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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nah, just working at the shop while he gets his degree. He's going into like British law or something. It sounds so boring. He told me what his assignment was about and my eyes glazed over." Bill remarked as he sniffed and zipped up his jacket, looking left and right before he dashed across the road. They weren't far from main estate, they were in a block of flats across the way, he could see them from here.

"I always thought I had a weird upbringing and all and then I met Barty. They're a weird bunch. His dad had like 10 wives and all these kids and they're so fucking Christian. I met 'em once, they told me to back off. Fucking cornered me and I -- I burst into laughter." Bill couldn't help it, these Christians in suits were warning him off Barty and talking like that and he just laughed. "It's the poshest threat I've ever had."
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"I fucking hate your lot. Hastur is a right ugly bastard and he always spits. He spat a fucking trail from here to the other fucking side of town, last fucking week, fucking spit everywhere." And he was a smelly bastard too. Bill had never had a fight with him but he was always just needlessly revolting. "You're alright and that's it." The rest could go and die for all he cared.

"Dunno if I stumbled but I ain't gonna complain. He's changed my life and he wants me to like, you know, do it for me. Do shit like ... like go back and get my GCSEs and the like. It's well weird." But amazing. Someone loved him. That was all it took - love. "What's up with you and the little angel? He's all, like, you know-- he's sorta..." How did he say it nicely? "I mean, he's a bit of a --" Square. Dork. Loser. Gayer than a barrel of monkeys. "--Queer one."
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Suuuure. Don't bother hiding it from me, I don't give a shit and I ain't telling. That's for you to tell but you bloody well should. If you ever can." Bill huffed out a laugh and smiled at Crowley, amused that he thought he could hide it from him. Barty always told him that he assumed his little brother was gay and here Crowley was, talking like that and looking for him.

The love was pretty fucking obvious.

"Barty said he thought he had someone cause he mentioned seeing a friend but panicked when he said it was a guy. Normal folks don't panic about being found with their mates but he acted like he outed himself. He's got no tell, has he?" They just hadn't known who the boyfriend was. Now Bill knew.

As they approached an apartment building, Bill pulled the door open for Crowley. "Let's hope the lift isn't knackered."
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, lover boy. Don't look at me like that. I got a good reason." Bill didn't seem scared and he didn't notice that Crowley was. He just moved to the side and slipped off his coat, hanging it on the hook. "This is Crowley. He goes to school with your brother, Aziraphale. See, weird thing, he ain't been to school for a week. He thinks it ain't normal but I don't know so I thought I'd bring him here."

He came back over to where Barty was sitting and huffed playfully, reaching out to poke his boyfriend in the face. Yes, he poked him. "Oi, stop being scary. You wanna be nice to him, trust me."

That was his baby brother's boyfriend.
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're really not subtle, are they? Be nice though. Crowley is all right, he ain't like his shitty family. 'Sides, someone like him with your Aziraphale ain't a bad idea. Got some edge in his life." Aziraphale was just a very soft boy with zero edges so anything like this had to be a good thing, right?

Bill went into the kitchen and grabbed some stuff, pocketing what he assumed they'd need. Money, some ID and the car keys. He tossed the keys to his boyfriend and then got his coat again.

"Are we gonna go talk cause we don't have a great history of talking to 'em." Bill reminded Barty as he pulled Crowley aside so Barty could reach his shoes. "And I don't fancy a fight with that Gabriel bloke. He's fucking hench."

He turned to Crowley, frowning. "You seen that one? He's fucking solid."
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Little Cherub. Seriously, you ever seen him as a kid?" Bill asked before he slipped his hand inside Barty's jacket all casually and pulled out his wallet. He opened it up and inside, Barty had a few pictures, including himself, but there was one of a very young Aziraphale. "He's well cute, ain't he?"

Bill laughed playfully and then returned the wallet as they headed down to the lobby.

