13A/N: I've already finished a draft of the complete story and will be releasing chapters as I edit them on a weekly basis.
I wrote the draft before I became aware of spoilers for season 5 and decided that the story won't incorporate any of them. This is my personal continuation after 4x10 and will diverge from canon. The focus is on Lucifer and Chloe. Other characters that play an important role in some chapters are Amenadiel, Linda, Trixie, and Ella.
"Oh my God, Chloe! Good that you're finally here, you have to come see this!"
Ella came running when Chloe went down the stairs of the precinct. She grabbed Chloe's hand and started dragging her towards the kitchen area. Chloe sighed and followed her lead, wondering what had happened. She really didn't feel like seeing any surprises at the moment.
"Hello, Detective."
Chloe was all too familiar with the voice that greeted her. There he was, standing in the middle of the kitchen area, distributing donuts to colleagues, and smiling at everyone as if this was the most normal thing to do in the world. Lucifer Morningstar.
"And here is your donut," he continued while handing Chloe a chocolate donut with rainbow sprinkles.
"Lucifer?" Chloe's voice was weaker than she expected and she had to take a deep breath before she continued. "What… are you doing here?"
"Oh, I'm back to the party, as you can see," Lucifer replied while smiling like he always used to do. "And I thought I would bring some gifts for everyone here to celebrate this." He raised his hands and the police agents around him started clapping and cheering him. Chloe noticed all the happy faces and how no one seemed to question where he had been. And how Lucifer clearly enjoyed being the center of all the attention.
"Isn't this super great, Chloe? Gosh, I love these donuts!" Ella was hyped from all the excitement. She grabbed another donut from the box and ate it while constantly praising how good it tasted and how great this little celebration was.
Chloe slowly shook her head in disbelief, completely lost for words. It had been six months since Lucifer left her to go back to hell. Six months in which she was literally going through hell herself. The first month was the hardest. She didn't know how to deal with the fact that the man who she finally confessed her love to—and who in return admitted that she was his first love—would leave her without saying if he'd ever come back. Chloe started feeling dizzy when all the memories of the night he left and the following months started to come back like a huge wave trying to crush her.
"Since when are you back?" she whispered. She noticed her voice failing and tried not to let anyone see how she felt in that moment.
"I came back a few days ago. Enjoyed some days off in LA and Vegas before coming back to work, but now here I am," Lucifer replied with a grin and took a bite of the donut he was holding. "You should really try them, they're delicious!"
Chloe didn't believe her ears. This entire situation was absurd. For a second she considered she was having a weird dream. But everything felt too real to be a dream. Everything except for Lucifer whose behavior seemed completely surreal.
"Lucifer, are you—" she said, just to be interrupted by Dan, who rushed towards them in a hurry, waving a piece of paper in his hand.
"Guys, we just got a new case in. A woman was found dead in her garden. Here is the address."
Chloe turned around, but before she could yell at Dan she realized that she was at work and that this case was a serious issue. She couldn't let her personal problems overtake her.
"Understood," she said to Dan. Chloe was a pro at keeping a cool head even in difficult situations. And at this moment she was really thankful for it. She continued giving orders to her teammates, making sure not to let anyone know how she actually felt inside.
Chloe hesitated for a second before she looked at Lucifer. She had to talk to him. Now. "Lucifer, you're driving with me in my car."
"Oh, that's not necessary," Lucifer replied. With a smooth movement he appeared behind Dan and took a look at the address he was still holding in his hand. "I'm going there in my own car." With these words he left the kitchen area, leaving Chloe behind dumbfounded.
"Wow, what was that?" asked Ella.
Chloe stared at the stairs where Lucifer left. Normally Lucifer and she would go to crime scenes together. It was weird for him to say no to driving with her. She felt Ella and Dan looking at her and wished she could just disappear.
"Well… I have no idea." Chloe shrugged. "Anyways, let's go to the crime scene."
Without looking back at the others, she left the building.
Chloe was sitting in her car parked in the parking lot of the precinct, unable to start the engine. Thoughts were running through her head, so fast and so many that she couldn't follow them. She closed her eyes, started to breathe slowly, and tried to focus. Lucifer. He was back. But something felt immensely off about it. She didn't know what she was supposed to think about it.
