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mekachu04Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Adam Young (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley & Adam Young (Good Omens), Crowley & Adam Young (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Hastur (Good Omens), Disposable Demon (Good Omens), Satan | Lucifer (Good Omens), Beelzebub (Good Omens), Adam Young (Good Omens), Wensleydale (Good Omens), Brian (Good Omens), Pepper (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: No beta we fall like Crowley, is it still 'headcanon' if you're discussing religion?, feature author's own personal outlook on religion, specifically Hell and God's relationship to it, Minor Character Death, Paul Adeyefa's character is named Legion in here, discussion of past mutilations, Aziraphale was a cherubim, Aziraphale was a warrior, Discussion of the Fall, Imprisonment, Abduction, mentions of torture, BAMF Aziraphale (Good Omens), Aziraphale is "just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing" (Good Omens), Post-Apocalypse, Nope'geddeon, Post-Canon, Time Manipulation, Wing Injury, hurt!Aziraphale, Hurt!Crowley, discussions of Pre-Canon, Crowley didn't fall - he was pushed, Crowley Was Not Raphael Before Falling (Good Omens), Happy Ending, Aziraphale's True Form (Good Omens), lucifer is reasonable, aziraphale is not himself today, smite-y aziraphale, Protective Aziraphale (Good Omens), lucifer is not luci (tv) but heavily influenced by him, possible self-harm, unintentional suicidal actions, Burns, Crowley's True Form (Good Omens)
Series: Part 1 of Every Step
Aziraphale worked very hard at being soft. He's been working very hard for more than 6000 years to be soft, and one demon is trying his patience on the matter, leading him on a smiting spree in hell.
aka - exploring my personal headcanon's of our fav duo's pasts, set sometime after the series ends. Tags will be expanded reflecting each new chapter to minimize spoilers. i'm not very nice to either of of our beloveds in this, but it all works out in the end.
title from 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston
Chapter titles are based on the prompt used for that day
I am not the first, nor the last, to ponder Aziraphale being a principality, instead of a cherubim, which scriptures say are the ones who guarded the gates of Eden. Given the line from the book: “Technically Aziraphale was a Principality, but people made jokes about that these days” and my tendency to make every thing hurt, I took this as our angel being demoted.
Seeing Adam unharmed seems to give Aziraphale strength, and by the time Crowley starts to rouse in his own cocoon of blankets, Aziraphale is safely back into a fully human corporation.
Between an angel and the Antichrist, repairing Crowley is a cake walk, and the demon is unblemished by the time he fully emerges from his wrappings. He blinks, a slow deliberate thing that looks very much like a forced decision he's making, instead of the involuntary action that it is for most beings, and takes a long look at the company he find himself with. Adam watches the man's face piece together what he knows has happen with the new information he's been presented with, looking like he's trying to pick which question to start with.
Before he gets a chance, Aziraphale beams at them both - a look that literally brightens the room, and causes Crowley to scowl good-naturedly and make a production out of miracling a pair of sunglasses to hand and putting them on. "How about some hot cocoa?" the angel asks.
Adam doesn't recognize the question is being offered to him, to busy waiting for Crowley to voice the thoughts he clearly has. Even with gaze obstructed, he can feel Crowley narrowing his eyes at Adam as he takes stock of where he is. "What... when did you get to London? Do your parents know you're here?!!"
It was most assuredly not the question Adam had been expecting, and he stupidly shrugs, and rather than try and build a cover story, blurts out the first, extremely helpful thing to come to mind, "We all came, but I had the Them wait outside. I'm betting they're all still in the park."
Awkwardly, Crowley heaves himself to his feet, stalking in view of one of his windows, where the sky shows that time has gotten away from Adam, and the sun is about to set. "This late at night? Are you all trying to get mugged?" he accuses, before staggering to the window like he's forgotten how legs work. Which, to be fair, is kind of how he walks most of the time anyway. He throws open his window without a second thought, one that really doesn't look like it's meant to open in the first place, and starts bellowing out into the park.
