Brilliance
“I saw it. The bookshop,” Crowley says. “When… when it burned down.”
Aziraphale inhales sharply.
“You weren’t there. Thought it…” Crowley squeezes the angel’s waist. “Thought it was hellfire.”
“My darling,” Aziraphale exhales, swallowing back tears. “Oh, my sweet love. Is that what you’ve been dreaming about?”
“Not always,” Crowley answers. “It was worse before we moved here, when we were not… together.” He shrugs in a way that tries too hard to come off as nonchalant, and it breaks Aziraphale’s heart. “‘S not as bad now that I know you’re here.”
“My dear heart,” Aziraphale says against Crowley’s hair, resolute. “I’m here now. I’m not going anywhere, I promise you. I swear to you.”
Crowley lets out a nervous chuckle. “Careful, angel. Those are dangerous words to say to a demon.”
And I will say them, Aziraphale vows, over and over and over again, until the whole world has heard it. Until I’ve spoken it into the universe and it has shifted to comply.
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