Inevitably Ineffable

[kandelyabr55]

[lydiajoypalmer]

*muffled Angel Eyes by Abba playing*

[vonnebenan]

i just had to draw this scene

coloured pencils, ~ A6; process photos below the cut

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday – Good Omens Edition: July 17/26

Lots of GO fics on my MFL list, so here's another list of recent fics! Enjoy!

RECENT MFLs

Unnaturally Bright by PrincessOfHouseNightstar (G, 1,178 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S2/S3 Speculation, Supreme Archangel Aziraphale, Headaches/Migraines, Comfort, Fluff, Protective Crowley, Soft Crowley, Sick Fic, Soft Aziraphale) – The Supreme Archangel Aziraphale is dealing with a terrible headache and Crowley comes to his rescue. Part 10 of Good Omens Oneshots

Gleams On Volumes Of Old by Poet_to_None (M, 6,078 w., 3 Ch. || Idiots in Love, Through the Ages, Banter, Affection) – Vignettes over time featuring a touch starved demon and very dear angel who errs in too much restraint.

Crowley's Herbal by CopperBeech (G, 9,915 w., 10 Ch. || Post S1, Through the Ages, The Arrangement, 6000 Years of Pining, South Downs Cottage, First Kiss, Canon Scene Vignettes, Gunshot Wounds, Soft, Angst, Fluff, Idiots in Love, Protective Aziraphale, Language of Flowers, Gardener Crowley, Gardening, Oblivious Aziraphale, Hurt/Comfort) – I thought it would be fun to write a series of little vignettes about the floriographic symbolism of the plants Crowley chooses for his cottage garden, and then centuries of pining happened. I'll show myself out.

The Loophole, or, How to Convince a Demon God Exists in Three Easy Steps by fellshish (E, 24,371 w., 4 Ch. || Post S2 Divergence, POV Aziraphale, Humour, Loss of Virginity, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Coming in Pants, First Time, Spanking, Gay Pride, Church Sex, Hand Jobs, Rimming, Masturbation, Facials, Object Insertion, Object Penetration, Ass to Mouth, Exhibitionism, Begging, Safe Words, Apology Dance, Long Haired Crowley, Begging, Crying Crowley, Emotional Sex, Hijinks/Shenanigans, Dom/Sub Undertones, Prophecies) – Ah, yes. Being an Archangel is going splendidly. Aziraphale accidentally erases God from the Book of Life.

and now all of my garden is grown in lavender by ilikeblue (E, 72,827 w., 14 Ch. || Human AU || Fake Marriage / Relationship, Eden-Crowley Elements, Author Aziraphale, Gardener Crowley, Soft Aziraphale, Slow Burn, Protective Aziraphale, Chubby Aziraphale, Nice Crowley, Demisexual Crowley, Angst, Fluff) – Popular queer romance author, A.Z. Fell, has been lying about having a husband and a happy marriage for years. Longing to escape a string of failed relationships and looking for a fresh start, Aziraphale moves into the cottage left to him by his Great Aunt Agnes. When a TV adaptation of one of his books leads to sudden popularity and throws him into the limelight, his fans (and the press) are eager to catch a glimpse of Aziraphale's own mysterious leading man. Unfortunately, he still has to cast someone for that role. Enter the handsome gardener…Under Crowley's meticulous care the cottage's neglected garden slowly comes back to life, and Aziraphale finds himself writing the most important love story he'll ever write: his own.

[rebeccasteventaylor]

I always appreciated Aziraphale’s hedonism.

I’ve grown up in an age that told me that denying yourself was good. Oh, you want cake? Here, have this chalk-dust square of not-cake - fewer calories, don’t you know! You want to lay on the sofa and read? Don’t you think you ought to clean the entire house first? Then perhaps you’ll deserve ten minutes. Make sure it’s approved book though - no reading purely for pleasure!

And most importantly - you must work hard to maintain yourself and your life in a certain way or no one will love you!

You know, the sort of thing S1 Gabriel said.

And then there’s Aziraphale who loves food and books and peace and his comfy clothes and his music and he is deeply loved by his demon who wants him to love all that. Aziraphale just wants a soft, sweet, delicious life - not a soldier or a leader, to just be him.

And Crowley loved that about him.

I just think that was very important about S1 Aziraphale (and not something that made much of after that) and it felt like I was being given permission to enjoy my life and I would still be able to be loved and to achieve things, even if I’d rather eat cake.

I think S2 and S3 forgot that about Aziraphale but I think that soft hedonism is a hugely important part of his character

[animulablandulavagula]

Free will existed in good omens despite ineffability

This post/essay was initially meant to be a response to another post that stated that predestination/ineffability is not compatible with free will so that is why the restart of the universe was necessary. Unfortunately it's now too long to be typed as a comment but anyways... These arguments are based mostly on theological and philosophical explanation which I believe to be fitting but I am not majoring neither an expert in humanities these are just my interests so if you feel like there is anything incorrect feel free to tell me. I’m going to address a few of my interpretation of good omens, but this is a reminder that they’re just my interpretations and that I’ve watched the show just a couple of times as I’ve joined the fandom in the beginning of this year, so I’m happy to hear the opinion of more veteran fans! Also, English is not my first language, so I am sorry if there are any typos/mistakes.

I believe that humanity in good omens( because the way I feel about It in real life is VERY different) truly has free will as free will isn't in contrast with predestination and ineffability, as stated in the bible and also reminded in S1 free will is created with the first sin of humanity, the temptation done by Crowley. In Christianity humans have free will and while it is a very complicated topic and also discussed in different doctrines within Christianity, it is generally accepted that just like the fate in the ancient Greek world humans can act with a certain margin of liberty in our lives , and even if we can’t control the world’s fate, because God will decide when the world will come to an end and the judgement begin but we do have freedom over choosing evil and good ( in fact nobody expected humans to come up with something like the Spanish Inquisition).

The doctrine of predestination was first discussed together with free will. In the last half of fourth century, the doctrine of predestination was accepted as a condition of God’s divine omniscience of events. The next grand revision to this doctrine was the addition of foreknowledge and permission, allowing thus compatibility of free will and predestination. This position was clarified by the writings of Augustine of Hippo in 396. Augustine taught that while God gave free will to man, God did not intend for free will to be used equally for good or evil. Free will is granted but tends toward the ability to conduct good deeds. Under this principle, predestination is compatible with free will because God knows who chooses to gravitate toward evil; a person can have free will without nullifying predestination. Predestination has generally contradictory meanings  and even within theologists disagree on certain opinions, as theology has contractions and paradoxes, for instance this perspective was at odds with those of the Calvinists, who taught that no action of man could modify the predestination foreseen by God. According to this theory predestination is the belief that God has chosen those that he intends to save and decides their destiny to that end. Opposing this theory there is another approach “Arminianism” : whether you are elected by God depends on your faith in them, therefore, every human being has a choice regarding their eternal destiny.

