The Wall Scene - Rewritten
âYou know, Crowley, deep down Iâve always thought you were a nice per-â
Aziraphale was smug. He would have admitted that; seeing his... Best adversary be so caring as to provide miracles for the chaos he was feigning really was a feather in his cap. But maybe he had been too smug for his own good.
Crowley had him pinned - not against the wall, not really. It was the angel who stepped back to lean against the paint, to spread his hands just barely against its surface to keep his balance. The demon had barely even ruffled his collar. Really, Aziraphale really should have known better; these grounds used to be for demonic purposes, and there was no telling if calling Crowley nice would have dubious implications for him.
And thatâs the logic Crowley was going with. If Hastur was looking, if Beelzebub was, if one of the past nuns? He would be done for. He was good at theatrics, dramatics, at prat falls and stage combat. He was good at fake shows of masculinity and dominance, too.
âIâm not nice. Nice is a four letter word,â he spat - or rather, tried to spit. Or growl. He didnât really know what he was going for. It was for show, for protection.
Aziraphale wasnât even scared; he had dealt with this kind of defense mechanism of Crowleyâs before. But there was one problem - or rather, two.
One: they were so close, their noses were touching.
Two: Crowleyâs lips looked so soft.
So the angel was very preoccupied with both those things, with the otherâs words going in one ear and out the other. His eyes meandered down across Crowleyâs nose to his lips, and fixed there, his own face practically blank.
âYou do not call me nice, angel. Do you understand me? Never, ever, under any circumstances, should you call me nice. Theyâll have my throat, my head, my wings, and then where would we be?â
We. It slipped out, but by accident, Crowley didnât quite know. And he wasnât talking about Adam.
But as he finished his threat-but-not-threat, he had noticed the angel not paying attention to a word he was saying; he didnât even get a nod in response.
â-Angel?â he prompted forcefully, giving him the slightest of shakes - and getting nothing in response. âAngel-â
But instead of a nod or a timid âyes,â he got something far more unexpected; Aziraphale leaned forward and locked their lips together. Crowley was so stunned that he just stood there, slowly letting Aziraphaleâs collar go, and - quite possibly - shutting his eyes. No one would have known while he had his glasses on.
And it went on for a very long time, too long to not be wasting time looking for the real spawn of the big boss; Aziraphale had placed his hands on Crowleyâs cheeks, and Crowley just stood there, dumbfounded, like a statue - except his lips. Oh, his lips and tongue were definitely writhing.
Then they were apart, all too soon, with the angel looking up at the demon as if he were the world, and the demon looking down at the angel as if he had just given him the world. But his hands were still on his shoulders, so very warm and full of love and life, and Crowley was breathing heavily, almost panting, almost kissing, about to have a total combustion until-
Until he kissed him back. Fuck rules, fuck sides, fuck everything. The damage was done, the line was crossed - by his the angel, no less - and there wasnât anything Crowley could do to take back that moment. He didnât even want to.
So he made it worse, oh so worse, and legitimately pressed him against the wall by a hand at his hip. They were desecrating a former convent; that was demonic, right?
Nothing had to be said by either of them, not at that moment. All they had to do was hold each other, breathe each other in, Aziraphale feeling Crowleyâs heart beating out of his chest, and Crowley hearing Aziraphaleâs angelic sighs. The angel even hiked a leg up to coil around the demonâs leg in a scandalous gesture of trust, in this all-encompassing measure of carelessness and desire and emotion and-
âOh, excuse me, I didnât mean to interrupt such an intimate moment...â
Both scrambled away from each other, but Aziraphale was stuck in a daze of staring at Crowleyâs lips while Crowley hissed and sputtered and made sure his glasses were still in place before baring his teeth at the former nun.
They would have to talk about this some time, but the question remained: who would be brave enough to bring it up first?