The fact that they make mistakes and then work through them is still a wonder to Crowley. He's not used to mistakes being fixable, or going unpunished. In a relationship the stakes are simultaneously lower and higher than they've ever been.
But because it's a relationship they work together to fix the mistakes, instead of being at odds. The most profound change of all, after millennia of balancing and cancelling each other out.
Crowley catches at Aziraphale's hand, presses it to his chest, covers it. "Am not," he murmurs, nibbling languidly at Aziraphale's skin. A double denial these days, as the angel well knows. He's not kind because he's a demon and demons aren't kind, by definition. And he's not too kind because it's impossible to be too kind to Aziraphale, who deserves all that's eat and brightest in the world. It's a fond argument by now, both halves of it. As soothing and familiar as a caress.
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I also subscribe to that.
Date: 2020-03-08 12:31 am (UTC)But because it's a relationship they work together to fix the mistakes, instead of being at odds. The most profound change of all, after millennia of balancing and cancelling each other out.
Crowley catches at Aziraphale's hand, presses it to his chest, covers it. "Am not," he murmurs, nibbling languidly at Aziraphale's skin. A double denial these days, as the angel well knows. He's not kind because he's a demon and demons aren't kind, by definition. And he's not too kind because it's impossible to be too kind to Aziraphale, who deserves all that's eat and brightest in the world. It's a fond argument by now, both halves of it. As soothing and familiar as a caress.