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The first thing he noticed was the intense, searing pain that made his head feel as though it may split in two. Lucifer sat straight up in bed, surprisingly not waking Hawke. Having spent the bulk of his existence not having to deal with with things like headaches, this was unusual.

Blinking several times, he half-expected to see a new name on a newly announced arrivals list, but it would take a few minutes before he could reach for the PADD and check. When he did, there was no announcement yet. Definitely nothing listing Chloe Decker as suddenly reappearing in his life.

He wondered if she’d been there when his skin had blistered in the desert sun, and instinctively he looked down at his bare chest. No, he was healed now. But those blisters had been there, he was certain of it.

And in that moment he realized he knew what Beckett had been talking about, when he suddenly knew everything he’d done since driving away from Los Angeles, only to find himself on the Enterprise.

His trip to Vegas, Candy, the conversation he wish had been with his father, his mother’s fate, Dr. Linda…

How he’d decided to tell Chloe everything.

And then nothing. He had no idea how he ended up in the desert and no idea how long he had remained there. Only…

Jumping out of bed, he quickly walked to the bathroom and closed the door, not wanting Hawke to wake up unexpectedly. Looking in the mirror, he took a deep breath before doing something he’d done countless times before, but not once in the last six years.

He unfurled his wings.

His breath caught in his throat, unable to understand the why or how of the wings he had cut off and burned being reflected back to him in the mirror while also on the edge of his peripheral vision. He brought them forward, to prove to himself that they were really and truly there.

Lucifer swallowed hard and then folded them back up, concealing them without a second thought. And then he turned and glanced behind himself, looking at his back in the mirror.

His scars were gone.

Quietly exiting the bathroom, he was relieved to find Hawke still asleep. He dressed quickly and then stepped outside, looking at the highest point he could see in the distance. The next moment he was there, looking down at the resort.

No, he didn’t understand it at all. But Lucifer Morningstar had his wings again.

And he was no longer trapped in this future for all eternity.