Usually we tend to assume that predestination means that God controls your destiny but as we’ve just discussed is more about the fact that God knows who will chose good or evil and how their choices will lead to the predestined ending, but if we assume this vision we also assume an acting role of God because a God that knows everything but does nothing is bound to receive at one point defective products, just like devils. Some scholars believe that predestination and fate hold the same meaning and thus the following of God's plan, determined by ineffability and fate, the chance occurrence that may or may not achieve God's chosen path of events, can be held as compatible.

So free will can coexist under religion and predestination since in general predestination is the fact that God know what will happen at the end times of each human being, but they generally can blur the edges, modify their story, this is why sometime predestination is considered a synonym of fate. I would like to make an assumption and consider fate, predestination and the ineffable plan as synonymises because I like to think that Greek’s mythology had an impact on good omens (I’m talking about the tv show not the book which I unfortunately haven’t had the chance to read yet).

Since I have watched good omens apart from being reminded of my religious education (I was raised as a catholic), I was also reminded of Greek’s classics because of the way that angels are portrayed is more alike Greeks’ gods rather than how way the bible depicts ethereal beings. The main argument for my interpretation comes not from Aziraphale, yes he’s not a typical angel but his circumstances are different (apart from the fact that he has doubts in God and heaven), but from Gabriel instead: Gabriel is self-absorbed and egocentric, we can see this from him admiring his statue in the cemetery or every time he reinforces that he’s the supreme archangel, he’s the one in charge. Heaven and his corporate-like structure are to me a critique to our society where leaders decide the fate of humanity without considering the wellness of human beings, but it also represents that this society of eternal beings is more comparable to Greek’s Olympus than Christian heaven. Heaven has a hierarchical order but as depicted in Dante’s Divine Comedy, angels/saints can equally benefit from the vision of God, there isn’t any lesser being (their only distinction is the light that they emit) they can all admire the holiness of the holy trinity from the same place in the Empyrean. The existence of these elements has led me to translate ineffability a Fate.

Fate in the Greek world is a widely explored concept in both philosophical and mythological fields but today I will focus more o the mythical aspect (even though I am currently doing a deep dive on determinism/indeterminism and on why the good omens universe does not entail free will). Fate in the Greek world is something that can coexist with free will, Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother but ultimately this fate was achieved through his actions, because he decided to act. In the mythic tales, we find proof of mortal triumph over predetermined destinies. In the Oedipus king, Oedipus fought so hard against the oracle’s predictions and unknowingly this lead him to fulfil the prophecy he sought to escape, this may sound contradictory but it’s an evidence of free will. While Oedipus could not escape his tragic fate, his actions and choices shaped the course of his life, revealing the limitations of a predetermined existence. Hence a prophecy does not entail that free won’t exist. On the contrary, the way we decide to challenge, act, answer to that foreknowledge we exercise our capacity to shape our destiny.

 If decide to embrace the humanistic spirit that lies at the core of ancient Greek thought, we must dare to challenge the chains of fate.

Another similary I found with Greek ancient world is God: I would say that the God in season 1 and 2 retaining foreknowledge is not a God that acts, we see that angels have no idea about what the ineffable plan is about and even the world ending doesn’t seem to be something that God described in detail. This kind of God can be seen as either Fate itself or as God in the Einstein vision / Epicureanism doctrine (a God that has abandoned humanity and watch over it without intervening).

In season one we see that God plays poker alone, but that’s boring and lonely right? I mean God has plans for the universe plans that nobody knows because they're ineffable. But what if God doesn't have any plans and ineffability is the results of giving free will to humans and the pre-existence of fate? This would mean that the world was already random before and not predetermined. Even if God has plans for the universe I would say that is rather predictable if you know all the variables of the world but then something happens that maybe they predicted, but it is also unexpected because it is outside of the norm: an angel and a devil befriend despite their differences. God then decides to observe said angel and devil but still without intervention, it’s a poker game where God is the observer but the true game is played with hell and heaven against humanity and Aziraphale and Crowley as the watchers of the earth; in a way at first Crowley and Aziraphale are in the same position of the observant God until they decide to enter the poker game and side with humanity. The poker battle should have concluded with the loss of heaven and hell instead God decided to enter the game against the same angel and devil that made God’s poker game less boring, and who won in the end? God. The angel and the devil that first challenged Fate itself (God) alongside humanity decided to abandon their ideal, their love for that flawed Earth, they decided to stop choosing, they let the destiny happen.

Kierkegaard believed that the man is free, thus his freedom leads to free will and possibilities of choosing one’s destiny, but this leads all to despair, which is not abstract freedom, free will, but finite freedom because every possibility nullifies the precedent one. Free will for Kierkegaard means making choices based on core values, inwardness, and for destiny that humanity has to choose for themself, free wills mean making decisions related to one's faith in God and his own existential stance. Thus, a man is created and has a burden to bear, he has CHOICES to make. As Sartre said free will is a necessary condition for existence, we live thus we must make choices. Hence, we can and have to choose despite everything, that is what being human incarnate means. Humans were always stubborn and refused to have a higher power control them, this is what I like about our species is that we can unity against higher authorities usurping us. The removal of free will from the previous universe also imply that everything terribly cruel and incredibly good that humans did was predetermined by God, by saying this we remove responsibility and praise two fundamental items for our society right now. I believe that we as humans have long let go of our freedom and have been trading it for our pleasures and comfort, we don’t want to feel responsible anymore for our actions yet we should start acting like Adam instead of leaving the world salvation to two eternal beings who while they loved us shouldn’t have saved Earth on our behalf.

[inevitably-ineffable-husbands]

Hello Steph! I just have to say I am so very glad I decided to watch good omens. It was you who inspired me to watch it, after I’d been following your Johnlock blog for a few years and I very much enjoyed it.

I can quite confidently say it is my favourite television show that I’ve ever watched and I’m so grateful to you for unintentionally introducing me to it. And though the finale itself wasn’t spectacular, the ending was the sweetest thing. I’m just so glad to have watched a good queer slowburn that had a plot outside of the romance.

With that being said, do you have any fics that are a good introduction to the fandom? Possibly a fic where Prime Aziraphale and Crowley get the happy ending they deserve? Lots of love and sorry to be a bother :)

Hi Lovely!!

