Crowley

[theangelfell]

Aziraphale didn't quite know what to do with himself.

Ever since the night before, when he'd blinked away from Crowley - Crowley who had kissed him. He was confused, and he was having feelings, and he didn't know how to deal with any of them.

So of course he decided to read one of his favorite books.

He put a "CLOSED" sign on the bookshop door, and sat down with a misprinted bible and a cup of tea.

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[sauntereddownward]

Crowley took a step closer. He properly wrapped his black wing, warm from the sun, around the angel.

"Funny if that was the plan all along, hmm?" Crowley mused.

[theangelfell]

"To boil the kraken?" Aziraphale said, and leaned against him.

[sauntereddownward]

"No, no, no. To not boil him. To have it all called off," he said quietly.

[theangelfell]

"Oh, I see," Azirpahale sighed, and somehow got even closer to Crowley. It was warm wrapped up in his wings like that.

[sauntereddownward]

Crowley gave a very unsubtle stretch of his wings, eased in closer until Aziraphale was pressed quite well against him, then brough his wing back down. Wing to wing, body to body, they looked out at the dazzling waves.

"Plenty of fish in the sea, they say," he said absently. "All those fish, all that ocean. Nice to think that the right ones find one another in all that mess, don't you think?"

[theangelfell]

"I don't think fish are monogamous," Aziraphale said. Even as he felt something kind of warm in thinking the same kind of thing himself right now.

[sauntereddownward]

"Of course not. Well, clown fish. Finding Nemo. I'm pretty sure clown fish are monogamous," came his reply.

[theangelfell]

"Well, maybe they still find each other," Aziraphale said after a moment. "Like... like you and I."

[sauntereddownward]

"To be fair, angel, we never really lost each other," Crowley pointed out. "Just...got busy with other things."

[theangelfell]

"Well, there was a time when we... found each other again and again," Aziraphale said quietly.

[sauntereddownward]

"Don't I know it," he drawled. "And now...we're in the clear. Do our jobs, but no pesky reports to write. No paperwork. I think they'll leave us be for a good long while, don't you? Just imagine what we could get up to...unsupervised."

[theangelfell]

Crowley made a good point. "What would you want to get up to?" Aziraphale asked him.

[sauntereddownward]

Crowley turned his head to look at Aziraphale and he grinned a viper's smile.

"Awwohh, nothing good, I'm sure."

[theangelfell]

"I'd just like some warning is all," Aziraphale said.

[sauntereddownward]

"Why on Earth would I give you warning?" the demon scoffed. "Most of the fun comes from the look on your face."

[theangelfell]

"Ah," said Aziraphale. "And I imagine I rarely ever shock you."

[sauntereddownward]

"There have been times," Crowley admitted. "A few times. A couple times. One...well, no. No, you rarely shock me, angel."

He flicked his wing to give Aziraphale's ass a bit of a pat.

[theangelfell]

“You’ve certainly shocked me,” Aziraphale said. “Sometimes in good ways, though.” If he felt the pat to his bum he didn’t say anything.

[sauntereddownward]

"Don't sssay that," Crowley admonished. "Never in a good way. That's not my style."

[theangelfell]

“What about when you kissed me?” Aziraphale countered. “What kind of surprise was that?”

[sauntereddownward]

"Oh. Well. Erm, ah...not good. No, not at all. It was sinful, don't you think?" he hemmed.

[theangelfell]

Aziraphale shrugged. “I suppose that depends on why you did it. But that question surprised you, didn’t it?” He smiled.

[sauntereddownward]

Crowley watched him a long moment, that cheeky smile burning into what he would have imagined would have been his heart if he had one.

"Don't be so cheeky," he scolded, annoyed that Aziraphale had gotten the better of him. As he often did. Truly, sometimes the angel did sin better than the demon himself.

[theangelfell]

“I thought you liked me cheeky,” said Aziraphale. “Or rather... less angelic.”

[sauntereddownward]

"I like the bit of a bastard in you, I won't lie," Crowley said. Of course he'd lie...just not about this. Or, actually, many other things. The truth was, after all, so very damning for mankind.