Good Omens Fan Fic Recommendations
November 1, 2025: Memory Loss Stories
Someone recently asked me how I select the stories I recommend. There's absolutely nothing scientific about it. There's no rubric, no scale, no standard.
I look for stories that are older and might have dropped off readers' radar since they were published. Stories that I feel are great but haven't received a lot of attention. Stories that are unusual in some way. Stories that made me think and feel, laugh and cry. Stories that I remembered long after I read them.
While there are multiple dozens, maybe hundreds, of memory loss fics out there, these are my recommendations for November. The ones I love the most for some unscientific but very heartfelt reason.
And, as my friend @di-42 reminds us, don't judge a story by the number of hits or kudos it's received. That's not a fair way to judge a story. If someone hadn't started reading when those stories had zero hits and zero kudos... well, you see what we're saying.
Take a chance on at least one of these stories. I think your life will be richer for it.
I REALLY FUCKING LOVE YOU by thisisshiny @thisisshiny
Rated: M, 26K words, 23/23 chapters
Summary: Crowley died. Sort of. It didn’t stick. Now he’s back—not a demon, not a human, just... mostly undead, vaguely unlabelled, and maybe in love with an angel he’s never seen before in his life. Or has he?
Aziraphale is finally done pretending he doesn’t remember. Or want. Or care. Turns out, 6,000 years of repressed affection, divine bureaucracy, and one very snarky bastard who keeps returning can wear a principality down. They were always going to find each other again.
Maybe this time they'll get it right.
My Take: This story has gotten some interest in the past few months, and it deserves it. Shiny has a way of writing that pulls me in immediately. My prediction: You are going to see her stories on recommendation lists (mine and others) from now on.
In I REALLY FUCKING LOVE YOU (the caps are intentional and necessary; you’ll see why) the author shows up with her trademark witty repartee. Crowley and Aziraphale are who we expect them to be, only Crowley is dead and Aziraphale has never met him before. Or has he? Their investigation leads them (and us) on a wonderful tour of London (and a trip through history), hopefully getting them closer to solving the mystery that is Crowley’s death… and life.
Vita Nova by AMidnightDreary @a-midnightdreary
Rated: M 93.6K words, 25/25 chapters
Summary: Crowley, upon finding that Aziraphale does not remember him, is very much Not Okay with the changes Adam made after the Apocalypse That Wasn't. He can't do anything but try and make the best out of it.
My Take: This story takes my breath away every time I read it, and I’ve read it several times. The story starts with Crowley waking up, hungover. He tries to miracle it away, and when that doesn’t work, he hauls himself up, only to fall and… vomit? That’s never happened before.
He's convinced himself he’s too hungover to use his powers until he looks in the mirror and sees his eyes, which are brown with round pupils. When he calls Aziraphale, the bookseller claims not to know who he is. In a panic he drives to the bookshop, only to see Azirphale happy selling books. What in heaven is happening?
This is just the beginning of a very strange story that sweeps you up and takes you on a journey into “What would happen if Aziraphale and Crowley managed to prevent the Apocalypse, only to be turned human in the aftermath?”
Thanks for the Memories by SazzyLJ @sazzyfics
Rated: E 43K words, 14/14 chapters
Summary: Apparently the victim of a brutal crime, a man faces his first week without memories in a lonely haze of helplessness. When a handsome man named Crowley shows up to the hospital with answers, it hardly matters that most of them were lies.
Something had gone horribly wrong in Heaven, and Crowley knew that he had to protect Aziraphale until they could get to the bottom of it. If only Aziraphale could tell him what happened…
My Take: I only read this story recently, but loved it as soon as I did. It’s a post-Season Two fic. Aziraphale thinks he’s human, Crowley knows he’s not, and he's not telling him anything to shatter that illusion. He'a too busy doing everything he can to keep him safe while not having a clue as to why the Supreme Archangel was attacked in St. James’s Park or why he has amnesia.
It’s a wonderfully thought-out story, offering yet another way things might play out in some version of Season Three. Until we have one, stories like this are worth their weight in angels.
Single-Use Lives by Anonymous (too bad; it's good)
Rated: E 80K words, 10/10 chapters
Summary: Things go horribly wrong when it turns out Agnes Nutter's prophecy isn't what Crowley and Aziraphale thought it would be. They were expecting to be destroyed. Instead, Heaven and Hell strip them of their immortality and their memories of each other—but Heaven and Hell don't know that they've switched bodies.
