back of his neck and Lucifer lifts his gaze to Vlad's own. A smile, and yet before he can say another word, he finds his lips captured in a kiss. A kiss he wholly returns, and even shifts to press into if allowed further depth of such.

Dracula has posed:
"Perhaps it had escaped your notice on the times when I had brought you here. There were... things that were being looked forward to," Dracula says, a flicker of amusement to his voice. "Most often, you are with me when you come here. It is a worthwhile change to make to the barrier so that you can come here without me. Just in case," Vlad muses, a thoughtful tone to his voice. There are things that can happen, after all, and the Keep is a significant resource.

One of his eyebrows quirks up a touch, and then he gives a nod. "Aye, I knew where you went. You had my token on your person, and so I knew. But you chose to leave the pair of us. You chose to be by yourself, in that moment. I felt that it would be intruding were I to follow you and ghost your steps," Vlad says, a soft tone to his voice. He tilts his head a touch to one side, studying Lucifer for a long moment and meeting his blue gaze. "Good. Very good. To be on the same page is a very good thing," he says softly, a smile curling at the corners of his lips.

The kiss is let to linger for long moments before the elder vampire parts it. Then he flicks his tongue out to lightly brush it over his lips. Gently, he leans his forehead against Lucifer's, and his fingers lightly stir against the back of his neck. "You are better now, yes?" he asks softly, a gentle note to his voice. "I could sense your disquiet even from so far away."

Lucifer has posed:
"I suppose I was very much like a child having a temper tantrum. Running off...expecting someone to follow. To soothe." Lucifer offers and then he chuckles. "It was foolish...and I should not have done such. I know better, just need to act like it." This much more and then he tilts his head some. "I understand why you did not come. It forced me to deal with things on my own. And I did, as much as things could have hurt me in the end. Nothing did, and all is well."

The kiss lingers and then it is broken and foreheads touch after. A nod is given. "I am better now, yes. I promise. All is well, my love.." Especially now that is is here. Within the presence of Vlad, whom he finds himself missing almost constantly. Nathaniel as well, but that isn't pertinent here.

Dracula has posed:
"The similarity did perhaps cross my mind, at the time," Vlad comments, giving a soft chuckle. "It may have been a close thing, as to whether you were followed or not. There was a moment where I nearly did. Yet I reminded myself that you chose the solitude, and so I came to here instead. It was the wiser decision," he says, a thoughtful note to his voice. "It may have been somewhat childish, but we are all prone to such moments, by times," he adds, giving a small nod and seeming to accept it as it is. To accept Lucifer as he is. "Sometimes, I think we need to be reminded that it is better for us if we solve our own problems," he says, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

"I am glad that all turned out well, and that all is well. That you are better," he says softly. His dark gaze holds fast to Lucifer's blue one, his own unblinking for what might seem to be long moments. Gently, he slips his arms around Lucifer, if he's allowed to, and he draws him closer to pull him into a close hug, the double doors of the keep swinging closed.