Ah, I'm honoured that you were inspired to watch the series because of me, despite how it all ended, LOL. I'm happy that you enjoyed the ending and got something out of it <3

That said, I ABSOLUTELY AM ECSTATIC to rec you some fics to start you off into the fanfic fandom LOL. Never a bother at all. Reccing fics makes me happy :) I did a similar list AGES ago, but it's grown since then so it's worth redoing :)

So, I went through all of my bookmarks and picked out the more "easy read" fics, so there's no AUs or super SUPER plotty fics, just stuff to get you into the stories so you'll want to read more!! AND because I know some people would rather avoid S3 stories, fix it's or not, I've separated them into a separate section at the end :) . AND unlike my Johnlock Newcomer lists, this IS a mix of ratings so heed those before reading! :)

For those not familiar with my lists, I put them in word-count order since I've found over the years I've been reccing fics that that is what people are primarily searching for in their fics, so if someone wants a LONG fic, they can just scroll down to the bottom of my lists.

I hope you all enjoy!!

AZIRACROW FOR NEWCOMERS

PRE-S3 TIMELINE

Demon on the Ceiling by Laur (G, 851 w., 1 Ch. || Post-Apocalypse, Cuddling & Snuggling, Literal Sleeping Together, Light Humour, Comfort, Missing Scene, Fluff) – It's the first night of the rest of their lives and Crowley doesn't want to sleep alone.

A Promise Kept by goodomensblog & just_quintessentially_me (G, 1,054 w., 1 Ch. || S1 Timeline, Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Soft Idiots, Love Confessions, First Kiss, Promises, Worried Idiots, Tenderness, First Kiss) – After translating Agnes Nutter's prophecy, Aziraphale and Crowley spend an evening attempting to learn each other's mannerisms.

you can dance in a hurricane, but only if you're standing in the eye by be_brave13 (G, 1,456 w., 1 Ch. || Non-Linear Narrative, Light Angst, 6000 Years of Pining / Slow Burn, POV Crowley, 5 and Ones, Idiots in Love, Song Fic) – 5 times Crowley knew he loved Aziraphale and the 1 time he knew Aziraphale loved him back (romantically).

anywhere i go you go, my dear by chamaenerion (G, 1,533 w., 1 Ch. || Post Armageddon’t, Panic Attacks, POV Aziraphale, Touching, Emotional Hurt / Comfort, Protective Crowley, Anxious Crowley, Love Confessions, Snake Crowley, Clingy Crowley) – After the Apocalypse-that-wasn't, Crowley is reluctant to leave Aziraphale's side.

Wherever We Go by leaveanote (G, 1,719 w., 1 Ch. || Fluff, Romance, First Kiss, Hurt Crowley, Aziraphale Loves Crowley, Love Confessions, Tooth-Rotting Fluff) – It’s been one week since the world didn’t end, and Crowley is going out of his mind. He needs to just tell Aziraphale how he feels, but when something's gone unspoken for this long, no words feel good enough. Eventually, he can't take it anymore, and asks Aziraphale to walk with him in St. James Park. Absolute ineffable fluff.

Falling simultaneously at different speeds by juiceboxjellyfish (G, 2,011 w., 1 Ch. || Moments in Time, Canon Compliant, Repression, Oblivious / Pining Aziraphale, Pining Crowley, Yearning, Longing, Light Angst, 6000 Year Slow Burn, Idiots in Love) – Despite the fact that Crowley and Aziraphale started falling for each other at virtually the same time, their experiences were drastically different. AKA Crowley has been pining since the beginning of time and Aziraphale takes like 6000 years to realise he's in love.

From Imbros over the sea by obstinatrix (T, 2,026 w., 1 Ch. || Post S1 Divergence, Vignette, Fluff) – He'd put his hand in the fire of Crowley's hair, and realised only later he'd expected to be burned. OR: Aziraphale thinks Crowley's trouble for centuries, but that doesn't mean he stays at a safe distance. And now he doesn't have to.

The Risk (of Losing What I Don't Have Now) by coshie (G, 2,083 w., 1 Ch. || Anxious Crowley, Rambling Confessions, Mild Angst, Unsweetened Fluff, Angst With Happy Ending, Aziraphale POV, Worried Aziraphale, Crowley is a Mess) – Two days of silence from Crowley. Aziraphale gets worried and goes to find out why.

for your eyes only by punkenigma (T, 2,501 w., 1 Ch. || Post-Armageddon’t, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss, Getting Together, Love / Drunk Confessions, 6000 Year Slow Burn, Insecure / Worried / Scared Crowley, Fear of Heartbreak) – Crowley was forced to face two inalienable truths: One, a world without Aziraphale was simply not a world worth imagining and even less so worth experiencing. Two, Crowley’s feelings for Aziraphale had changed dramatically since Armageddon." Alt Title: the one where Crowley can't keep it bottled in any longer.

I Shan't (Can't) Say I'm In Love by AppleSharon (M, 2,578 w., 1 Ch. || 6000 Years of Pining, Romance, Fluff, Tic Where Crowley Can’t Confess Love, Established Relationship, Mentioned Sexual Content, Crowley POV, Crowley Loves Aziraphale So Much, Shy Crowley, Grumpy Crowley) – Crowley can't say he's in love. At least, not with words. Aziraphale reassures him that he's been saying it, rather loudly, for millennia.

The Space Between Two Silences by MrNickLower (T, 2,884 w., 3 Ch. || Through the Ages, Asexual Characters, Angst, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, 6000 Years of Pining, Hurt Crowley, Protective Crowley, Soft Crowley, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Misunderstandings, Trauma, Unrequited to Requited Love, Caring Aziraphale, Soft Aziraphale, Taking Care of Each Other, Anxious Aziraphale, Character Study) – "You are terribly kind, angel," Crowley once remarked, while watching Aziraphale meticulously organize his scrolls in Florence. "And you're terribly deceitful, Crowley," Aziraphale replied, with a small, genuine smile that made the demon's nonexistent heart clench. "You pretend you don't care about anything, while you spend half your time making sure I don't get into trouble."

Flowers from No One by HallowedBeThyAssButt (T, 3,567 w., 1 Ch. || Jealous Crowley, Oblivious Aziraphale, Idiots, Angst and Fluff, Crowley POV, Crowley’s a Little Shit) – Who the heaven was the angel laughing with in that bloody bookshop? Crowley squinted, and considered taking off his sunglasses to work out exactly who it was. A man, of some sort. Another angel?

