abigail and julian have been enjoying each other’s company for a little over a century. it started back when abigail had only recently begun trying to practice magic (something she was not very good at, by the way), and she was looking to any and all sources to get the job done. she wanted to save a life already gone from the earth, and being young and naive and even a tad ignorant, she didn’t understand what she was asking for. when natural magic inevitably failed her, she turned to bad deals with monsters and demons, trading away things she didn’t know she’d need or that she’d miss (including her soul to an extremely powerful demon named ‘eleira’). ultimately, demon magic took her a little further towards her goal, but ended up being a farce; she could bring back a body, but not a soul. zombies were not what she’d had in mind, but the deal was struck, and she couldn’t take it back. finally starting to come to grips with the consequences of her actions, abigail became extremely afraid of what was to become of her when her time with her magic was up. it was difficult to find a manner of protection strong enough to keep away all the horrors she’d brought onto herself, and, eventually, she cracked under the pressure and tried to ask god for help (having been raised baptist). this proved unrewarding, however, so abigail took the matter into her own hands, using her borrowed demon magic to summon an angel for protection. at the time, though, abigail still had trouble stomaching a lot of what witchcraft required, and would replace items in rituals with less grotesque ingredients (which was part of the reason a lot of her magic was so lackluster). this caused a bit of a rift in the spell, causing her to summon only half an angel; julian, the nephilim. their first meeting was less than stellar, as julian was on the run from heaven’s soldiers (nephilim being considered abominations), and he certainly let abby get an earful of his displeasure. when he finally stopped shouting and asked why she’d summoned him in the first place, julian heard her out. when she asked for protection, he wasn’t thrilled; humans were the cause of all his problems, so what could this human offer him? it came to him that should he magically link with abigail, he, too, would be protected in turn. angels couldn’t harm mortals, after all. and so a deal was struck, and julian linked his power and soul with abigail’s own. this deal quickly turned sour in julian’s favor, however, as abigail began to abuse her newfound abilities. the years passed and abby would decide she didn’t want to feel certain things anymore (pain, sadness, guilt, regret, fear), and what would she do? she’d link those feelings to julian, who would feel them in her stead. abigail got into a fist fight? she’d sport the black eye, but julian would feel the pain. abigail lost her first husband? julian would feel the grief. abigail needed to replace one of her internal organs? abigail got shot? abigail walked through fire? julian. julian. julian. after her double homicide in 1963, it was julian that rescued her from prison. the two were no longer quiet about their dislike of each other, either (not that julian had ever been quiet about it, actually), and the two would occasionally get into monstrous physical altercations because of this. but at the end of the day, the two still benefited from one another; abigail’s soul was safe from eleira, and julian was safe from the hunt for his head. with the establishment of the department for magical control and containment, julian and abby had to fly more under the radar. abigail took on a new last name after the escape from prison, and julian didn’t stray as far from his charge as he used to, the two keeping close company in abby’s new york apartment. they can still often be heard screaming at each other, however, by neighbors and sometimes even customers. with less ability to have a life of his own thanks to the department’s restriction, julian has taken to being extra knowledgeable about abigail’s life, relationships, and well being (read as: he’s bored and extremely nosy), and will make snide comments and judgements about a lot of it. julian basically became abby’s mom friend. suddenly, her alcoholism had to go. she couldn’t hang out with that person. those monsters were bad news. she shouldn’t smoke. all the guys she dated were awful. all this and more was brought to abby’s attention, and she hates it more than anything; she’d much rather just get into a fist fight with julian than hear him nitpick about her life. one could argue that the two do care about each other in some way, but it is most certainly not romantic, and very much unhealthy. but at least they aren’t dead.
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