Pwease Abba? Up?!
Mammon was sitting on the floor across from you, watching you try to build a castle—the most giant castle in the whole wide everything. You were deep in thought about the differences between a drawbridge and just a regular gate when you heard a commotion at the front door. Daddies must be home, you turned towards them and clumsily got to your feet. Why was walking so hard all of a sudden?
It took some time for you to get steady on your feet, but when you did you ran towards them happily shouting “Daddies your home!!” Why didn’t they look happy to see you? They weren’t smiling back, and they were in their scary daddy forms the ones with wings and horns. They looked so mad, were they mad at you? Were they mad about what happened at school? It would make sense that they would take her side but… No, your daddies would never do that to you.
You froze in front of the smile immediately falling from your face. “I-I uhm so happy daddies are home” You knew you shouldn’t, but you needed some kind of comfort. You absent-mindedly brought your thumb to your mouth desperately seeking any kind of comfort. You wanted your pacifier so badly…
“You sure don’t look super happy Princess” Asmo smiled as he pulled out the purple pacifier, he had gotten you the other day. It had a sparkly skull on it, it was one of your favorites, but you would never tell. You happily accepted the comfort object “mmh mpf ‘m am happy. Daddies are the ones who no look happy.”
Asmo sighed you were always so preceptive especially when it came to them. He just wished they didn’t always seem to worry you so much. “Why don’t we go cuddle on the couch Princess? We can watch that movie you like so much. The one with the talking cars?” you reached up to him begging to be picked up. You wanted nothing more than to bury your face in his chest so you could hide away from everything that happened. But instead of picking you up, he grabbed your hand.
You pulled your hand away “Up” was all you were willing to say Abba never denied you but maybe you weren’t completely clear earlier.
“It’s been a long day let’s go watch the movie” he reached out for your hand again he knew picking you up would hurt you he saw all the bruises you had sustained he was not too keen on making them worse.
“Abba up” You didn’t understand why he wouldn’t maybe he was mad about earlier. You knew Morrigan was actively pursuing him maybe Abba liked her back… It didn’t seem that way, but it was possible that he didn’t tell you everything. You just wanted him to hold you plus walking kind of hurt. “Pwease Abba up. Pwetty pwease Abba” you would try your manners Abba loved when you were polite. You added in your best puppy dog eyes for good measure.
“It’s not that I don’t wanna pick you up I don’t want to hurt you anymore...” you huffed and stomped your feet “Abba!! I hurt all over pwease” You tried again this time tears fell down your face.
“Oh no sweetheart” he quickly wiped away the tears as fast as they fell. He gently scooped you up into his arms and did his best to ignore the small winces. He couldn’t stand the pained expression that has been etched on your face since lunch.
He settled with you on the couch and almost instantly you buried your face in his neck. You so desperately craved the warmth and familiarity that it provided. It was the best thing to ease your almost never-ending anxiety.
“You can’t watch the movie hiding your face like that” he chuckled.
He rubbed small circles on your lower back hoping to ease the tension in your body. You just shook your head and yawned.
“Oh, I see” he laughed “It is about nap time. Why don’t you just relax I’ll wake you up later” he soothed kissing your temple “When you're like this you’re just about as cute as me” You smiled and that was the last thing you heard before drifting off.
“Is she asleep?” Lucifer asked as he walked into the room.
Asmo held you impossibly tighter “She is.” He looked over at Lucifer and frowned “I only left her for a minute. I was worried she started to slip in class, but she said she just needed to change out her books and her locker isn’t far from the cafeteria.”
Lucifer waved him off he was not interested in giving any of his brothers a hard time about what happened. He would not let his younger brother assume all the blame when the blame very clearly rested at his feet.
If he was being honest with himself this is a situation that he should have dealt with months ago, but he turned a blind eye to it. No, that wasn’t right you hadn’t confided in him, but he prided himself on being observant. “Placing blame will get us nowhere Asmodeus we need only do better.”
Asmo kissed your head hoping that it wouldn’t stir you just yet. “She looks so peaceful this way. I wish that she was like this all the time. I hate that I only get to see her like this when she is small.”
Lucifer took his seat in his chair across from the fireplace. He hated to admit it, but Asmo brought up valid points. Recently your face was constantly etched with worry, anxiety, and sadness. He wanted nothing more than to wipe away all those concerns. “That is why we need to ensure this time is kept special and safe for her. We owe her that much…”
Mammon walked into the room “I’m going to order takeaway. Café Lament most likely it’s one of their favorites so give me your orders now or starve. Got it?”
“Wow, Mammon has the Devildom frozen over?” Mammon huffed “Course not it’s just been a real rough day ya know. I don’t feel like cooking and working MC into a tizzy because I took so long.”
Lucifer laughed he knew Mammon was doing his best to help and this was the only way he knew how. He may constantly hoard and steal money from just about everywhere but when it was his family, he was always the first to offer. “Either way it is appreciated, and I am sure the baby will love it” Lucifer quickly jotted down his order along with what he knew you would like.
Once he gathered everyone else's order he was off to make himself useful. Well as useful as he could be…
Now it was a waiting game, waiting till Lord Diavolo arrived. Waiting for food and waiting for you to wake up.
Not even an hour later a small portal began to form in front of the fireplace. That was much quicker than he expected he could not help but be concerned.
Before Lucifer could get a word in Lord Diavolo quickly shushed him. He had no desire to have the conversation that was looming between them because truth be told he had not even decided how best to proceed forward which was why he had every intention of discussing it with the brothers.
He only hoped they would be able to keep level heads because even Simeon had lost his cool earlier while they had been discussing punishments. They ended up having to call Solomon and Luke to bring the angel home.
“So, if I’m being honest, I’m finding it difficult to come up with an unbiased plan to deal with this Morrigan situation” Diavolo sighed leaning against the door frame.