also i donโt know if iโm in the minority here but i enjoyed the crowley-sleeping-on-the-street sequence and aziraphale visiting him. like that part is meant to be funny not angsty. the angst part is where mrs sandwich tears aziraphale a new one for abandoning everyone (good! he deserves it!) but once aziraphale sees crowley lying on the ground, weโre firmly back in comedy territory.
to me, they both know that even though crowley is a bit upset, heโs also being a bit performative here. a big old lovely drama queen. first of all, he could have slept in the bookshop any time he wanted to. but he was waiting for his ex to visit and see how miserable he is.
second of all, crowley has positioned himself very dramatically, lying like that. heโs waiting for someone (aziraphale) to see. and when aziraphale talks to him, he nags and turns to his side. like a teenager woken up by mom on a saturday morning.
they immediately go back into their bickering mode, as we know and love them. yes there are tensions and things they need to say to each other. but both trust that they will, thereโs an underlying trust in each otherโs love there, even if theyโre fighting. like an old married couple.
crowley is stroppy and says go away and close the door. planting the idea in aziraphaleโs mind to check out the book shop so he can go see how well crowley took care of it. aziraphale leaves and like a child needing attention, crowley follows him there.
itโs a sort of game between them, or more like, their relationship of push and pull is completely familiar to them, like riding a bike. there is genuine conflict, and there are serious topics to address, and yes crowley did feel a bit abandoned but so did aziraphale. they know they are both right and wrong, thereโs a grey here, and that they will find their way to each other eventually.
thatโs why crowley lets himself be pulled into shenanigans without that much pushback. heโs missed him, and aziraphale has missed crowley. but theyโre back now for new adventures and theyโre not going to waste any more time being apart
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