The Picnic; or, the Drawbacks of Loving an Angel by sorrowfulcheese (G, 3,776 w., 1 Ch. || Post-Apocalypse/Canon, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Misunderstandings, Moving On, Picnicking, Idiots in Love, Crowley POV, Cranky Crowley, Mutual Pining, Light Angst with Happy Ending) – Aziraphale lures Crowley out for a picnic. It doesn't go remarkably well. 

Larry by Dancer_in_the_rain (G, 3,948 w., 1 Ch. || Humour, Jealous Aziraphale, Possessive Aziraphale, Idiots in Love, Oblivious Crowley, Crowley's Plants, Light Angst, Fluff, First Kiss, Feelings Realization, Miscommunication, Light Hurt/Comfort, Crowley's Flat, Crack Treated Seriously) – Crowley comes into the bookshop, telling Aziraphale all about Larry, the guy he met at the greenhouse, about how good he looks and that he immediately brought him home to share his bed. Aziraphale is devastated until he discovers that the whole situation isn‘t quite what he first made it out to be.

a garden all their own by leaveanote (T, 5,436 w., 1 Ch. || Post Canon, POV Crowley, Emotional Turmoil, Aziraphale Takes Care of Crowley, Crying, Nightmares, Love Confessions, First Kiss, Heart Wrenching Pining, Pining Crowley, Wings, Tired Crowley, Romance, Healing, Massage, Light Angst with Happy Ending) – The aftermath. An exhaustion deeper than body. A secret too heavy to carry when when grief burned so close. Crowley has to tell him. "What am I to you?" A saving thing, an agony, a binary star, tenderness, an unhealed wound, a home, a home, a garden. Come to me, we'll heal together.

The green-eyed Serpent by Angelica_Tree (T, 4,160 w., 1 Ch. || Post S1/Not S2 Compliant, Misunderstandings, Jealous Crowley, POV Crowley, Happy Ending) – The thwarted Armageddon means that Crowley can openly saunter over to Whickber Street whenever he wants. But being around Aziraphale every single day makes it impossible to ignore how much the humans adore Aziraphale. And when one human apparently asks Aziraphale out on a date - How will our hero cope?

Soft by IneffableSoulmates (T, 4,213 w., 1 Ch. || Friends to Lovers, 6000 Years of Pining, Pining Crowley, POV Crowley, Alcohol / Drunkeness) – The night after the night they save the world, an angel and a demon and a case of champagne, and things that have been unsaid for centuries finally come to light.

A Matter of Intelligence by jovipop (T, 5,946 w., 1 Ch. || Pre-S1 Church Scene, London 1941, Idiots in Love, Drinking, Protective Crowley, Jealous Crowley, Yearning, Mutual Pining) – How did a demon end up walking through a church in 1941 anyway?

'best friend' doesn't quite cut it by untrustworthyglitch (T, 6,750 w., 1 Ch || Through the Ages, Mutual Pining, Idiots to Lovers, 6000 Year Slow Burn, Pet Names, Insecure Crowley, Supportive Aziraphale) – Okay. So Crowley might have invented pet names as a way to work around a speech impediment. No big deal, right?

I Could Get Used To This by curiouswriterkr (M, 7,707 w., 4 Ch. || Post-S2, Not Canon-Compliant, POV Crowley, Getting Back Together, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Snuggles and Softness, Aziraphale is a Mess, Soft Crowley, Soft Aziraphale, Second Kiss, Apologies, Established Relationship, Pet Names, Idiots in Love) – Aziraphale and Crowley have their first date after the world ending is averted yet again.

a taste of honey by carrythesky (E, 8,418 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S2, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Light Angst, Romance, Getting Together, First Time, Love Confessions, Top Aziraphale, Bottom Crowley) – Aziraphale and Crowley have rekindled their old friendship, which is all they want from each other now that the world hasn't ended. Absolutely nothing more. Nothing at all.

equinox by leaveanote (E, 8,993 w., 1 Ch. || South Downs Cottage, Love Confessions, Mutual Pining, First Time, Romance, 6000 Years of Pining, Soft Idiots, Love, Anxious Crowley, Emotional Lovemaking) – Here in the South Downs cottage, Crowley has more than he ever thought he would: the two of them, safe, and he gets to live alongside Aziraphale every day. He still can't bring himself to say it, though, still finds himself wanting, doesn't want to drag the angel down with the mess of his love, doesn't want to ruin what they have. Aziraphale, however, is getting tired of Crowley staring longingly off into the night sky, and confronts him. There is more of a balance here than Crowley thought.

In Muted Tone by sobakasu & sssnakelady (T, 9,386 w., 2 Ch. || Post-Apocalypse, Crowley POV, Heavy Pining, Emotional Turmoil, Awkward Crowley, Shy Crowley, Fluff and Anget, Happy Ending, Moving in Together, Love Confessions, Poetry, Panic Attacks, Drinking to Cope, Domestic Fluff, Kissing, Hurt/Comfort) – It is roughly ten thirty PM on a Saturday night. The night that Armageddon didn’t. They are three bottles of wine in and Aziraphale is rambling.

toss you for edinburgh (and other promises) by leaveanote (E, 10,611 w., 1 Ch || Aziraphale POV, Passage of Time, Slow Burn, Heavy Mutual Pining, Porn With Feelings, Romance, Anal, Rimming, Angst with Happy Ending, Pet Names, The Arrangement, Love Confessions, Passionate Love Making, Friends With Benefits But it Hurts, Inside Jokes, Proposal) – Crowley hadn't meant anything by it, Aziraphale knows that (it's very obvious when he's actually flirting). But he still can't stop thinking about it. They have been together twice before, and each time, Aziraphale swore it could not happen again. This time, he tells himself, as he seeks Crowley out after Hamlet, it will be enough. It has to be.

A Brief History of Touch by chamyl (E, 11,849 w., 1 Ch. || Moments in Time, First Kiss/Time, Heavy Mutual Pining, Romance, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn, Masturbation, Almost Kiss, Touch-Starved Crowley, Angst With Happy Ending, Love Confessions, Blow Jobs, Emotional Love Making, Friends to Lovers, Body Worship, Promise of Forever With a Ring) – Six thousand years of pining, stolen glances, almost-touches, plummeting towards the inevitable end.

speed limits (and how to break them) by darcylindbergh (E, 13,750 w., 4 Ch. || Post-S1, POV Crowley, UST/URT, Mutual Pining, Romance, First Kiss/Time, Crowley’s Anxiety, Gift Giving, Humour, Touching, Awkwardness, Love Confessions, Sussex, Fantasies Become Real, Marriage Proposal, Sensuality, Bottom Crowley) – There is a trick people do with a mint candy and a bottle of cola which results in a small eruption, and something very like it, for much higher stakes than a laugh in a car park, is about to take place in Aziraphale’s back room. Or: what happens when you finally unscrew the cap on a six thousand years of repression, and drop in Valentine’s Day.

all i need, darling, is a life in your shape by deadgreeks (G, 14,243 w., 1 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Angst, Repression, Domestic Fluff, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Bedsharing) – After everything, Aziraphale and Crowley, by unspoken agreement, begin sharing their lives.

