Chapter 7/8 of The Solstice Dinner is up on Ao3!
Written for the Winter Omens Big Bang @gowinterbang. Story by me, art by the incredibly talented @hogs-and-ham (you just wait until you see the art for this chapter, it's SPECTACULAR!).
Rated E. TW for mentions of transphobia towards a side character.
Enemies to lovers human AU, packed with banter, humour and bickerflirting! Fairly lighthearted, with just half a chapter of light angst. And of course a happy ending!
Inn proprietor Aziraphale finds Crowley insufferable. The man is rude and arrogant.
Cafe owner Crowley despises Aziraphale. The man is posh and fussy.
When the National Witch Association is snowed in at Heathrow Airport and is unable to attend the Solstice Dinner event that they booked and paid for, Aziraphale decides to take the chance and invite the lovely people of Tadfield to spend the night at the Inn. If he extends the invitation to Crowley and his niece, it's only out of kindness towards the latter.
The premise of this story is very loosely based on one of our (both, Di’s and Hogs’s) favourite Gilmore Girls episodes The Bracebridge Dinner. You absolutely don't have to be familiar with the show to enjoy this fic, but if you are you might recognise a few references and Easter eggs. Apart from the bare premise and some references, the two stories don't really have much in common.
Crowley’s face was the very personification of disbelief. “You lied?”
Aziraphale pulled at his coat sleeves. “Yes,” he said nonchalantly.
“You’re a bloody good liar.”
Crowley snorted. He sighed and leaned against the doorframe. He looked over his back. “There’s something I have to tell you, too,” he said before turning back to Aziraphale.
“Kpstsh’vrlgrbhn’th’cntr.”
“So glad we got that sorted,” Aziraphale deadpanned.
Crowley sighed even more audibly.
“I keep a stash of Earl Grey behind the counter.”
Read from the start on Ao3.
Beautiful art by Hogs for previous chapters: