Alas, Poor Yorick! This Is Gonna Suck! (Rated T)
Summary:Â Itâs been two years since the Apoca-didnât and Aziraphale and Crowley still arenât a couple - much to Crowleyâs dismay. Aziraphale has his reasons, but Crowley doesnât feel those apply to them. But if Aziraphale wonât listen to him on the subject, maybe heâll listen to their good friend Shakespeare.
Crowley professes his love for Aziraphale through virtue of a single, passionate kiss and traumatizes a room full of pre-teens in the process. (2932 words)
Notes:Â Written for the tumblr inbox ask prompt - âCrowley and Aziraphale perform/inspire Shakespeareâ
âAre we really going to do this?â Crowley groans, re-reading the flier Aziraphale had printed for his recent venture, one that heâs managed to strong-arm Crowley into participating in against his will and better judgement.
âOf course we are!â Aziraphale lightly punches Crowley on the shoulder in a gesture that makes the demon lean away suspiciously. âBuck up! Itâs going to be fun!â
âYour definition of fun and my definition of fun seem to vary greatly, angel.â
âLook âŠâ Aziraphale rounds up old rags and a bottle of wood polish and begins tidying up a space he has affectionately begun to refer to as his Globe Theater West â⊠we made a pledge âŠâ
âYou. You made a pledge.â
â⊠to help support youth theater in Soho. And putting on a performance of Shakespeare is the easiest way to start.â
âYou could have donated the play books. That would have been easier.â
Aziraphale peeks up from the bookshelf heâs polishing and glares at the demon reclining a short distance away. âBite. your. tongue. Besides, whether you realize it or not, weâve been presented with a golden opportunity.â
âIt seems an inordinate amount of young men signed up for my workshop as opposed to young women, so this gives us the perfect excuse to perform Shakespeareâs works the way they were done from the beginning.â
âIn a large, open-air theater that smells like horse shit, where a handful of audience members die before the end of the second act?â
âNo, where men play most of the roles, including the ladiesâ parts.â
âThatâs going to go over well.â Crowley chuckles. âDid you set aside enough money to pay for therapy and legal fees? âcause you might just need it.â