╰ ✧ 𝙲 𝚁 𝙾 𝚆 𝙻 𝙴 𝚈
( @serpentineyes | continued from [ x ] )
❝ Ugh… just let me die…❞ The demon grumbled. Of course, he wasn’t serious in the wish for his demise, but in this particular moment he just wasn’t in a good mood. Crowley was curled up on the sofa in Aziraphale’s bookshop, knees tucked up to his chest, feeling absolutely AWFUL.
Of course, demon’s couldn’t fall ill ( or, if they could, it was incredibly uncommon ). However, apparently they could suffer adverse reactions to certain foodstuffs… Crowley shared many traits with his serpentine counterparts and, unfortunately, a severe intolerance to lactose was one of those shared characteristics…
Arguably, he had brought this on himself, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t complain about it.
KNEELING NEXT TO THE backroom’s sofa , the one which currently held a discomforted demon , aziraphale pressed a hot water bottle into crowley’s hands. it was heated to a soothing warmth but not scalding ( placing a tiny miracle upon it to ensure that perfect temperature lasted ) , keeping a hand there until the demon could take it himself & rest it against his abdomen. he’d read heat eased cramping muscles & relieved aching stomachs. with his other hand , aziraphale gently swiped a damp flannel along the demon’s forehead. it had been dosed in cold water then wrung out , another technique the angel had read would help another deal with sickness. although crowley’s affliction was from a virus or bacteria per se , aziraphale had figured it couldn’t hurt to try it.
HEARING CROWLEY’S OUTBURST HAD the angel running the cool cloth down the other’s cheeks to quiet him a moment. knowing it was unlikely the demon would discorporate over this , but the little anxious voice within fretted so over the ‘what ifs’. doubting hell would be so kind as to grant him a new corporation after all they’ve done , & even if they were to , the paperwork would ensure it would several decades before he saw crowley again. that wasn’t something aziraphale wished to endure , much less watch the other suffer a slow discorporation by self - poisoning. which was why the angel had vowed to tend him.
❝ Hush , my dear.
These should help.
Now what was it you ate exactly that caused this ? ❞