"You're gonna be just fine, kid. We got you. We'll get your bae in no time."
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I ain't scared of them. I'd fight them any day, even Gabriel, if I had to." He looked at
Barty and then leaned forward, stealing a quick kiss. "But I know it ain't my fight so, yeah. I'll be there but not there. Just rooting for you. As always."

He smiled a playful smile and then slid into the back with Crowley. He did up his belt and kicked some of the stuff under the seat to try and make it look less messy.

"Oi, music. Don't bore us on the way." Bill politely requested. "I assume you can't rock out when your baby brother is in the car." He'd be scandalised.
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[personal profile] nashing 2023-04-10 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"... What the fuck is bebop?"

It was a relatively long drive where Bill googled bebop, read half the wiki page aloud to them, then got sidetracked by the life and times of Thelonious Monk, a schizophrenic jazz pianist that captivated him for most of the ride.

Bill knew they had arrived when suddenly the music cut out and they were approached that ugly, remote little place on the outskirts. It was easy to tell Barty's old place, it had no fucking lights on. "If things go south, be careful."
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[personal profile] liquidsky 2023-04-10 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not going to go South, love. They're family." Barty turned around to look at Bill, just about smiling. "Anyway, I have a knife."

With that, he got out of the car, leaving Crowley behind to puzzle over this. "Is he kidding? Does he-- He has a knife, doesn't he?" Just didn't seem as if he'd be bluffing. But what was he going to do with the knife?

He watched as Barty approached the house, knelt down to get a spare key out from under the doormat and then let himself in.

"Hello, darlings! I'm home!" Barty closed the door behind himself, pocketing the key absently as he looked around. "Aziraphale! Get down here!"

He decided to simply make it an order, while he could hear his other siblings scramble around to decide how to deal with him.
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[personal profile] heavensake 2023-04-10 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Was that Barty? It was hard to navigate his room in the total dark he was stuck in but he did manage to get the door open. It wasn't locked today so that was nice.

"Bartemius?!"

"Get back in your room now, Aziraphale!"

Well, wasn't that two conflicting orders that left him somewhat paralysed on the stairs because he could now see Barty on one side and his other siblings emerging from the living room and -- and he was in his pyjamas and not really escape ready. If that was, in fact, that was happening. He looked at Barty, a little desperate. "It's... it's very late." It was ten but that was quite late.
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[personal profile] liquidsky 2023-04-10 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"You should really come with me, Aziraphale. You've left your glasses in my car." Or else just his boyfriend who for some reason always wore sunglasses. Barty had forgotten why, some medical condition? Whatever, he was just hoping that Aziraphale would pick up on it. That he'd come with and stop listening to anyone else.

"What do you think you are doing, Bartemius?" Gabriel squared his shoulders, showing off his full height and might.

"What the hell do you think you are doing? Literally. Can't even see a thing in here." Barty huffed out in frustration, shaking his head. "I've told you I can pay for your damn electricity. This is ridiculous, are you still praying that God will cough up some money for you? Or better yet, father?"

"Will you stop it with the blasphemous talk in our house? You are not welcome here, not with that ungodly attitude. Reflect and repent, Bartemius! And Aziraphale, you know better than to consort with the likes of him."
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[personal profile] heavensake 2023-04-10 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
His glasses? He had his reading glasses, they were upstairs so why would-- oh. Oh. "Oh gosh, my -- oh." Was Crowley concerned? Did he tell to his brother? He so dearly missed Crowley and all he wanted to do was leave and go to him but since he had been spotted with him, he was just stuck in his room. With constant threats of home school.

"We are his legal guardians, Bartemius. You are not taking him. That's abduction."

