I want your thoughts and opinions because I like your brain.
In my head, to keep the Season 2 part mostly Canon-compliant Adam is taken off active duty and into guard duty due to violating the Agreement by nearly killing Charlie, a Hellborn and member of the Royal Family.
Who is he guarding? A newly awakened and uncooperative Alastor.
As Sir Pentious ascended, Sera is going a little crazy over Redemption being possible and is trying to double down. So she assigned the powerful archangel Adam to prevent the former Sinner Alastor from doing anything and to keep him from escaping.
Adam doesn’t know Alastor is a former Sinner and thinks they are just a menace.
I like to think Adam having to think and work to keep Alastor out of trouble is the spark that starts his crush.
If Alastor can turn a psycho with a God complex into a blushy simp, maybe he can do the same to Adam.
Oh, thank you, that's very sweet 🤗
I like the idea that, if Adam is alive in this AU, then it's necessary to remove him from the scene to keep the events of the second season unchanged, not counting Etienne.
I imagine that Sera, after seeing Alastor's body/"doll" through Eti's surveillance on the Orb during the events of S1E6, panicked because "how is this winner in two places at the same time?" Because perhaps, before that, he was just a winner in a coma, but then she discovers that no, this winner was once a sinner and now she doesn't know what to do about it other than be in denial.
Then the events of S1E8 occur, but Adam doesn't die. However, he deserves a "punishment", so he has to take care of this newly awakened "winner". Perhaps he's told that Alastor arrived in Heaven in a coma and is now very aggressive because he can't adjust, and that's all the information he gets. Also, this punishment is treated as a top-secret mission; no one knows about it except Sera and Adam...and Alastor, who just wants to escape. A part of Adam thinks for a second that he needs backup, only to say, "I'm fucking Adam, I can handle this", which definitely forces him to use his brain a lot. Brute force isn't enough; he has to be faster, more agile, trying to anticipate this winner's every move before he makes it. It becomes practically a dance, like their battle in canon, only Adam isn't actively trying to hurt him, and Alastor just wants to escape, so he'll resort to trying to kill if necessary. And look at that—isn't that the most fun Adam has had in ages? This winner is skillful, witty, and his mind is as sharp as his tongue, not to mention that yes, he is very handsome...too handsome. Beautiful.
Meanwhile, Lute hasn't seen Adam since they said he would be punished. While she didn't witness his death, and therefore isn't experiencing hallucinations (the kind that lead to Gravity), she can't help but become somewhat paranoid because who knows what they might be doing to him as punishment? Lute believes it's an injustice; Adam was fulfilling his "divine mission", and they're punishing him, and now everyone seems to agree with the Princess of Hell. It's all a great injustice, and she won't allow it. In this universe, she isn't seeking revenge; her anger isn't on the level of canon, but she definitely wants to do everything possible to prove that Hell and all those who support it are wrong, and in that way, she will manage to overturn Adam's punishment.
I don't remember if you already said when you want it revealed that Alastor is in Heaven, but I had this idea that at some point, towards the end of the second season, Alastor manages to escape from Adam, and then he sees a snake talking to a camera, telling Hell that he is a redeemed sinner and "is that thing broadcasting to Hell? Move it, bitch! Rosie, my dear, are you there? Where's my daughter? Darling, my fawn? Are you there?" And nobody sees anything because there's interference, but for the first time in almost 8 years the Radio Demon's voice is heard again in Hell.