heavenforsake: (I've fallen in love for the first time)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeeeah..." Crowley really drew out that reply, because he had to think of how much he wanted to get involved with this. He knew Aziraphale, but mostly he knew about him, and he didn't fancy getting recruited for his Jesus club or whatever. On the other hand, between jocks and nerds, he supposed his sympathies were more with the nerds. Especially someone like Aziraphale, who inspired the use of words like 'hapless', which he really didn't think was a word he had ever thought before.

"Let's get going, Aziraphale, we don't want to be late." He reached out to grab his arm - gently - and pulled him along. "Chop, chop. See ya later, fellas. Have a good game. Match. Whatever."

"We are swimmers," one of the guys said, in confusion.

"Shut up, Brad." Still, they let Aziraphale leave.
heavenforsake: (and this time I know it's)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Crowley. Nothing crawling like that." It was a bit strange, in a way. Knowing someone for so long and only now talking to him. Yet here he was, and he was afraid he might be a bit stuck with it for a while, because he had noticed those boys lingering. Seemed as if they were fairly persistent.

"Anyway, don't make a fuss. It wasn't a big deal." It wasn't as if he had gone out of his way or anything, he didn't need Aziraphale to be all that grateful. He didn't care about gratitude, after all. Not his vibe. "You gotta step up to idiots like that."

He looked Aziraphale over and shrugged. "Well. Try, at least."
heavenforsake: (but it's true)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, right. Yeah, don't worry, I keep the virgin sacrifices strictly to the weekends, so you are safe." Honestly, the most interesting thing here was that Aziraphale had read Gothic novels. He could only assume that a family that kept him from watching Harry Potter would also frown upon him reading, say, Dracula or Frankenstein, so maybe Aziraphale was a little rebel. Just in a decidedly bookish way.

He walked with Aziraphale, wondering whether he shouldn't just walk him home. Might be a nice thing to do. Not really his thing, niceness, but it wasn't as if he had to let anyone know. "I like your style too. Nice bowtie."
heavenforsake: (I want to break free)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Where do you live? Maybe we can walk together." Honestly, Crowley did know, at least vaguely, where Aziraphale lived. Close to the church, he remembered from back when he still had to go to church. It was definitely nowhere where he had to walk to, but he couldn't just leave the boy to walk home alone, not with those jocks still, as he put it 'hot on his heels'. He felt responsible now.

Not that he planned on letting him know that. It wasn't really a favour if no one knew he was doing it. "So, what gothic novels have you read? I'm not really a reader, myself, of course."

Well. He did have A Reputation. "I like some Anne Rice though."
heavenforsake: (I want to)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Some of the girls in school think they are vampires." Either that or they were just roleplaying so convincingly that Crowley had no idea whether they were insane or just pretending to be. Apparently a more difficult line to see than he'd have thoughts. "I don't know about living together though. Seems enough of a chore right now. Maybe once I'm done with high school."

It was supposed to get better then. Or so he hoped, anyway. More freedom. More choices. He was pretty sick of life just happening to him. "Who do you think is the monster in Frankenstein?"
heavenforsake: (but it's true)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is it? I dunno. He doesn't have morality, does he? The monster, I mean. He did those things, but he doesn't know right from wrong. I reckon if you don't know that what you're doing is wrong, it's not truly evil. Bad, but not evil. So Frankenstein is the truly monstrous one." Crowley finished his thought, then looked around suspiciously, just in case someone caught him waxing on philosophically about morality. With the Christian nerd, no less.

"I'll just walk you home, it's on my way." Why not. "We can walk together tomorrow too."
heavenforsake: (I don't need you)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not a target. People don't target me." Which, Crowley figured, didn't strictly speaking have to be true and wasn't really either, but it kind of seemed to be working for him. That belief in no longer being a target. There were probably a lot of factors at work, such as how tall he'd gotten recently and the persistent rumour that some of his fellow goths really did sacrifice virgins and maybe even just some boys who couldn't last more than a quick handjob, but whatever it was, he didn't get targeted these days.

How true that would hold once he regularly walked home someone everyone called a faggot, time would tell. But he didn't care that much. He'd just keep on believing he'd be fine. "I don't care about people that much. Just don't need anyone thinking I read, right? Do I look like I read books?"
heavenforsake: (it's strange)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Does he do it from spite or revenge or does he just lash out because he's cornered? Does he just copy the only behaviour he's been shown? He's nothing but kind before all of that happens. For months." Crowley was not sure why he found himself arguing morality with the church boy, but here he was. Maybe not the worst, he figured, showing someone like that a less black and white view. "Seems like there are at the very least a couple monsters in that book. Or maybe humanity is the monstrous concept."

Stood to reason. "Is the monster a monster because it's monstrous or because it's human? And where's the difference? Because revenge and spite are human emotion. Don't think snakes go around biting people because they insulted their mother."
heavenforsake: (I've fallen in love)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because we like to cock it up, I guess." Damn, now Aziraphale looked quite put out. Maybe it wasn't as fun to teach him all about how the world was dark grey at best after all, he felt the urge to fix it. Not that he could. "You aren't really like that though. Maybe you are more like an angel than human, huh?"

Well. He kind of looked the part, with the blond curls and with the way the sun was shining right at them at the moment. Crowley knew how much that would hurt if he looked at him without his glasses on. It was actually a little painful even so. "Don't worry, angel. I'm sure you'll pick better options."
heavenforsake: (I can't get over)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I got like ten pairs of them." That wasn't even an exaggeration. "They were on sale. With those thingies on the side, had to get them." What were those thingies even called? Blinders? Maybe something that made him sound less like a horse? He'd stick with thiniges until he could think of a better word.

"I gotta wear them." Talk about boring topics. He had no idea whether Aziraphale knew that he had to wear glasses or not. It wasn't really all that important. Not as important as a good Christian boy with a moral crisis, anyway. "You can talk to me, y'know. About your decisions. I'll be your shoulder devil."

He smiled, hoping it'd be taken as a joke.
heavenforsake: (but it's true)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, it's all right now. Got these glasses." The cool ones. Not the ones before that made him look like one of the blind mice. "I don't know, eye patches can be pretty cool. Pirates. Arrgh!"

He cleared his throat and ran a hand through his hair. All right, that had been dorky. Thankfully, no one was here to overhear. Just Aziraphale, who was smiling again. Good. "I wish we had more choices. Maybe that comes with age." Though he remained unconvinced of that. Maybe he could find a way though.

"You live here, right?" He gestured at the house as he came to a halt. "I'll stop here, then your family won't spot me."
heavenforsake: (I want to break free)

[personal profile] heavenforsake 2022-01-24 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Can't wait to hear them. Not that I've read it." Crowley was amused, but he'd taken Aziraphale's hand anyway, because he hadn't even thought about it. So very formal. Which was maybe why he couldn't help the cheeky grin, bending down and lifting his hand up, so he could kiss his hand. Ever so formally.

He straightened up, in one sense of the word, and tipped his non-existent hat. "See you tomorrow. I'll escort you again."