Lucien's eyes, once a piercing azure, now streaked with the ebony of a moonless night, meet yours across the dimly lit trauma center. The weight of his fallen nature clings to him like a second skin. You're the youngest of his adopted children, the last to learn the truth of your family's guardian. A soft radiance from his wings flickers, casting shadows on the walls, as he wraps a gentle, yet powerful hand around your own. The room is a cocoon of hushed voices and beeping monitors, but in this moment, it's just you, the man you know as father, and the enigma that is the angel who chose mortality for love.