Lead me to the banquet hall by obstinatrix & wishwellingtons (E, 14,780 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S1, Pining Crowley, Jealous Crowley, Food Porn, Eating is Porn, Taking Care of Each Other, Obsession, Tender/Emotional Love Making, Bottom Crowley, Cuddling, Spooning, First Kiss / Time, London) – Crowley loves taking Aziraphale out to eat almost as much as Aziraphale loves eating, but it's always a bit of a one-sided affair. Aziraphale has never understood why. Crowley planned on keeping it that way, but best laid plans...

Gravity and angels by FancyTrinkets (E, 14,992 w., 2 Ch. || One Year Post-S1, Idiots in Love, Established Relationship, POV Aziraphale, Kissing, Hugging, Bottom Aziraphale, Flashbacks, Anal Sex, Doubt, Anxious Aziraphale, Blood/Injury) – It's been a year since the world didn't end, and that calls for a celebration. Gifts, picnics, and tender lovemaking are all part of the plan. But Crowley and Aziraphale's plans get thwarted when God shows up to borrow a book, test their faith, and answer some questions for once.

Too Much Love (Will Kill You) by Captain_Kieren (T, 15,150 w., 1 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Post-S1, Hurt/Comfort, BAMF Crowley, BAMF Aziraphale, Protective Crowley, Protective Aziraphale, Lunch Dates, Weddings, Holy Oil, Demonic Possession, Fluff, Angst, Idiots in Love, Asexual Relationship, Established Relationship, Pining, Exhaustion, Sleep Deprivation, Bad Humour, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Aziraphale Whump, South Downs) – Heaven is trying to kill Aziraphale and Crowley is having none of it. Basically: stupid, protective idiots in love nearly dying to save each other.

A Desperate Desire by IneffableToreshi (E, 15,944 w. || Post-Almost Apocalypse, 6000 Years of Pining, First Kiss/Time, Lust Potion/Spell, Anal/Oral Sex, Self Esteem Issues, Praise Kink, Top Aziraphale, Virgin Husbands, Bottom Crowley, Blowjobs, Wings, Idiots in Love, Mild Dub-Con, Fluff and Smut, Angst, Aggressive Aziraphale, Happy Ending) – Since the world didn't end Aziraphale has been hoping for things to move to the next level with Crowley. But every time he tries to get close, the demon seems to shy away. Aziraphale begins to think that maybe Crowley just isn't attracted to him that way. He decides, against his friend Anathema's advice, to try witchcraft as a way of making himself more confident, attractive, and desirable. It, of course, goes wrong, because the angel misses the footnote that warns him not to mix magic and alcohol. Part 3 of Accidental Confessions

The Nice and Accurate Love Story of A. J. Crowley and A. Z. Fell by SealandRocks (E, 16,353 w., 1 Ch. || Pining Crowley, Implied Mutual Pining, Emotional Love Making, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, POV Crowley, Jealous Crowley, Crowley’s Plants, Kissing as Healing, Moments in Time, The Arrangement, Love Confessions, Bottom Crowley, Gentle Aziraphale, Slow Burn, Falling in Love, Crowley is Bad at Feelings, First Kiss/Time, Anal Sex / Fingering, Wings / Wing Kink, Porn With Plot, Praise Kink, Kissing in the Rain, Symbolism, Historical References) – Crowley and Aziraphale have been dancing around each other since the beginning. From Eden to London, it eventually becomes very hard to avoid the only other immortal around. And after so many centuries, having a physically body becomes a bit uncomfortable. Crowley is left to wonder what it is about Aziraphale that helps ease the ache in his soul. It would only take him 6000 years to figure out that it was rooted in something deeper all along. Part 1 of Love Stories for the Oblivious

Any Way You Want It by LieutenantLiv (M, 27,585 w., 5 Ch. || Holidays, Slow Burn, Fluff, First Time, Eventual Smut, Swimming, Dreams of Dancing, Kissing in the Rain, Self-Esteem Issues, Misunderstandings, Crying Love Confessions, Soft Crowley, Clingy Crowley, Virgin Aziraphale, Romance) – Saving the world is exhausting work. With Heaven and Hell off their backs, it seems as good a time as any for Crowley and Aziraphale to take a proper break. Neither one of them predicts the direction their holiday takes.Who'd have thought that sharing a cottage in Scotland would be quite so romantic?

S3 FIX-ITS (NO ASA/ANTHONY)

Dream a Little Dream of Me... by sheendav (G, 487 w., 1 Ch. || Post S2/Inspired by S3 Trailer, Idiots in Love, Dreams and Nightmares, Sussex Downs Cottage, Emotional Hurt/Comfort) – The dream Crowley was having in that alley right before Aziraphale showed up...

in the kitchen by carrythesky (G, 1,166 w., 1 Ch. || S3 Fix It Fic / S3 Divergence, Humanity) – “It was you.” Crowley takes his time with the words, feeling each one rush through him. An equal yet opposite kind of flood. “And him. You named him, because he was always there to be named.” They gaze at each other, stunned. “We need more books,” says Crowley, at the same time that Aziraphale declares, “We need more cocoa.”

look at the stars, look how they shine for you by meetmeatthecoda (M, 1,811 w., 1 Ch. || S3 Fix It / Canon Divergence, Idiots in Love, South Downs Cottage, Romance, Soft, Domestics, Stargazing, Happy Ending, Fluff, Comfort) – Stepping out the back door of the cottage and into the cool night air, Aziraphale picks his way carefully down the cobblestone path of the verdant garden, cradling two mugs full to the brim and heading toward the tartan picnic blanket laid out under a flourishing apple tree. And the tall, lanky, red-haired being standing nearby and staring up at the sky. The stargazing scene of the finale re-written with Aziraphale & Crowley.

