fandomtownies | PARTY!, The Beach, Saturday Night

The beach looked like someone had thrown an entire Pinterest board at it.

Strings of lights were strung between elegant poles, lighting up a fair portion of the beach (with the help of a few carefully-disguised generators, mind you). Large, stylized pots contained such multitudes of jasmine and lavender that at first glance they appeared to be bushes, instead - Seivarden's one contribution to the party.

Delicate paper screens carved the beach up into zones. Beach-classy lounge furniture sat on the sand, from chairs to sofas to even a bed or two. One corner held a stack of sheets, for anyone who didn't think bathing suits were appropriate eveningwear ('Togas encouraged!', the final Instagram post had said). Lucifer had supplied a ridiculous cooking setup for Duke in one corner, and a large bar ('open bar!' said the sign by it) stocked with almost every kind of alcohol known to man sat on the opposite side.

Even the water seemed to roll in like it figured it was part of an Instagram music video of some kind.

Seivarden had demanded a good party. And Lucifer had standards.

That it was extremely hot, that everyone had lost most of their wardrobe? That wasn't going to stand in the way of a bloody good party. There were ice cubes! Lucifer had brought a special freezer for extra ice cubes!

... and since it was Lucifer, no, he hadn't noticed the Truth Day thing yet.

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"Both," Danny ground out like someone was pulling out a molar. "Really, Crocker?!"

Duke couldn't help a laugh. "I knew it." He took a long sip of his beer. "I can smell my own, Williams."

"Jesus Christ, I was nice about your stuff," he hissed.

"Being bisexual is perfectly nice, thank you," Duke said. "Though forcibly outing people isn't. I shouldn't tease. I'm going to, but I shouldn't."

"You're a shithead, you know that?" One who Danny thought was cuuuute.

Of course he did, Duke was adorable.

"I do, actually. I'm always surprised when other people don't."

Danny sighed, shoulders dropping at that sort of response. "Not like that."

SORRY ABOUT DUKE'S ISSUES, DANNY.

"Sometimes like that," Duke argued. "Family of murderers, here."

He really needed to stop bringing that up.

"Hey," Danny said, forced to give him a hug for that. Just forced.

"Um," Duke said. His hands came up and sort of flailed a bit before settling very gently on Danny's back. "I never know what to do with these."

DAMMIT, TRUTH DAY.

"Christ. I think you had a worse childhood than Steve," Danny said, just hugging him a little tighter.

"I was functionally homeless by age ten," Duke said. "Can we go back to talking about how you're a closeted bisexual?"

"Fine," Danny grumbled. This guy was forcing him on his toes, but Duke clearly needed it. "You wanna talk about going from a Catholic college to the police academy? Because it's not that interesting."

"See, now, there's the advantage for going for a life of crime." A beat. "I mean, being raised with crime being your only option for survival. Goddammit." He sighed heavily through his nose. "What I am trying to say is that when you're not trying so hard to be a 'good guy', it's easier to embrace the parts of you that the rest of the world has labeled as 'bad'. Like liking other boys."

"Putz," Danny said, rolling his eyes as he pulled away to give Duke a stern once over. "I'm going to yell at you mom if I ever see her again."

"You'd probably need to get in line. I kind of -- actually, completely -- fell apart after the first time we ran into her, so Tavi's going to want to take a piece out of her first."

"Good," Danny replied. Bevause he could be vindictive as hell.

"I have no idea how I ended up with so many people who want to protect me," Duke said shaking his head. "Or where the hell you all were for the first thirty-some-odd years of my damn life."

"Well, we're here now," Danny said firmly.

"Calling me names and yelling at me not to be stupid," Duke agreed. "You're a very weird cop, shortstop."

"We're here now for what?" Steve asked, slinging and arm around Danny's shoulder.

"Super-SEAL!" Duke greeted, giving Danny a knowing smirk. "Here to stake your claim?"

Danny looked like he was trying to murder Duke with his brain. "It's a weird day."

"Maybe a little," Steve said with a smirk. "Is that a problem?"

"Nope." Duke's smirk was just getting bigger. "I'm already taken."

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