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Crowley: So...you keep a gun in the bookshop in case you "get into a scrape" there. Because bookshops are notoriously violent places.
Aziraphale: Well, we are at war.
Crowley: But you don't bring it along when you go to confront and doublecross Nazis. With whom Britain is at war.
Aziraphale: What exactly is your point?
Crowley hair studies: 1941
40s minisode my beloved.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Word count: 1025
Excerpt:
If I asked you, would you stay? Just for a moment, just until I can breathe again?
“Angel, we’ve gotta move,” Crowley said, glancing back with a frown. “They’ll be crawling all over this place soon looking for bodies and survivors.”
Aziraphale stepped forward, his grip on the bag tightening further. “Crowley…”
If I asked you, would you hold me? Would you let me thank you properly, the way I’ve always wanted to?
For my lovely friend @nonamejustlurking on the occasion of her birthday ❤️
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
How did a demon end up walking through a church in 1941 anyway?
Beta’ed by the wonderful @alwaystuesday!
We see in both S1 and S2 that Aziraphale keeps Crowley's 1941 hat on the coat rack of his shop in the present day. (Yes, I know it's Terry's hat but indulge me for a moment.)
In the S2 1941 minisode, Crowley was wearing it when they were back in the shop for their candlelight wine date.
So when did he remove his hat?
Maybe he rushed out after a rather intimate moment and left it behind accidentally. Or perhaps Crowley left it deliberately for his angel. It's a little reminder of that certain night and a glimpse of what domestic life could be like for them. And Aziraphale keeps it, chooses to leave it out in the bookshop where he sees it all the time. His memento from 1941 is Crowley's hat, and Crowley's memento is the eagle lectern from the church.
I know we all lost our minds when we saw the eagle lectern in Crowley's flat, where he walks past it regularly, a constant reminder. But I think Aziraphale's keepsake in the bookshop is absolutely sweet and perfect for him. (And however the hat ended up there, Crowley did not get it back!)
Me, sighing: if I were an angel and you were a demon in 1941 during the London Blitz, would you walk into a church, burning your damned feet on consecrated ground, to rescue me and my books from some Nazis?
My partner who has not seen Good Omens: wut
A 1941 fic of my own inspired by this gorgeous art by @metalmiez and her corresponding fic Hat Swap.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Summary: An angel and a demon swap hats and share a dance after an eventful evening in 1941.
When your own silly little romantic ficlet makes you swoon…