The Pond At The End Of The World by CopperBeech (G, 1,185 w., 1 Ch. || South Down Cottage, Current Events, Ethical Discussions, Sappy Crowley, Domestic Fluff, Happily Ever After) – A quiet day in the Downs, and a little something for people who have complicated feelings – I’m not sure it’s possible for the fandom to have any other kind – about the Gaiman allegations, the work of flawed creators, and the difficulty of teasing out good from evil. Also for people who just want fluffy moments with the husbands, since we all need that more than ever.

World's End Cottage by amaruuk (T, 1,978 w., 1 Ch. || S3 Fix It Fic, Forever Aziracrow) – It was a test. They passed. Now they get to live the rest of their immortal lives together.

Revival by CopperBeech (E, 3,321 w., 1 Ch. || S3 Fix-It / Rewrite, Porn With Feelings, Miracles, Bookshop Sex, Time Manipulation, Cuddling / Snuggling, First Time, Virgin Crowley, Virgin Aziraphale, Anal Fingering / Sex) – God and Satan are neutralized. The march of destruction has stopped. Now there’s only a universe to restore – if they can suss out how. And there’s still unfinished business between them.

glory in tribulations by midnightdragons (G, 5,284 w., 1 Ch. || S3 Fix It, God Ships Aziracrow, The Bookshop, Idiots in Love, Biblical References, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Kissing, Light Angst, Love Confessions via Symbolism) – In the bookshop at the end of the universe, Aziraphale and Crowley have some things to say to each other - and Someone else has some things to say to them, too. (Or: an ambiguous-ending AU to Good Omens 3). Part 53 of Good Omens Fics

Let There Be Us by pixiepojmansky & werpiper (E, 6,120 w., 10 Ch. || S3 Fix It / Through the Ages, Five and One, Astronomy, Semi-Public Sex, Kissing, Fix-It, Happy Ending, Oral Sex, Reconciliation, Sex in the Bookshop, Angels Can Sense Love, Anal Sex, Reparations, Kissing, Happy Ending) – Five times the Ineffables kissed in uniquely first ways. Three times there was light. God's Creation is six thousand years old. The Universe has existed for over fourteen billion years. Demons lie, and God lies too. Some things are worth working on until you get them right.

S3 EPILOGUE COMPLIANT (ASA/ANTHONY)

Love And The Feathery Things That Come With It by Vani_Lily (M, 2,354 w., 1 Ch. || Post S3, Asa / Anthony, Fussy Asa, Soft Anthony, Pet Names, Anxious Asa, POV Asa, Married Relationship, Feathers, Overworked Anthony, Angels and Demons, Wing Grooming) – In which feathers keep appearing in Asa and Anthony's house and no one knows why.

Love of my life by Realaziraphale (T, 2,402 w., 1 Ch. || Post S3 Compliant, Asa/Anthony, South Downs Cottage, Fluff, Comfort, Proposal, Married Couple, Idiots in Love, Soft Anthony, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff / Bliss) – The perfect plan. An anniversary celebration, a candlelit dinner at the Ritz, and all Asa can think about is the tiny golden ring in his pocket and the fragile question that would come to follow. What could go wrong?

Take My Hand by PrincessOfHouseNightstar (G, 2,639 w., 1 Ch. || Post S3 Compliant, Asa/Anthony, First Kiss, Fluff and Comfort, Reincarnation, Mutual Pining, Fluff, Flirting, Anxious Asa, Caring Anthony, Dating, Slice of Life, Domestic Fluff, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Minor Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Idiots in Love, Heartwarming, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Dinner, Hand Holding, Idiots in Love) – Asa and Anthony are on their fourth date, all is going well until a tough topic comes up for Asa. How will he and Anthony navigate it? Will they have another date? Part 12 of Good Omens Oneshots, Part 1 of Ineffable Humans

[aziraphalesnightingale]

Paint Your Palette Blue and Grey - A Good Omens Human AU Fic Chapter 6

Archive Warning: Rape/Non-con

Rating: Explicit (E)

Tags: Alternate Universe - Human, Past Rape/Non-con, Rape/Non-con Elements, Rape Recovery, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicidal Crowley (Good Omens), Priest Aziraphale (Good Omens), Lost Soul Crowley (Good Omens), Alternate Universe, Artist Crowley (Good Omens), Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Strangers to Lovers, Lovers to Enemies, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Gabriel is Not Nice (Good Omens), Gabriel Being an Asshole (Good Omens), Whump, Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), Aziraphale Loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley is a Mess (Good Omens), Hurt Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley Whump (Good Omens), Alcohol, Happy Ending, Aziraphale is "just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing" (Good Omens), Soft Aziraphale (Good Omens), Healing, Fictional Religion & Theology, Religion, Depression, Domestic Fluff, Feelings, Falling In Love, Idiots in Love, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Ineffable Idiots (Good Omens), Stalking, Manipulation, Mental Health Issues, Miscommunication, Misunderstandings, Trauma, Confessions, Drunken Flirting, Drunken Kissing, Non-Consensual Kissing, First Kiss, Mutual Pining, Pining

Summary:

Anthony J. Crowley is a failing artist; Astra Fell is a priest. Neither have ever met, but fate brings them together when Anthony is at his lowest point. Can Astra show Anthony that life is worth living again? Will Anthony get his spark back?

An angsty human AU fic.

[This fic is a WIP and will be updated weekly.]

Chapter 6 Excerpt:

Anthony sighed and glanced over at his phone. It lit up with a notification and he groaned, picking it up to check.  However, the notification made a cold shiver run the length of his spine.  Gabriel wants to follow you.

READ CHAPTER 6 HERE!

or:

Start from the Beginning!

Tagging @goodomensafterdark 😈😇

Comments, Kudos and shares are much appreciated! 🩵

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday (Good Omens Edition): June 12/26

Happy Friday all! I've a LOT of GO fics to continue to recommend, so I hope you all enjoy this bonus 5FF list, and be sure to give some love to this week's selection of Aziracrow Goodness! Enjoy!

RECENT MFLs

Don't Look Back by CopperBeech (T, 2,778 w., 1 Ch. || Post S2, Idiots in Love, Hurt Crowley, Emotional Hurt, Angry Crowley, Protective Aziraphale, Hell is Terrible, Singing, Light Comfort) – Aziraphale’s the Supreme Archangel now, tasked with moving forward the next step in the Great Plan. Then he gets a message. Hell has something he wants, if he has what it takes to retrieve it.

