Why hello there. You've reached Lucifer Morningstar. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now. Leave a message after the tone and I might get back to you. Make it good~ Byyyyyyye~
So it was part thanks to Red Son, that makes sense. Also Mk's adult feelings and just spending time thinking of him that light. Lucifer will need to think how that could be used to help transfer the ideas to Wylan, if that was possible. Though since Wylan feels connected to his own kids, that might be another angle.
"Alright. And your kids. As they grow, they will always be your children but you do acknowledge they will also become adults as well, right? I ask not in a judging way but in trying to help me follow your logic to help you with unraveling all of this."
"I mean, of course you wouldn't. I just wanted to get a feel that adulthood and seeing them as your children and your peers at the same time is the future," Lucifer clarified. He ran his fingers through Macaque's hair and kissed his forehead.
"What if say Choco-chan and Red Son became close? Can you think on that for a moment and tell me how that would also make you feel?"
"Of course not," Lucifer knew he could never give up Charlie as his daughter. Of course Macaque couldn't give her up. This was a very hard problem to untangle.
"I will admit, this is very much a tricky problem."
Macaque deflates somewhat. "It is. There's a reason we had to break up. I couldn't detangle it right then and there, and I don't know how long it would take me to do so. If I even could."
"Thank you, though. Thank you for trying to help. What I want is MK back, and I am trying to keep that in my mind so I don't give up."
"I'm not going to give up helping you. One way or another. I will think on this and try to see if there are any books in the library about...anything similar to this," Lucifer kisses Macaque on the forehead again.
"We'll figure out about something. I am not going to stop until you tell me to."
Macaque draws a shaky, sobbing breath and kisses Lucifer gently, chastely on the mouth. "I love you. I hope nothing ever happens where I lose you." Those awful possibilities are on his mind now, understandably.
Lucifer pulled Macaque against him and laid down with him. He kept his mate surrounded by his soft wings and kissed his forehead, then around his eyes.
"I'm not going anywhere. I promise. ...It's okay to cry, love. It is okay to hope this works out and mourn what's happened."
The dissonance between how safe Lucifer's hold feels and how unsafe Macaque feels emotionally -- through no fault of Lucifer's, of course -- is so hard to reconcile.
But Macaque thinks about kissing MK, how that might have been the last time, and the tears fall.
Lucifer brushes the tears with his fingers and let's Macaque let it out. He needs to. This has to be so many emotions boiling inside him all at once. Macaque and loss are old friends and it's something he wished Macaque didn't have to feel again. He doesn't say anything. He holds his mate, brushing away the tears from his cheeks, and letting him just feel in this moment.
Lucifer shook his head. "No. No they won't. They will not hate you. They love you. They'll worry for you both. They will want to know how they can help."
Lucifer winces hearing him say those words with that tone. Like he was saying the sky is blue or gravity works.
"I can't speak for them but I don't believe that. Give them a chance to show you that isn't how they feel. Give them the chance to surprise you." Lucifer doesn't want to just tell Macaque he's wrong but make room, hopefully, in Macaque's head and heart that they love him as much as they love Mk. That they won't see it as though Macaque is in the wrong. What's happened is unfortunate but it isn't any one person's fault.
Lucifer is just going to hold and snuggle against Macaque. His mind thinking of solutions that spare Wylan and MK as best as possible while removing this problem so Macaque can be with his mate again.
"If only someone else could sweep Wylan off his feet and be in a monogamous relationship with him. That would solve pretty much everything."
"He is wonderful, but that doesn't mean someone might not be a better match for Wylan. Just thinking and hoping out loud, that's all." He pets Macaque's hair still.
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:47 am (UTC)"Alright. And your kids. As they grow, they will always be your children but you do acknowledge they will also become adults as well, right? I ask not in a judging way but in trying to help me follow your logic to help you with unraveling all of this."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:49 am (UTC)"But they'll still be my kids. I wouldn't date one of them, or their mate Eve."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:54 am (UTC)"What if say Choco-chan and Red Son became close? Can you think on that for a moment and tell me how that would also make you feel?"
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:55 am (UTC)"You mean close as in mates?" He winces.
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:08 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:09 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:23 am (UTC)"I will admit, this is very much a tricky problem."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:25 am (UTC)"Thank you, though. Thank you for trying to help. What I want is MK back, and I am trying to keep that in my mind so I don't give up."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:31 am (UTC)"We'll figure out about something. I am not going to stop until you tell me to."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:33 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:35 am (UTC)"I love you too. Nothing is going to happen that will cause you to lose me. Absolutely nothing, love. I know that like I know the sky in Hell is red."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:37 am (UTC)"I hope you're right. Please be right."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:40 am (UTC)"I'm not going anywhere. I promise. ...It's okay to cry, love. It is okay to hope this works out and mourn what's happened."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:44 am (UTC)But Macaque thinks about kissing MK, how that might have been the last time, and the tears fall.
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:46 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 05:49 am (UTC)"I thought that if I had my temper under control, I'd be okay. But I wasn't angry. I wasn't cruel. And I lost him anyway."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 06:03 am (UTC)"This isn't your fault, Macaque. It's unfortunate circumstances. This isn't your fault."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 06:08 am (UTC)And then: "Wukong and Red are going to hate me for abandoning him."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 06:12 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 06:20 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 06:29 am (UTC)"I can't speak for them but I don't believe that. Give them a chance to show you that isn't how they feel. Give them the chance to surprise you." Lucifer doesn't want to just tell Macaque he's wrong but make room, hopefully, in Macaque's head and heart that they love him as much as they love Mk. That they won't see it as though Macaque is in the wrong. What's happened is unfortunate but it isn't any one person's fault.
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 06:34 am (UTC)Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:47 pm (UTC)"If only someone else could sweep Wylan off his feet and be in a monogamous relationship with him. That would solve pretty much everything."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:53 pm (UTC)"I guess so. But Wylan would have to give MK up, and I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't want to be with him. He's wonderful."
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:58 pm (UTC)Re: January 4th
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