Aziraphale looked at Michael, Gabriel and then Bartemius. Then he ran back up the stairs and shut his room door. Michael smiled. "Ah, see, some common sense. See, he is not like you. He's not a sinner, he's not about to run off with some junkie rent boy. He has seen the right path and will repent. He is--"

Aziraphale came rushing back out of his room with his school bag, unzipped and full of random things, looking quite desperately at Barty. "Okay, I-I-I-- oh God." Was he doing this? He didn't know. He could barely fucking see Barty but he came down the steps entirely and reached out to hold onto his arm. Urgh, leather jacket, felt awful.
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[personal profile] liquidsky 2023-04-10 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Barty grabbed Aziraphale's arm as soon as he was close enough, using the grip to pull the boy behind himself. He had firmly planted himself between Aziraphale and the others, raising his eyebrows. "I'm as blood related to him as you are, he is sixteen, and you are keeping him in a house without electricity and heating. Try and sue me over this. Report me. See what happens. Because he doesn't want any of your sanctimonious, hypocritical bullshit."

He could see how close Gabriel was to exploding, so he did take one step back, just to be out of immediate fist range. "So, yeah. He is queer. Gay. Homosexual. He's in love with a boy. A boy that's worried for him and loves him back. That's a more healthy relationship than any of you lot have managed. Fancy that."

"Aziraphale. If you leave now, there is no going back. You aren't just turning your back on us, you are turning your back on God. On Heaven." Gabriel said it with forced calm. "We want what is best for you."

"You can't trust that snake, Aziraphale. I don't know how Bartemius has managed to poison your mind, but he's a sinner. He is evil. You know that!" Sandalphon thought it was obvious. "He's probably going to-- Going to make you a concubine!"

"Ew." Barty wasn't sure what else to say to that. "What's wrong with you, mate? Seriously."
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[personal profile] heavensake 2023-04-10 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Turning his back on God and heaven was a terrifying thought but he didn't know what else to do. He wasn't strong enough to fight like this or brave enough to stand up to them. Right now, the best he could do was hide behind his brother and try not to entirely lose his nerve and run back upstairs.

"I--I think ... I think I just don't quite understand it all. Perhaps I will and then I will repent and pray but if God is kind and loving, why would any love be so terrible? I think I have to take time and--and, you know, think on it. A little. It's good to think." Aziraphale stuttered, never the most bold when it came to his siblings but of course he wasn't. Look at them. All adults, all older and glaring at him. Aziraphale had zero resolve.

Luckily, he had Barty to hide behind and hold onto.

"Then think upstairs, in your room, and you will see the light. If you leave now, you leave for good."

"Really? Oh. Well. I mean --" Aziraphale looked around the dark and shivered a little. "It's a shame you think like that." Especially Sandalphone. And whatever the fuck he was thinking. Because it was gross. He spoke quietly now, fingers in Barty's coat. "I wish to leave..."
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[personal profile] liquidsky 2023-04-10 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"How is he gonna fucking see the light upstairs in his room when you can't afford electric?" Barty didn't turn around, but he nodded to Aziraphale's quiet words. He took another step backwards and then reached to open the door, making Aziraphale go through first. "Get into the car."

It was a simple enough instruction. Barty got outside after Aziraphale, immediately closing the door and locking it with the key he had put in his pocket before. He kept the key in the lock, keeping his siblings from following them right away. He caught up to Aziraphale and grabbed his arm to drag him along. "Your boyfriend flagged down Bill to ask about you, so I figured something is wrong. He's a good boy. Crowley."
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[personal profile] heavensake 2023-04-10 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yes, he's always been a very good boy. He's always..." Aziraphale shivered a little because it was cold and not because he was completely panicking and could hear his brother yell his name from inside the house and oh gosh, he felt like he was going to be sick. He gripped his bag tighter and then blushed aggressively. "Oh no. I'm in my pyjamas... I don't have shoes. I don't have socks! What is he going to think?!"

"I think your boyfriend is coming." Bill remarked as he wound down the window and stuck his head out, looking over at the two and then ducking back in. "Yep. Doesn't look like he used the knife. Also your boyfriend has dorky pyjamas. Brace yourself, mate."

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