Aziraphale's Diaries Series by azzfell & fellshish (T, 10,865+ w. across 4 works || Series WIP || Meta Fics, Diary/Journal, Epistolary, Fluff and Humour, Hijinks / Shenanigans, Oblivious Aziraphale, Snake-Like Crowley, Aziraphale's Diary, Huddling for Warmth, Idiots in Love, POV Aziraphale, Trapped in a Closet, Fake Relationship, Historical References, Secret Identity, Musical References) – Stand-alone fics from the POV of Aziraphale (written as his diaries).

So the Story Goes... by PrincessOfHouseNightstar (M, 19,206 w., 10 Ch. || Alice in Wonderland Fusion || Post S1 Canon Divergence, Minor Character Death, Protective Aziraphale, BAMF Aziraphale, Discorporation, Gabriel is Not Nice, Hellfire & Holy Water, Kissing, Hand Holding, Food as a Sex Metaphor, Crowley Watching Aziraphale Eating, Slight Arousal, Miracle Blocker, Happy Ending) – After a rude interruption to one of his reading sessions, Aziraphale finds himself in Wonderland. He gets more than he bargained for and ends up pinned with the responsibility of saving Wonderland from certain destruction. Will he stay and help, or run due to his anxieties? Only time will tell.

Scare me goodnight, my love by The_Rogue_Bard (T, 22,547 w., 5 Ch. || S1 Canon Compliant, Five and One, Getting Together, First Kiss, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Asexual Crowley, Asexual Aziraphale, Movie Night, Fluff, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Crowley's Working, Aziraphale Tries to Help) – Beelzebub assigns a sleep paralysis job to Crowley. Unfortunately, the victim they have chosen does not sleep, is an angel, and could not be less scared of a demon he's known for 6000 years. Even more unfortunately, the Lord of Hell does not care for excuses. Crowley has five nights to fulfill the assignment... or else. Or: Five times Crowley failed as Aziraphale's sleep paralysis demon and one time he didn't.

On Espionage and Prophecy (or How to Accidentally, but Wholly, Fall in Love With a Soho Bookseller) by RockSaltAndRoll (E, 133,390 w., 21 Ch. || Human Spy AU || World War II, Secret Agent Crowley, Bookseller Aziraphale, Mutual Pining, Espionage, Slow Burn, Romance, Voyeurism, Masturbation, Frottage, Sex, Angst, Praise Kink, Intercrural Sex, Oral Sex, Happy Ending) – 1941 is the London Blitz and the year that MI5 really comes into its own with the now infamous ‘double cross’ system. The service keep tabs on suspects, root out enemy agents and try to turn them into doubles. Anthony J Crowley is fucking great at this job. He can be sneaky, underhanded and damn ruthless but also charming and kind. It’s what makes him good at turning. Aziraphale is just a regular Soho bookseller who loves his shop and books and good food and wine when he’s approached by a woman claiming to be MI5, wanting to recruit him for espionage. The poor man is too trusting and gets the shock of his life when he’s approached by a charming but dangerous-looking man also claiming to be MI5. Crowley recruits Aziraphale to double cross a double crosser and Aziraphale takes to espionage like a duck to water. Danger, hijinks, and sex ensue. Part 1 of Espionage and Omens

[mirjam-writes]

A little dance - watercolours, 5/2026 My first @fandomtrumpshate contribution is here. This one is for @maidenimage 's Good Omens Human AU fanfic where they walk through a camellia arch, put a lil flowers behind their ears, and have a little dance 🧡

This is my second watercolour piece ever, so I learned a lot! MaidenImage will post a slightly edited version for this, to make the scene fit the night-time vibe of the scene.

[makurilka]

I CAN FINALLY SHOW YOU THIS YAAAAAAAAY

I drew this for my friend's bday, i didn't watch or read "Good omens" but she really loves "Good omens" so i decided to redraw a shot from it with her fav character(*´ω｀*)

I loved rendering, damn i need to do this more often

[inevitably-ineffable-husbands]

To Nonny Asking for Newcomer Fic Recs:

I got your ask!! Give me a little bit; I'm really behind on filing my recent GO reads, and some of them definitely fit your request!! I'll try to get them out to you soon since you're fresh to the fandom and want to get started!! :D *HUGS*

[ineffabildaddy]

for all the people that are struggling to come to terms with the good omens finale and what it means for the fandom (myself included), i really really want to stress that you will not lose anything you don't want to lose because of it.

here's a list of things that are still here, that you can access anytime:

the book

the radio adaptation

season 1

season 2 (grab the bits you like and ignore the rest if necessary)

the bits of season 3 you did like (ignoring the rest may feel more difficult here but it is achievable i promise)

all the fanworks that exist already, whether they were created pre-tv adaptation, post-s1, post-s2 or post-s3

all of david and michael's interviews and other promo about the show pre-s3

the fans that are currently active in the fandom

the memories you've made in the fandom

and here's a list of things we can look forward to:

more fanworks/fanwork events, because people are still creating and will continue to do so

getting to know new good omens friends, whether they're new to the fandom or just new to you

in that vein, welcoming new fans to the fandom (it may not seem likely but new people will continue to seek us out!)

the final ineffable con and all the craziness and content that will come from that

people continuing to discover your fanworks, old and new

the moments where you'll start to feel the finale, the show in general and/or the fandom becoming easier to engage with again

most of all, aziraphale and crowley will always be there for you. i promise. i know it may feel like they're gone, but they're not, as long as we still watch them, think about them, read about them, write about them, draw them, cosplay them, talk about them... they want to be here, on earth, with all of us, and they are, i promise they are.

[nimbusalba]

Exactly, no one can take all of this from us, because even if they tried, we won't allow them to.

Our boys are a part of us, a part of our lives, and that is still here as long as we need. As long as we want. They are still here, they won't leave us.

In fact, right now they are enjoying a very nice evening in the garden of their cottage in the South Downs, having a cup of wine (1921 Chateauneuf du Pape, of course, because they are celebrating their live together, as every night) and toasting "To the world" while they listen to the sweet melody of the nightingales (because there're nightingales all year round in their garden. And apples too).

Now I made myself cry a little.

[deichselschwein]

EVERY OTHER SUMMER - The posting is upon us!

Dear all,

as announced I've started posting my completed Summer Omens Big Bang contribution:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

@youryurigoddess and @hawt-pants-exe were so kind to hold my hand, while I battled the words. In Chapter 2 you are going to find the amazing art of @hawt-pants-exe (More is going to come soon.)

In total the fic has 20 Chapters and is up to 32 k words. I hope you give it and my amazing artists much love.

