We Don’t Have to Be Perfect
Sneaking in just before the deadline, this is the first of my three submissions for @itsthearoway‘s Aro Way Challenge, which highlights Good Omens fanworks with an aromantic light. I love how versatile the bonds in Good Omens are, and how they lend themselves so well to a number of a/sexual and a/romantic and a/gender identities. As an aro person myself, it’s nice to see some representation in a fandom that I love.
We Don’t Have to Be Perfect
Prompt 34: At a woodworking class Fandom: Good Omens Characters: Aziraphale+Crowley Warnings: none Summary: Aziraphale takes up a new hobby and tries to make something meaningful with it. It doesn’t quite go as planned, but maybe that’s okay.
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“So this is where you’ve been disappearing to.”
Aziraphale held open the door he’d just walked out of so a young woman could exit the woodworking studio after him, barely sparing a glance toward the gangly form of the demon on the sidewalk. “I haven’t been disappearing anywhere. I told you the dates and times of this class and even gave you the address.”
“Looking for a new hobby, are you?”
“One can always learn new skills. Now that I’m not reporting to Heaven anymore, there’s no reason I can’t try something new when the whim takes me.”
“Not that that’s ever stopped you before,” Crowley grinned, falling into step beside the angel as he started the walk back to the bookshop. “Well let’s see it then.”
“See what?” Aziraphale fidgeted, fooling exactly nobody.
“Last I checked, when somebody signs up for an art-based class they usually make some sort of art-based thingy to take home. Let’s see it, come on.”
“I, ah…” Aziraphale glanced everywhere but at Crowley, looking rather embarrassed. “It’s not up to standards.”
“Whose standards?”
“Yours. Mine. Anybody’s, really.”
“I think I can be the judge of my own standards, angel.”
“Oh very well.” And from a bag at his side he pulled a wooden oval, roughly eight inches at its widest point, and the demon plucked it from his hands to study it before he could protest.
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