[It's funny, that the closer he gets to the end the more aware he is of time as something precious and irretrievable, something he's now as greedy for as any mortal soul. Maybe it's because so much of that time has been spent in ways he's dreamed about for centuries, in the best of company.
And if there's any chance, any chance at all to keep Crowley's smile this way--starlit, joyful, untroubled--he'll thwart anything, no matter how big. He's always been willing to take outrageous risks to preserve that smile; why should this be any different, just because it's the end of the world?
But--here and now, in this moment, the bathroom is warm with steam, the air perfumed, and everything around them is brightened by that incomparable smile.]
You're tempting me towards outrageously decadent, [he purrs.] You've always been very good at that.
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Oh absolutely. Drag races out in the country!
Date: 2020-01-14 09:25 pm (UTC)And if there's any chance, any chance at all to keep Crowley's smile this way--starlit, joyful, untroubled--he'll thwart anything, no matter how big. He's always been willing to take outrageous risks to preserve that smile; why should this be any different, just because it's the end of the world?
But--here and now, in this moment, the bathroom is warm with steam, the air perfumed, and everything around them is brightened by that incomparable smile.]
You're tempting me towards outrageously decadent, [he purrs.] You've always been very good at that.