She had always hoped for a reunion after he had left. In her daydreams, she had always imagined how it would be and it was one of the things that kept her going. Some of the scenarios she had imagined were sweet, like Lucifer surprising her in her apartment. Or that she would go to his penthouse to find him waiting for her. In other scenarios it wasn't as easy but they helped her to stay more realistic and get prepared for possible hardships. But all scenarios had one thing in common—and that was that Lucifer came back because he wanted to be with her.
This real scenario was completely different. Lucifer was back but he didn't seem to care much about her. For outsiders who were not close to him it might look like he tried to fit back in with this celebration, but to Chloe he actually seemed very distant, almost like a different person. Or more like the person he was when they had just met, long before they became closer and before they admitted their feelings for each other. Something must have happened to him. Could angels suffer from amnesia?
After sitting there like this for several minutes she finally opened her eyes and started the car. It was impossible for her to find any clear thoughts and she didn't have time to spend on this right now. She had a case to resolve.
When Chloe arrived at the crime scene the investigation was already in progress. She made her way through the neighbors standing on the street trying to peek on what was going on, then entered the victim's property through the garden's gate. Her LAPD colleagues were walking around everywhere, making sure not to overlook any evidence.
Chloe was walking through the garden when Lucifer suddenly appeared out of nowhere next to her.
"What took you so long to come here, Detective?" Lucifer's voice was teasing and this combined with the way he looked at her made Chloe feel slightly irritated. She glared at him but then decided to brush it aside for now. There were too many people around her to talk about it.
The victim was lying behind a rose bush, with rose petals scattered all over her body. Ella was taking pictures while looking at the woman with a sad face. "I don't understand how someone who loves you can do that to you," she muttered to herself.
"You already found something, Ella?"
Ella jumped up when she heard Chloe speaking.
"Oh, hi Chloe, sorry, I didn't hear you coming," Ella said and shook off her surprise. "Yes, the victim is female and died from the wound in her stomach. Done with a knife, three cuts in total. There are no obvious signs of a fight, which means she must have known the murderer, or that they really surprised her. She's covered in rose petals which makes it look like her death was a symbolic act. Maybe jealousy was involved or someone was really upset about something she did."
"Humans are so weird with their jealousy," a voice next to her said.
Chloe rolled her eyes at Lucifer's comment. You're one to talk, she thought. She still remembered how jealous Lucifer acted when she was together with Pierce. But he had seemingly forgotten about that too.
"I see," she continued to talk to Ella. "Anything we know about the victim's background already?"
"Mary-Ann Harper, 35 years old, married, no kids," a voice that Chloe was unfamiliar with said.
Chloe turned around halfway and saw a young woman standing there with a notebook and pen. Her long, red hair was tied in a ponytail and with her perfect makeup she almost looked like a model.
"Oh, yeah, Chloe, this is Christine Palmer." Ella introduced the woman. "She is my new intern starting from today."
"Nice to meet you, Detective Decker," Ms. Palmer said in a friendly tone, exposing a beautiful smile that made her look even more like a model.
"Nice to meet you too," Chloe replied, trying to hide the irritation that was building up inside of her.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Palmer. I'm Lucifer Morningstar, civilian consultant for the LAPD," Lucifer said while approaching the new woman with a charming smile. "I see you're new here, well, if you have any questions you can always ask me."
"Thank you, Mr. Morningstar," Ms. Palmer replied with her best smile. Her eyes were sparkling while they were very obviously looking over Lucifer's attractive figure.
"For you it's Lucifer," he replied in a smooth voice, making her blush a little.
"You can call me Christine," she replied with an enticing smile.
"Okay, now that we all know each other, it's time to go back to work," Chloe said, now not even trying to hide her irritation anymore. "I'm gonna start talking to the neighbors. Lucifer, you come with me."
Lucifer's eyes were still on Ms. Palmer. Of course he would like an attractive woman like her. Chloe's irritation grew so strong that she could barely hold herself back anymore. She was about to say something when they heard the ring tone of a phone.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry, but I have to take this," Lucifer explained and walked away from the scene so no one would listen to his conversation. Chloe shook her head and started walking to the street. She didn't understand him. Then again, there had been many occasions where she didn't understand him. Lucifer Morningstar was still a man full of mysteries to her.
Chloe reached the garden's gate when Lucifer caught up to her.
"I'm so sorry, Detective, but I have to leave."
"How come?"
"I have a date now," Lucifer said without any hesitation.
"What?" Chloe was too shocked to say more. Did he really just say date?
"See you, Detective," Lucifer said and walked away before Chloe could even think of any reply.
She didn't know how long she was just standing there, unable to do anything. This had to be a dream. Chloe pinched herself on the arm. Ouch. Definitely not a dream.
"Chloe, are you okay?" Ella was standing behind Chloe, with Ms. Palmer next to her.
"Yeah, sure." Chloe let out a laugh. Sounds so fake.
"Alright… we're done here and will go back to analyze the evidence."
"Great, thanks." Chloe watched Ella and Ms. Palmer leaving. When they were gone, Chloe took out her phone and made a call. She had to find out what the hell was going on with Lucifer.
"Thank you for coming." Chloe was sitting at a table in a small cafe, with a tall guy sitting on the other side. His presence felt oddly comforting to her and for the first time after Lucifer's appearance this morning, Chloe could lean back and relax.
"Anytime Chloe," Amenadiel replied and gave Chloe a warm smile.
Chloe hadn't talked to Amenadiel in a long time. She had been trying to avoid him or anyone else who knew Lucifer. Seeing familiar faces just hurt too much and she couldn't deal with it.
"How are you?" Amenadiel continued to ask her.
"I'm fine," Chloe said instinctively, a phrase she had told people countless times in the last few months. But she realized immediately that there was no point in pretending. She hadn't called Amenadiel to give him the impression that everything was fine. "Well, actually… I'm not."
"Did something happen? You sounded quite agitated on the phone."
"Yes. Lucifer… he's back."
"What?" Amenadiel showed a surprised expression on his face when he heard the news.
"Seems like he didn't contact you." Chloe was a little disappointed. She had hoped to find some answers from Lucifer's brother but now she could forget about that part.
"No, he didn't… How is he?"
"I… don't know. He's weird. He didn't really talk to me. He's acting as he did a long time ago. You know, being self-centered, flirting with other women… And then he left because he had a date!"
"A date? With who?"
"I have no idea. He wouldn't tell me." Chloe took a sip from her coffee and slammed the cup back on the table.
"Amenadiel," she continued, "can angels suffer from… amnesia?"
"No," Amenadiel replied. "Angels are not affected by diseases like humans. Whatever it is, we will remember it for the coming eons."
"What about amnesia from drug abuse?" Chloe remembered Lucifer talking about taking part in drug activities from time to time.
"We're also not affected by drugs. Even if we take a lot, we don't really feel much of a change like humans. A bit of satisfaction, at most."
Chloe remained silent. The only good explanation she had for Lucifer's weird behavior was just destroyed like nothing.
"So he remembers?" The question was redundant but Chloe didn't know what else to say.
"I don't see a reason why not," Amenadiel replied. Another silence followed. He looked at Chloe but she showed no inclination to say anything else so he decided to continue. "I don't know what's going through Lucifer's mind, but there has to be a reason for what he's doing. You should try to talk to him."
"I've tried to talk to him a few times but he always found a way to avoid it."
"I'm so sorry, Chloe. I know my brother can be very difficult when he doesn't want to face a problem."
"I just don't understand it." Tears welled up in Chloe's eyes and her voice became broken. "He left me without saying if he'd ever be back. And now that he's back he's avoiding me? Why is he not talking to me?"
"Maybe something happened to him while he was gone, something that's hard to talk about. Hell is a horrifying place to be, and even worse if you already feel horrible yourself."
Chloe didn't reply. The thought of Lucifer suffering in hell was awful. But would that throw him back so much that he decided to avoid her instead of confiding in her?
Amenadiel leaned closer and touched her by the shoulder.
"Do you want me to talk to him?" he offered. Chloe looked at him for a few seconds, then shook her head.
"No, I think I need to do this myself." Chloe raised her head and looked back at Amenadiel. "Well, my lunch break is almost over. Thanks for talking to me, Amenadiel. I feel a bit better now."
"You're welcome, Chloe. Please contact me whenever you need someone to talk to again."
Chloe smiled at him, thankful for the comforting words. The conversation had made her feel a bit more confident. She got up and left the cafe, determined to find out the reason for Lucifer's weird behavior.