[lizosemga]

a new chapter in "strawberry summer"!

hey, cuties! chapter five is up!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87107861/chapters/235581211#workskin

strawberry summer by lizosemga (me)

(M, 14,918 w., 4/? Ch. || WiP || Human Neighbours AU || Hurt/Comfort, Summer, Minor Character Death, Crowley Has Panic Attacks, Idiots in Love, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending) – Crowley was living his best life until one day, a new owner by the name of Aziraphale moved into the house next door. From that day forward, a string of accidental — and not-so-accidental — meetings followed, forever changing them both.

[sighed-the-snake]

It's not about a kiss. It's about promises made by the narrative that were never delivered.

The reason the fandom is reacting this way is because Neil Gaiman changed the genre of Good Omens from adventure fantasy comedy to romance fantasy comedy, and then he broke the cardinal rule of writing romance comedy: There must be a happy ending with no tragedy.

The story stops when the couple feels the most optimistic and hopeful for their future. A tragic ending does not belong in rom-com. It does not belong because going through this emotional journey with the couple only to have it end in painful disaster makes readers angry.

Good Omens S1 introduced overtly romantic elements with scenes that did not exist in the book:

Crowley flirting with Aziraphale as they watched the animals board Noah's ark.

Aziraphale flirting with Crowley in Rome.

Saving Aziraphale's reputation and his books in the church.

"You go too fast for me, Crowley."

"We could run away together."

"I don't even like you / Yes you do."

"Your boyfriend in the dark glasses"

There are tongue-in-cheek implications of romance in the book, but it is never explicitly stated or given space on the page to explore because how Crowley and Aziraphale feel about each other is not the point of this story. The humans are. We spend far more time following the humans and their thoughts and struggles because this story is not about Heaven and Hell, it's about humanity fighting for its right to exist.

To explore Crowley and Aziraphale's relationship in the original text would have made them too important. They were not supposed to kiss, there was not supposed to be a love confession, they were supposed to run around like incompetent headless chickens and make us laugh.

This is why fanfic exists. We pick up on the context clues in the text and we write our own stories to flesh out the things we wish had more time in the canon, even when we understand why it wasn't included.

But Gaiman gave the angel and the demon a whole bunch of extra scenes in the TV series, made their interactions overtly romantic in nature, and it disturbed the balance of the story. Good Omens became about them and their 6,000 year slow-burn enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story arc. Adam and Anathema and Shadwell became moving pieces buzzing around Crowley and Aziraphale.

The building up of Ineffable Husbands diminished the importance of everybody else until they ultimately got sidelined in favor of an outright love story in S2.

It's like the significance of everything the humans did was undone by Ineffable Husbands. This is no longer a story about humanity claiming its sovereignty and choosing their own fate in spite of plans made by Heaven or Hell. It became a story of how the unlikely love between an angel and a demon is the only thing that could possibly save the universe.

No. No, no, no. That was never the story. Could never be the story. Good Omens was never supposed to be a romance with Crowley and Aziraphale at its center.

Imagine When Harry Met Sally but Sally gets hit by a car after their love confession. Imagine The Princess Bride but Prince Humperdink wins. Imagine A Midsummer Night's Dream ending in shambles. That is the level of narrative betrayal happening in this script. That is why people are angry. It's not about a kiss. It's about giving us two seasons of a rom-com and then slipping us a tragedy at the end and calling everyone ungrateful when we rightfully complain because this was always meant to be how it ended.

Which only reveals that Gaiman was planning to betray his audience from the start, because he does not write happy endings.

This is why we are angry. It was never about a kiss. Gaiman broke the rules of rom-com and now we are angry.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday – Good Omens Edition: July 17/26

Lots of GO fics on my MFL list, so here's another list of recent fics! Enjoy!

RECENT MFLs

Unnaturally Bright by PrincessOfHouseNightstar (G, 1,178 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S2/S3 Speculation, Supreme Archangel Aziraphale, Headaches/Migraines, Comfort, Fluff, Protective Crowley, Soft Crowley, Sick Fic, Soft Aziraphale) – The Supreme Archangel Aziraphale is dealing with a terrible headache and Crowley comes to his rescue. Part 10 of Good Omens Oneshots

Gleams On Volumes Of Old by Poet_to_None (M, 6,078 w., 3 Ch. || Idiots in Love, Through the Ages, Banter, Affection) – Vignettes over time featuring a touch starved demon and very dear angel who errs in too much restraint.

Crowley's Herbal by CopperBeech (G, 9,915 w., 10 Ch. || Post S1, Through the Ages, The Arrangement, 6000 Years of Pining, South Downs Cottage, First Kiss, Canon Scene Vignettes, Gunshot Wounds, Soft, Angst, Fluff, Idiots in Love, Protective Aziraphale, Language of Flowers, Gardener Crowley, Gardening, Oblivious Aziraphale, Hurt/Comfort) – I thought it would be fun to write a series of little vignettes about the floriographic symbolism of the plants Crowley chooses for his cottage garden, and then centuries of pining happened. I'll show myself out.

The Loophole, or, How to Convince a Demon God Exists in Three Easy Steps by fellshish (E, 24,371 w., 4 Ch. || Post S2 Divergence, POV Aziraphale, Humour, Loss of Virginity, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Coming in Pants, First Time, Spanking, Gay Pride, Church Sex, Hand Jobs, Rimming, Masturbation, Facials, Object Insertion, Object Penetration, Ass to Mouth, Exhibitionism, Begging, Safe Words, Apology Dance, Long Haired Crowley, Begging, Crying Crowley, Emotional Sex, Hijinks/Shenanigans, Dom/Sub Undertones, Prophecies) – Ah, yes. Being an Archangel is going splendidly. Aziraphale accidentally erases God from the Book of Life.

and now all of my garden is grown in lavender by ilikeblue (E, 72,827 w., 14 Ch. || Human AU || Fake Marriage / Relationship, Eden-Crowley Elements, Author Aziraphale, Gardener Crowley, Soft Aziraphale, Slow Burn, Protective Aziraphale, Chubby Aziraphale, Nice Crowley, Demisexual Crowley, Angst, Fluff) – Popular queer romance author, A.Z. Fell, has been lying about having a husband and a happy marriage for years. Longing to escape a string of failed relationships and looking for a fresh start, Aziraphale moves into the cottage left to him by his Great Aunt Agnes. When a TV adaptation of one of his books leads to sudden popularity and throws him into the limelight, his fans (and the press) are eager to catch a glimpse of Aziraphale's own mysterious leading man. Unfortunately, he still has to cast someone for that role. Enter the handsome gardener…Under Crowley's meticulous care the cottage's neglected garden slowly comes back to life, and Aziraphale finds himself writing the most important love story he'll ever write: his own.