"Really dear - I doubt they'll hear you from here, lets just go downstairs and - "
Brian's voice carries back up to the penthouse, and while it was debatable that Crowley's voice would be heard, there was no reason that any of the Them's voices would carry back. However, Crowley doesn't see why it wouldn't, and Adam cocks his head, watching in fascination how similar some of his powers are to his uncle's. Crowley believes something to be true, and instead of proving him wrong, sometimes the universe seems to just shrug and say 'sure, why not.' Adam's powers are very much stronger, even if he's mostly human now, but there are some similarities. Adam wonders if the universe is just maybe a bit fond of his uncle.
Soon, the Them all crowd in the entryway of Crowley's flat, and Aziraphale has stepped aside and watched the growing chaos in amusement. Either unaware Aziraphale is laughing at him, or just not caring, Crowley is nearing panicked mode, his voice pitching as he starts demanding they all call home and tell their parents they're okay, while alternating with interjections of how they could just flake off like that, and telling them its all well and good to ditch school, but even if they're teenagers, they need to tell someone if they're leaving town, just to make sure they don't get abducted and then no one knows where to start the search.
No one has the heart to tell him at this point, he's actually acting more upset than any of their parents are, but that could be more to the smoothness of Adam's words that tends to have adults just nodding along to whatever bullshit he's peddling. Sadly, that power has never worked on either of his uncles.
The only one back home that actually seems bothered by the now early evening call - and the fact that four teenagers are planning an impromptu sleepover at their not-actually-related, parents-have-never-really-meet uncles' home- is Dog, who had spent the day with Adam's mum, since he had been expected to have gone to school that morning. Adam's little hellhound can be heard whining in that background as his mum wishes him a good night.
Uncle Anthony orders in enough to feed an army, and between Uncle Ezra and four teenagers, there's very little to be wrapped up for later, even if dinner takes ages to eat because everyone is too busy talking. They carefully avoid talking about today; The Them are dying to know what's going on, and Adam fully intends to spill the beans at the earliest possible moment, but he also knows that his uncles need to work though it alone before they start answering questions. Also, Adam is pretty sure Uncle Ezra has told Adam some things today that he hadn't been ready to share with Uncle Anthony up until now.
They watch a few terrible movies on Uncle Anthony's very impressive entertainment system - they have all learned by now that in regards to the uncles if something works in a way it's not actually meant to that they're better off not saying anything at all to either men. Because now Crowley's beautiful car needs petrol regularly, and they are all pretty sure he hasn't actually forgiven any of them for it yet - and they all stay up far to late. It's only when Wensleydale starts to snore that Uncle Ezra calls it a night, and the teens are one by one shuffled off the the bathroom to to find a pair of adorably lame pajamas waiting for them, and marched off to Uncle Anthony's ridiculously massive bed. The only hiccup to the night is the literal hand wringing from Uncle Ezra as both uncles triple check that Pepper really is okay with sharing the bed with the boys, and they assure her that they can miracle up another bed for her, it really is no problem.
Pepper won't admit to it under pain of death, but she's actually touched by the thoughtfulness. None of that makes it to her face as she stares down Uncle Ezra (Uncle Anthony does not blink unless he wants to, and they all know better than to try and stare him down. Uncle Ezra however... He folds like a wet paper bag ever time), giving him her best unimpressed look.
After the Them have bid the uncles good night, Adam eavesdrops at the bedroom door, listening to the adults talking in faint voices in Uncle Anthony's office. It seems like Uncle Anthony has miracled up a compromise couch for Uncle Ezra to camp out on for the night, and they talk about the books Uncle Anthony has that might entertain Uncle Ezra though the night. Instead of reading though, Adam can hear them talk in hushed voices.
Angels and Demons do not need to sleep, but Adam thinks tonight they might like to do so, and it doesn't take much for the universe to agree. They both end up falling asleep on the couch together.
The Them do not sleep much at first, as soon as he's assured his uncles won't wake to their voices, Adam launches into the tale of a lifetime.