Now human, Crowley and Aziraphale run into each other on Earth for the first time —again and again and again. It doesn't take them long to figure out that there is something very strange going on.
My Take: Written after Season One and set just after the averted apocalypse, this story is so curious that I kept reading hoping I could figure things out. Maybe you’ll be quicker than I was; I had to wait until Aziraphale explained it to Crowley before I saw it.
This isn’t a premise I’d read before and I appreciated how the author’s alternative punishment from Heaven and Hell ultimately created a much larger problem than either Up or Down could have predicted. I was also fascinated by the "single-use lives" the author created, which are by turns lovely and heartbreaking.
Rated: T 34.5K words, 5/5 chapters
Summary: Crowley has no idea why his plan to pretend he doesn't have amnesia is proving to be so difficult. It might be because the poor guy is actually a demon.
My Take: This time it’s Crowley who has amnesia. He wakes up in the hospital and thinks he’s human. Why wouldn’t he? Everyone is treating him as if he is, even though he does have the strangest eyes.
Crowley is paranoid and confused and trying to fake it until he makes it. Aziraphale is confused and unsure of what is wrong with his demon, but trying his best to keep calm and carry on. You know that eventually it will sort itself out. The fun comes from watching it all unfold.
moments lost, moments gained by commodorecliche @commodorecliche
Rated: M 13K words, 1/1 chapters
Summary: Crowley and Aziraphale are expelled from their respective realms when their partnership is found out, and wake up in hospital as humans with no memory of their previous natures, and no memory of each other.
My Take: In this fic, Aziraphale and Crowley are found severely injured in the middle of a roadway and are in hospital for a month. There are surgeries and pain, so if that doesn’t work for you, this story won’t either.
Here they both have amnesia, but they also feel they know each other quite well. Tiny moments become larger than life as gentle endearments slip into their conversations naturally, and tiny touches feel significant.
It's a one shot, and there might have been more to explore, but what we get is enough to set our imaginations soaring. I think about this one quite a lot.
Unforgettable by Joseph_Amadeus
Rated: E 24K words, 12/12 chapters
Summary: In this human AU, Aziraphale wakes up in hospital. He's told that he's married to the handsome man sitting by his bed, but Aziraphale won't be fooled. He wouldn't have forgotten being married. He wouldn't have forgotten a man like Crowley. He wouldn't have.
My Take: Crowley and Aziraphale are husbands, Gabriel is Aziraphale’s very decent big brother (he's very nice), and Bea is Gabriel’s understanding spouse. Bea also used to date Crowley, which is a minor plot point. Aziraphale’s been in an auto accident, unconscious for a week, and when he wakes up he’s lost the last six years of his life.
Not gonna lie—this story starts out frustrating. Aziraphale behaves like a lunatic, though I suppose it would be very disorienting to have your memories ripped away from you. From there it alternates between sad and hopeful. Hang in there, because once things start to change, there's magic in the air.
I won’t give away the ending. It’s a happy one, though maybe not the one you expect.
No End by SuspiciousCharacter1895 @suspiciouscharacter1895
Rated: E 30K words, 9/9 chapters
Summary: After the Second Coming, there is a new order in Heaven. Crowley is found, punished, and assigned to an angel for permanent imprisonment. He thought he wouldn't feel anything ever again, but then he meets his new angel.
My Take: I’ve read several stories where there was a Great War. In some Hell won and angels were slaves. In this one, Heaven won, demons are slaves, and for good measure, all of Hell and Earth have been destroyed. Hallelujah.
Crowley has been dragged (literally) through Heaven, tortured, and imprisoned for Satan knows how long. He sure as Hell doesn't. Until, one day, he’s given to Aziraphale. Maybe. Or is this just another punishment?
As for Aziraphale, he doesn’t remember Crowley at all, nor being on Earth for 6000 years, nor the bookshop, nor being Supreme Archangel. Until he does. Watch out when these two team up. Somebody in Heaven just made a terrible mistake.
I hope you find something to enjoy from this list. I will be back on December 1 to offer up older, less read, and unusual holiday stories, as well as some of my personal favorites.
I'm cross-posting this to my main blog for those who might be seeing this twice. Just so you know.
